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D M Q HORATIUS FLACCUS

English translation: dis manibus Quintus Horatius Flaccus

10:25 Apr 22, 2008
Latin to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / Tombstone Inscription
Latin term or phrase: D M Q HORATIUS FLACCUS
Greetings,

It’s on a picture of Horace’s tombstone (or what someone believes his tombstone would have looked like – I should imagine the actual stone would be long lost).

After "D M Q HORATIUS FLACCUS" it says “ANNOS VIXIT LVII”, which is easy to understand as it’s just saying that he lived for 57 years, but after that there's also something a bit mystifying: “MULTIS ILLE BONIS FLEBILIS OCCIDIT”.

All the best,

Simon
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English translation:dis manibus Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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4 +1dis manibus Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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4 +1Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit - see below
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dis manibus Quintus Horatius Flaccus


Explanation:
You can look the phrase up from there.

Jim Tucker (X)
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas
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Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit - see below


Explanation:
A quotation from Horace, Odes, Carm.1.24, lines 3-10, continuing "nulle flebior quam tibi, Virgilius."
An inscription on the South side of the nave of St. Peter's, Broughton, North Staffordshre Memorial Inscription quotes Horace with the following translation: Falling after daring great deeds he perished, bemoaned by many good men.



    Reference: http://www.geocities.com.northstaffsca/broughtn.htm
Veronika McLaren
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas: You are corect. 'Flebilis' here has a passive signification and the dative is used poetically of the personal agent.
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  -> Sorry about all the typos; doing too much at once - website sb. www.geocities.com/northstaffsca/broughtn.htm and of course, I was referring to lines 7 & 8 where Quintilius is described (www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/latin/latin...
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