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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | | Latin term or phrase: pro aris... et focis | Salwe!
It's been 20 years since I studied Latin, and I need some help figuring out an inscription - a colleague just came home with a 17th-century rapier from France, and on one side is engraved "PRO ARIS," on the other is "ET FOCIS." |
| | | for our altars and our homes | Explanation:
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FOR OUR ALTARS AND OUR HOMES
... and pub. date unknown. Which had the following... "Pro aris et focis
- Lit. translation as: " for our altars and our homes". (I don ...
users.efni.com/~mephisto/focis.htm - 6k - |
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  Fernando Muela
Spain
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1 day2 hrs confidence: for our houses
Explanation:
You can find this expression in a lot of latin text. It has to be translated just as "home" due to the fact that is an idiomatic expression.
If you have the latin dictionary " Castiglioni-Mariotti" the translation is at pag 22.
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Note added at 2004-01-17 22:17:43 (GMT)
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Sorry..I typed \"text\" instead of of the plural!
| Luca Bassini
Italy
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Native speaker of:  Italian
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