I'll die before I fail.
Latin translation: Cadam, non cedam
| 03:11 Jun 28, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X) Local time: 20:39 | |||
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| 5 +1 | Cadam, non cedam |
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| 4 | prius depeream quam deficiam |
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3 hrs confidence: 
| i'll die before i fail. prius depeream quam deficiam Explanation: One of many possibile renderings, I imagine. |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| i'll die before i fail. Cadam, non cedam Explanation: Literally: "I will fall, I will not surrender". Starting from your firefighter attitude, you might use some war terms: "cado" literally means "to fall" thence "to die (in fighting)"; "cedo" means "to give way/up, to turn back, to renounce". I started from the most famous "frangar, non flectar" (I will be broken, I will not be deflected) and I used this figurative formula with the above mentioned verbs so to have an allitteration (cadam/cedam) which is not a bad idea for a motto, which I think it's what you meant to have. HIH |
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