Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
music with a message
Latin translation:
musica nuntia
Added to glossary by
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Feb 28, 2004 11:01
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music with a message
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please translate "music with a message" form english to latin
Proposed translations
(Latin)
| 5 +3 | Musica nuntia ------ Musica cum nuntio |
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
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| 5 +2 | modi nuntii/musica nuntia |
Joseph Brazauskas
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Proposed translations
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Musica nuntia ------ Musica cum nuntio
Dear Dare,
I would personally say "Musica Nuntia", which means "Music the messenger", as if Music was a female bringing tidings.
Literally, "music with a message" would translate comfortably as "musica cum nuntio"
Musica= "music" (nonimative, subject)
cum= ablative preposition (with)
Nuntio= "a message" (ablative case)
I prefer "musica nuntia", though, it's such a lovely allegoric image.
Hope this helps!
Flavio (eng>lat moderator)
I would personally say "Musica Nuntia", which means "Music the messenger", as if Music was a female bringing tidings.
Literally, "music with a message" would translate comfortably as "musica cum nuntio"
Musica= "music" (nonimative, subject)
cum= ablative preposition (with)
Nuntio= "a message" (ablative case)
I prefer "musica nuntia", though, it's such a lovely allegoric image.
Hope this helps!
Flavio (eng>lat moderator)
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modi nuntii/musica nuntia
modi = 'a musical composition, a piece of music' (lit., 'measures')
musica = 'the art of music'
nuntius, -a, -um = 'bearing news or a message, announcing'
'modi' is masculine plural 2nd declension
'musica' may be construed either as feminine singular or neuter plural; the original Greek form 'musice' (with Greek terminations in the singular
nom. musice
gen. musices
dat. musicae
acc. musicen
voc. musice
abl. musica
also occurs.
musica = 'the art of music'
nuntius, -a, -um = 'bearing news or a message, announcing'
'modi' is masculine plural 2nd declension
'musica' may be construed either as feminine singular or neuter plural; the original Greek form 'musice' (with Greek terminations in the singular
nom. musice
gen. musices
dat. musicae
acc. musicen
voc. musice
abl. musica
also occurs.
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