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15:56 Oct 25, 2010 |
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Joseph Brazauskas United States Local time: 19:55 | ||||||
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5 | solve aes alienum tuum (aera aliena tua) - solve aes alienum |
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pay your debt/s - pay debt solve aes alienum tuum (aera aliena tua) - solve aes alienum Explanation: solve aes alienum tuum = pay your debt solve aera aliena tua = pay your debts solve aes alienum = pay debt These forms assume that the verb 'pay' is imperative and that you are addressing one individual. The following address two or more individuals. solvite aes alienum vestrum = pay your debt solvite aera aliena vestra = pay your debts solvite aes alienum = pay debt 'Solve' means literally 'loosen', but is used metaphorically of discharging a debt. 'Aes alienum' means literally 'another's bronze', bronze being used for coinage at Rome before silver and gold, and still used during the late Republic and Empire for coins which were of very small value or adulterated. |
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