Latin Tattoo: I Am Strong

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Latin Tattoo: Be Strong
by: harpreet

Hi,

You may be able to help me just as with the original I would like a tattoo but with the words of "Be Strong". Can you tell me what this translates to in Latin and also what the definition/s means in Latin.

Thank you..

Regards

Harpreet

Dear Harpreet,

The Romans said "be strong" to one another nearly every time they parted company or finished a personal letter. The Latin verb vale, valete in the plural, means literally "be strong" but was used to mean "good-bye".

So your best translation of "be strong" is vale for singular and valete for plural. However, there is a strong connotation of good-bye.

An alternative literal translation is to use the adjective fortis, meaning strong, and the imperative es or este, meaning be.

So you have fortis es for singular and fortes este for plural.

In a looser translation, the Latin phrase animo firmo es means be of a strong mind or have a strong spirit. The plural would be animis firmis este.

Hope this helps, and thanks for asking a Latin teacher.

Sincerely,

John

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Hi, You may be able to help me just as with the original I would like a tattoo but with the words of "Be Strong". Can you tell me what this translates to in Latin and also what the definition/s means in Latin. Thank you.. Regards Harpreet Dear Harpreet, The Romans said "be strong" to one another nearly every time they parted company or finished a personal letter. The Latin verb <I>vale</I>, <I>valete </I>in the plural, means literally "be strong" but was used to mean "good-bye". So your best translation of "be strong" is <I>vale</I> for singular and <I>valete </I>for plural. However, there is a strong connotation of good-bye. An alternative literal translation is to use the adjective <I>fortis</I>, meaning strong, and the imperative <I>es</I> or <I>este</I>, meaning be. So you have <I>fortis es</I> for singular and <I>fortes este</I> for plural. In a looser translation, the Latin phrase <I>animo firmo es</I> means be of a strong mind or have a strong spirit. The plural would be <I>animis firmis este</I>. Hope this helps, and thanks for asking a Latin teacher. Sincerely, John See more <A HREF="http://www.vocabulary-lesson-plans.com/latin-roots.html"><B>Latin Roots</B></A> Return to <A HREF="http://www.vocabulary-lesson-plans.com/"><B>Vocabulary Lesson Plans</B></A> <div id="ezine" style="position:absolute; width:120px;z-index:2; top: 10px;margin-left:+550px"> <A HREF="http://twitter.com/MagisterHoran"target="_blank"><B><BIG>Follow Me On Twitter!</BIG></B> </A> </div> <div id="ezine" style="position:absolute; width:120px;z-index:2; top: 150px;margin-left:+550px"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=magistercom-20&o=1&p=14&l=ur1&category=kindle&banner=1SBT5NHA94RF4BD7D6G2&f=ifr" width="160" height="600" scrolling="no" border="0" marginwidth="0" style="border:none;" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>

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