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Bottled Water Labels

Latin translation: tituli aquarum in butticulis conditarum

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English term or phrase:Bottled Water Labels
Latin translation:tituli aquarum in butticulis conditarum
Entered by: Lilac Wormat

21:39 Mar 4, 2012
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
Food & Drink
English term or phrase: Bottled Water Labels
I'd like to know the exact translation of the sentence "Bottled Water Labels". I consider the translation of these modern expressions as a challenge, but perhaps my translation "TABULAE LAGENARUM AQUAE" would be better.

When I use the term "bottled" I mean the water put into small containers, generally bottles and gallons, or water stored in them.
"Labels": I refer to the small pieces of paper or plastic containing the brand name as well as any other complementary data of the water, such as chemical analysis, source, company, etc...
Lilac Wormat
tituli aquarum in butticulis conditarum
Explanation:
It is verbose and still not fully classically correct but I don't see how else it could be rendered.

'Tituli' were slips of papyrus or parchment fastened to amphorae of wine describing the wine's age, provenance, and so forth. To my knowledge, however, this was not done with water.

'Butticulis' (nom. sing. 'butticula') is Mediaeval, not Classical, Latin, the etymon whence English 'bottle', French 'bouteille', etc. are derived.

'Conditarum' is the gen. pl. of the perfect passive participle of 'condere', agreeing with 'aquarum' (a gen. of material). This verb, which means literally 'put away', was regularly used to describe liquids stored in containers.
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tituli aquarum in butticulis conditarum


Explanation:
It is verbose and still not fully classically correct but I don't see how else it could be rendered.

'Tituli' were slips of papyrus or parchment fastened to amphorae of wine describing the wine's age, provenance, and so forth. To my knowledge, however, this was not done with water.

'Butticulis' (nom. sing. 'butticula') is Mediaeval, not Classical, Latin, the etymon whence English 'bottle', French 'bouteille', etc. are derived.

'Conditarum' is the gen. pl. of the perfect passive participle of 'condere', agreeing with 'aquarum' (a gen. of material). This verb, which means literally 'put away', was regularly used to describe liquids stored in containers.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 04:47
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Your priceless answer is muuuuch more than I expected. Than you very much
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