Friday, January 27, 2012

What is the Latin translation for God's Own?

I am trying to find the Latin Translation for "God's Own." I was given "Dei Proprii" and also "Dei Propria". Which one is correct or what is the correct translation?



Thanks.

What is the Latin translation for God's Own?
To really get this right, you have to provide the answer to God's own what?



Dei is correct - That's the genitive (possessive) form of Deus, so that always translates as 'God's'.



Ther problem is with 'own'. That is an adjective, and the base word in Latin is proprius. In Latin, the endings of adjectives changed to reflect what was being modified, by case, number, and gender. In nominative case, which you need here, there are six ways to say it:



Proprius - nom singular masculine

Propria - nom singular feminine

Proprium - nom singular neuter

Proprii - nom plural masculine

Propriae - nom plural feminine

Propria - nom plural neuter.



Any one of those with 'Dei' translates as 'God's Own".

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