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Re: Need a translation Please!


Poster: "Angela K. Pincha" <angela@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com>

Thanks all for the help with the motto translation... 

-Mordrea-

keith.finn@erols.com wrote:
> 
> Poster: keith.finn@erols.com
> 
> Chivalry does indeed come from French: chevalerie (from which we got
> cavalry and chivalry) comes from cheval, or horse.
> 
> Finn MacIain
> 
> Brian Elliott wrote:
> >
> > I am not any kind of a latin expert.  Now that the disclaimer is
> > done...  >From what I could find on the web at
> > http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm.  (Also try their English to
> > Latin translator.)
> >
> > Honor is straight from the latin to mean honor (or honour as it is
> > spelled in the old country - England)  : )
> > honor : honor, esteem, public office.
> > honorabilis : respectful.
> >
> > Chivalry wasn't found at the above source.  Try it in French instead?
> >
> > Take your favorite pick for courtesy.  I think the one you're looking
> > for is liberalitas, but that's just from the definitions provided
> > below.
> >
> > comitas -atis f. [courtesy , friendliness, civility].
> >
> > liberalitas -atis f. [courtesy , kindness, generosity].
> >
> > officium -i n. [dutiful or respectful action; attendance , service,
> > duty; sense of duty, respect, courtesy; submission, allegiance].
> >
> > > Can someone out there please translate the following into latin for
> > > me?
> > >
> > >      "Honour, Chivalry, Courtesy"
> > >
> > > Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > -Mordrea-
> >
> > See you!-Sir Amalric Blackhart
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