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Justice Before Peace

Latin translation: iustitia ante pacem

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English term or phrase:Justice Before Peace
Latin translation:iustitia ante pacem
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

15:25 Oct 24, 2010
English to Latin translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: Justice Before Peace
not sure what the translation would be:

for the word justice which is more appropriate:
iustitia? justitia? aequitas? for justice?

for peace I am assuming: pax
and for the preposition, before (as in
prior to) i am assuming: ante

but what would be the proper word order?
james avery
iustitia ante pacem
Explanation:
'Aequitas' means rather 'fairness, equity', although in later classical Latin it's sometimes equal to 'iustitia'. 'Iustitia' is the better orthography, j being a late developement to distinguish consonantal from vocalic i.

The word order is the same as in English, the preposition 'ante' requiring an object in the accusative.

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justice before peace
iustitia ante pacem


Explanation:
'Aequitas' means rather 'fairness, equity', although in later classical Latin it's sometimes equal to 'iustitia'. 'Iustitia' is the better orthography, j being a late developement to distinguish consonantal from vocalic i.

The word order is the same as in English, the preposition 'ante' requiring an object in the accusative.



Joseph Brazauskas
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