Apr 30, 2001 13:10
23 yrs ago
Latin term
Fortune multis dat mimium nulli satis
Non-PRO
Latin to English
Tech/Engineering
Appears in the signature file of a coworker. What's he saying?
Proposed translations
(English)
0 +1 | Fortune gives too much to many people, but never "enough" to anyone. | Wigtil (X) |
0 | Fortune gives many too much but nobody enough | Vesna Zivcic |
Proposed translations
10 hrs
Fortune gives many too much but nobody enough
Perhaps you meant the following:
"Sententiae Latinae - Latin Maxims
Fortuna multis dat nimis, nulli satis.
Fortune gives many too much but nobody enough.
(Martialis, Epigrammaton liber).
"Sententiae Latinae - Latin Maxims
Fortuna multis dat nimis, nulli satis.
Fortune gives many too much but nobody enough.
(Martialis, Epigrammaton liber).
Reference:
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1 day 21 hrs
Fortune gives too much to many people, but never "enough" to anyone.
The correctly spelled Latin form is: Fortuna multis dat nimium, nulli satis.
FORTUNA: "fortune, (the goddess) Lady Luck" -- Nominative case form, functioning as the subject of the verb DAT.
MULTIS: "to many (people)" -- Dative case form, plural, of the adjective MULTI, functioning as the (first) beneficiary or so-called indirect object" of the verb DAT.
DAT: "gives" -- present tense (indicative mood) of the verb DO, DARE.
NIMIUM: "too much, excessive amounts, excessively" -- a neuter pronoun (often adverbial), also written as NIMIS, functioning as the (first) patient or "direct object" of the verb DAT.
NULLI: "to nobody, to no one" -- a pronoun (or adjective) in the dative case (dictionary form is NULLUS, NULLA, NULLUM), MULTI, functioning as the (second or alternaitve) beneficiary or so-called indirect object" of the verb DAT.
SATIS: "enough, sufficient amounts, sufficiently" -- a neuter pronoun (often adverbial), functioning as the (second or alternative) patient or "direct object" of the verb DAT.
FORTUNA: "fortune, (the goddess) Lady Luck" -- Nominative case form, functioning as the subject of the verb DAT.
MULTIS: "to many (people)" -- Dative case form, plural, of the adjective MULTI, functioning as the (first) beneficiary or so-called indirect object" of the verb DAT.
DAT: "gives" -- present tense (indicative mood) of the verb DO, DARE.
NIMIUM: "too much, excessive amounts, excessively" -- a neuter pronoun (often adverbial), also written as NIMIS, functioning as the (first) patient or "direct object" of the verb DAT.
NULLI: "to nobody, to no one" -- a pronoun (or adjective) in the dative case (dictionary form is NULLUS, NULLA, NULLUM), MULTI, functioning as the (second or alternaitve) beneficiary or so-called indirect object" of the verb DAT.
SATIS: "enough, sufficient amounts, sufficiently" -- a neuter pronoun (often adverbial), functioning as the (second or alternative) patient or "direct object" of the verb DAT.
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Mariusz Rytel (X)
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