Fortune multis dat mimium nulli satis
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| na +1 | Fortune gives too much to many people, but never "enough" to anyone. |
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Fortune gives many too much but nobody enough Explanation: Perhaps you meant the following: "Sententiae Latinae - Latin Maxims Fortuna multis dat nimis, nulli satis. Fortune gives many too much but nobody enough. (Martialis, Epigrammaton liber). Reference: http://w1.871.telia.com/~u87112797/show-off.html Reference: http://www.google.com |
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Fortune gives too much to many people, but never "enough" to anyone. Explanation: The correctly spelled Latin form is: Fortuna multis dat nimium, nulli satis. FORTUNA: "fortune, (the goddess) Lady Luck" -- Nominative case form, functioning as the subject of the verb DAT. MULTIS: "to many (people)" -- Dative case form, plural, of the adjective MULTI, functioning as the (first) beneficiary or so-called indirect object" of the verb DAT. DAT: "gives" -- present tense (indicative mood) of the verb DO, DARE. NIMIUM: "too much, excessive amounts, excessively" -- a neuter pronoun (often adverbial), also written as NIMIS, functioning as the (first) patient or "direct object" of the verb DAT. NULLI: "to nobody, to no one" -- a pronoun (or adjective) in the dative case (dictionary form is NULLUS, NULLA, NULLUM), MULTI, functioning as the (second or alternaitve) beneficiary or so-called indirect object" of the verb DAT. SATIS: "enough, sufficient amounts, sufficiently" -- a neuter pronoun (often adverbial), functioning as the (second or alternative) patient or "direct object" of the verb DAT. Ph. D. in ancient Greek, 25+ years teaching Greek, Latin, and other languages. |
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