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Can anyone translate this for me - grasffiti on a wall in Burwood , Sydney, australia
"Non sol ad astra est terris via"
Thank you
yug rewop

yugrewop wrote:Can anyone translate this for me - grasffiti on a wall in Burwood , Sydney, australia
"Non sol ad astra est terris via"
Thank you
yug rewop

uhm.. if the phrase is "non solum ad astra est e terris via", then it means "the way from the earth is not only to the stars", but if the phrase is exactly like you wrote it, i don't understand the meanng, but i think that there is some error..

Maybe the writer wanted to write the Senca's phrase "non est ad astra mollis e terris via", "there is no easy way from the earth to the stars"

Possibly "The sun is not a way from the Earth to the stars," but it's not quite right.

KingHarvest wrote:Possibly "The sun is not a way from the Earth to the stars," but it's not quite right.

uhm.. interesting... but what does it mean?!

And the grammar too, it's not so clear.. maybe could it be "Non sol ad astra ex terris via" ?

ex usually becomes e before consonant, that's why.

loqu wrote:ex usually becomes e before consonant, that's why.

it can become "e", but "ex" is also correct and usual. Cf Cicero, Pro Caelio:

[VI.14] Hac ille tam varia multiplicique natura cum omnes omnibus ex terris homines improbos audacisque conlegerat,..


and however.. what "that's why"?

Sorry for using that threat but I didn't want to start another one. So, could you translate this sentence into Latin form me: "music, mythology and nature are the only one mysterious, lovely, fabulous and unique things in the world"

"music, mythology and nature are the only one mysterious, lovely, fabulous and unique things in the world"

Musica, mythologia et natura sunt sulo mystico, grato, fabuloso et unico res ad mundo.

I study Latin, but I've never tried to translate something into Latin. We're used to translate from Latin. I've already translated many text, so I think that this sentence can be correct
I'm not sure if "ad mundo" is correct. However there are many people here who know Latin better than me. Please, tell me if there is any mistake here.

musica et religio et natura sunt sola in mundo ignota et pulchra et mirabilia et unica.

Mythologia is not a Latin word. By sulo you mean solo. Mysticus refers primarily to the mystery religions of the ancient world. Gratus primarily means "thankful, appreciative." Fabulosus means it refers to a story or is tall-tale-esque. I have no idea what you had in mind for the cases you used.

Thank you for the help!

KingHarvest

I have no idea what you had in mind for the cases you used.

In Polish we say, for example :
Literatura jest jedyną rzeczą, dla której żyję.
The literature is the only one this, which I live for.
And in this case we use Accusativus (jedyną rzeczą) According to this, I used accusativus in this sentence.

we use Accusativus

Or, rather, instrumental in this case

Martine wrote:KingHarvest

I have no idea what you had in mind for the cases you used.

In Polish we say, for example :
Literatura jest jedyną rzeczą, dla której żyję.
The literature is the only one this, which I live for.
And in this case we use Accusativus (jedyną rzeczą) According to this, I used accusativus in this sentence.

Those weren't accusatives...

Ok, thanks, KingHarvest. I'll remember