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Art/Literary - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs | | Latin term or phrase: iuribus conventis | I am translating a Latin diploma from a School of Theology in Spain, and at the end it says the following:
"XXX a nobis declaratur Baccalaureus in Sacra Theologia **iuribus conventis**"
These last two words appear on a separate line after the degree name. Is this some ablative absolute construction? Or ablative of mode? I am not sure what the meaning would be in this context...
Thanks in advance for your help with this. |
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| | in accordance with the statutes | Explanation:
I.e., with the prerequisites for the Baccalaureate. Lit., "the statutes/rules having been met" or, more loosely, "since the statutes have been met". Apparently a causal ablative absolute. |
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 Joseph J. Brazauskas
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Local time: 01:27
| Grading comment Thank you to all! In the end this is the option I went with, even though the construction is far from clear.
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4 days confidence:   there being agreement as to his right
Explanation:
there being agreement as to his right (to become Baccalaureus).
This is how I interpret it. The Trustees -or whoever grants the diploma-, agree that the candidate is rightfully a Baccalaureus, has the right to become Baccalaureus.
I base my guess on this turn of phrase found on Livius: quibus conventis, which is equivalent to "quae cum convenissent", i.e., there being agreement on that point (according to my Latin-Spanish dictionary)
And, in French, I have seen this definition: quibus conventis Lrv. 30, 43, 7 — quai cum convenis-sent, l’accord étant fait sur ce point
Reference: http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionnaire_Gaffiot_Lati...
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