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Looking at "Know your enemy"...how does that translate into latin?
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"Nosce hostem tuum" or "Hostem tuum nosce" (the order of the words can vary without changing the meaning) if you are talking to one person; if you are talking to two or more "Hostem vestrum noscite".
"Enemy" can also be translated with "inimicum", with a little difference of meaning; but if you are talking about war, "hostem" is ok.
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I think that "nosce inimicum" has the disadvantage of creating a hiatus, which sounds unpleasant. Personally, I'd use nosce hostem or hostem nosce, because two words of two syllables create a nice, balanced structure, with the same crispy beauty of expressions like carpe diem, absit omen, or cave canem.
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Quote:I think that "nosce inimicum" has the disadvantage of creating a hiatus, which sounds unpleasant. Personally, I'd use nosce hostem or hostem nosce, because two words of two syllables create a nice, balanced structure, with the same crispy beauty of expressions like carpe diem, absit omen, or cave canem.
I like the sound of that tthough....I wonder if it is just me, but the roll on of inimicum has a ring to it!
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So is nosce pronounced nos-keh or nosk? I still find it sounds normal to have this together but then I'm not a real roman I guess.....(nor have I learned proper pronunciation.... :oops: )
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Thanks. Guess I'm betraying my barbarian roots, but this still sounds good to me! :lol:
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What about: Inimicum nosce ??
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