Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

Modestia virōs et puerōs, feminās et puellās ōrnat

English translation:

Moderation adorns men and boys, women and girls

Added to glossary by Rebecca Garber
Sep 30, 2012 10:20
11 yrs ago
Latin term

Modestia virōs et puerōs, feminās et puellās ōrnat

Latin to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I suspect it means that modesty adorns men, children, women and girls?

My Latin is way too rusty.
Many thanks in advance.
Change log

Oct 14, 2012 15:31: Rebecca Garber Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Jim Tucker (X)

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Proposed translations

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Moderation adorns men and boys, women and girls

Depends a bit on your time period

Modestia = moderation in the Classical period, which changes to modesty in the Medieval
ornat = adorn, embellish, decorate as the second meaning; primarily it means to equip, furnish with necessities, but that does not fit the sense of this statement as well as the secondary meaning.
viros/pueros are men/boys acc pl
feminas/puellas are women/girls likewise acc pl
Peer comment(s):

agree Judit Babcsányi : ornat means here definitely adorn
41 mins
Thanks, Judit
agree Joseph Brazauskas
1 day 20 hrs
gratias ago, Joseph
agree Luis Antonio de Larrauri
1 day 20 hrs
gratias ago, Luis
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