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Laudate sij meo signore cuni (?) tutte le tue creature

English translation: Praise you my Lord with all of your creatures


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08:58 Oct 14, 2008
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Social Sciences - Religion / phrase on a plaque of St. Francic
Latin term or phrase: Laudate sij meo signore cuni (?) tutte le tue creature
I'm guessing this means something like, praise you my father for all of your creatures, but as it's been in my home for 20+ years, I thought I should find out for sure. Am I close?
Fran
English translation:Praise you my Lord with all of your creatures
Explanation:
This is not Latin, but an Old Italian poem!
The Author is Saint Francis of Assisi.

Laudato sie, mi' Signore cum tucte le Tue creature

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Note added at 23 mins (2008-10-14 09:21:50 GMT)
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It was written in the umbrian dialect of italian in the thirteenth Century
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grazy73
Local time: 01:32
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thank you! very helpful. Clearly I am no expert in languages!
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4 +6Praise you my Lord with all of your creaturesgrazy73
3Praise one another, my lord, whom all thy creatures praise).Joseph J. Brazauskas
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Ellen Kraus

  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Praise one another, my lord, whom all thy creatures praise).


Explanation:
The language is not Latin but Old Italian. Moreover, the text seems corrupt in some places. I offer what I believe to be the general sense.

Joseph J. Brazauskas
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Praise you my Lord with all of your creatures


Explanation:
This is not Latin, but an Old Italian poem!
The Author is Saint Francis of Assisi.

Laudato sie, mi' Signore cum tucte le Tue creature

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Note added at 23 mins (2008-10-14 09:21:50 GMT)
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It was written in the umbrian dialect of italian in the thirteenth Century


    Reference: http://http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canticle_of_the_Sun
grazy73
Local time: 01:32
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you! very helpful. Clearly I am no expert in languages!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joseph J. Brazauskas: You are definitely correct.
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Joseph!

agree  Jennifer White: agree - not Latin, but meaning can be more or less guessed here
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jennifer!

agree  stolley
3 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Stolley!

agree  Stephen C. Farrand: Literally "be praised, my Lord, ..."?
4 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Stephen!

agree  Rebecca Garber
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  -> Thank you, Rebecca!

agree  Péter Jutai
5 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Peter!
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das ist kein rein lateinischer Text, der zweite Teil ist eindeutig italienisch, der erste Teil ist defekt (z.B. cuni . ist das die richtige Schreibweise ?)

Ellen Kraus
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