Time will pass

17:12 Dec 10, 2008
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
Philosophy
English term or phrase: Time will pass
I often say this to myself to express the fact that no matter what bad situation you are in, "time will pass" and it will be over. I want it translated into Latin (must be the future tense) and it has to mean that time always moves on and passes by.
andy


Summary of answers provided
5 +1tempus agetur/tempus degetur/tempus (cons)sumitur
Joseph Brazauskas
4 +1tempus praeteribit
Luis Antonio de Larrauri


  

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time will pass
tempus praeteribit


Explanation:
That's how I would say it

Luis Antonio de Larrauri
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas: Indeed, the Romans used such phrases more often and active than with a passive verb. So also 'tempus transigit' (common in Tacitus), 'tempus traducit', etc.
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  -> Thank you Joseph!
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
time will pass
tempus agetur/tempus degetur/tempus (cons)sumitur


Explanation:
There ware many ways to say this. But the two above have classical precedents in, e.g., 'tunc principium anni agebatur' ('then the beginning of the year passed'), Livy, 3.6 and 'quantis periclis degitur hoc aevi', 'In how great danger does this age pass'), Lucretius, 2.16.

If you want to imply that the time passed will be pointless or wasted, you could say, ' tempus sumitur' or 'tempus consumitur' (time is consumed'), cf. 'multis diebus et laboribus consumptis' ('having spent, i.e., wasted, much time and labour'), Sallust, Iugurtha, 93.1).

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Note added at 55 mins (2008-12-10 18:07:08 GMT)
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The last choice should read 'tempous consumetur' or 'sumetur'.

Joseph Brazauskas
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Local time: 11:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luis Antonio de Larrauri: Yes, I agree with agere and degere, but I think consumere is not exactly what Andy is looking for.
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