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mors anti imfamium

English translation: death before dishonor


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03:50 Jan 18, 2009
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Social Sciences - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / art
Latin term or phrase: mors anti imfamium
in regards to "death before dishonor",what is the difference between mors anti infamium and potius mori quam fodari? which would have been used by the Romans?
Chuck
English translation:death before dishonor
Explanation:
But it's a bad Latin, because it should be "mors ante infamiam". And the second phrase is also misspelled, because it should be written "potius mori quam fodi". It means "(it's) better to die than to be buried".
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Krzysztof Laskowski
Local time: 07:26
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5 +3death before dishonor
Krzysztof Laskowski


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death before dishonor


Explanation:
But it's a bad Latin, because it should be "mors ante infamiam". And the second phrase is also misspelled, because it should be written "potius mori quam fodi". It means "(it's) better to die than to be buried".

Krzysztof Laskowski
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anders Dalstrom
3 mins
neutral  Luis Antonio de Larrauri: Not necessarily bad Latin. All are variants or archaic forms, or simply didn't prevail. Anti is equivalent to ante. Fodari is found in Pompeius Festus. Infamium-ii exists, although the dictionary refers to "infamia-ae".
1 hr
agree  Joseph J. Brazauskas
2 hrs
agree  Sergey Kudryashov
4 hrs
agree  sibsab
16 hrs
disagree  dollhaus: Spelling error, but not that one. Potius Mori Quam Foedari = Rather To Die Than Be Dishonored. Pretty well-known Latin saying. Motto of the Duchy of Brittany.
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