aditus non nisi sub persona infantis

English translation: none may enter except as a little child

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Latin term or phrase:	aditus non nisi sub persona infantis
English translation:	none may enter except as a little child
Entered by:	Huadan Huang

01:56 Jul 1, 2013

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Latin term or phrase: aditus non nisi sub persona infantis

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Huadan Huang KudoZ activity Questions: 12 (1 open) Answers: 1
Local time: 19:19

none may enter except as a little child

Explanation:
written about them; and I know of no one fact in the history of mankind, which is proved by better ...... no one can enter but in the character of a little child.' 61 ... Org. 1.68. "Ut non alius fere sit aditus ad regnum hominis, quod fundatur in scientiis, quam ad regnum coelorum in quod, nisi sub persona infantis, intrare non datur.".

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the emphasis being: in the character of

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if we could all be like that ....

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might need a little polishing but that's the idea

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David Hollywood
Local time: 08:19

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none may enter except as a little child

David Hollywood

4 +1

come/coming but as a child

Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz

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none may enter except as a little child

David Hollywood
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Thank you~

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

come/coming but as a child

Explanation:
'Come' is a past participle in this example, and 'coming' is a noun (not present participle). 'Non nisi' can be translated 'only as' or with the formulaic expression I used here. 'Sub persona infantis' literally means 'in the person of a child' but it really is similar to Matt 18: 'unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.'

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To clarify, 'aditus' can mean either the act of coming (in which case it's a noun) or the person coming or rather, archaically, 'the person come' (in which case it's a past participle). Basically either the entry or the entrant.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aditus

Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz
Poland
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of: Polish

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