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Help! With a Latin sentence.?
E pluribus unum means 'from many [to or for] one.'
I need to construct two possible sentences with the same structure: 'from books [to or for] freedom'; from books [to or for] life'. Would it be something like, 'E libribus vitem'?
Thanks!
...and why E as opposed to EX? what's the difference?
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The ablative plural of "liber" that has to go with "e, ex" is "libris". The second part has to be a nominative, (btw, the accusative of "vita" is "vitam") It is like in English "out of books (does) freedom (come)"
E(x) libris, libertas
E(x) libris, vita
The difference is that "ex" has to be used when the next word starts with a vowel, otherwise you can use either form.
- Erik Van ThienenLv 71 decade ago
"ex astris scientia" : 'from the stars, knowledge'
"ex fide fiducia" : 'from faith [comes] confidence'
"ex luna scientia" : 'from the moon, knowledge' (The motto of the Apollo 13 moon mission)
"ex malo bonum" : 'good out of evil'
"ex scientia tridens" : 'from knowledge, sea power' (The United States Naval Academy motto)
"ex scientia vera" : 'from knowledge, truth'
"ex vulgus scientia" : 'from crowd, knowledge'
