Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
aborrentes servitutem et amantes libertatem instinctu naturali
English translation:
Those who hate slavery and love freedom by pure instinct!
Added to glossary by
achisholm
May 12, 2005 16:54
19 yrs ago
Latin term
aborrentes servitutem et amantes libertatem instinctu naturali
Latin to English
Art/Literary
local history
This is part of a text which appears in an Italian document describing the history of a town in northern Piedmont.
I don't need to translate it, but can someone give me the jist of it, so that I can adda a note?
I don't need to translate it, but can someone give me the jist of it, so that I can adda a note?
Proposed translations
+6
4 mins
Pierre POUSSIN
France
France
France
Fast and accurate.
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Latin to French, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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35
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Those who hate slavery and love freedom by pure instinct!
This is, I think, the jist of it!
Good luck!
Good luck!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to all who gave an answer - I had no intention of translating the text, preferring to leave it in parentheses with a brief explanation, but it was good to have your help for this."
+2
7 mins
Giusi Pasi
Italy
Italy
Italy
Veni, Vidi, Verti!
Native in: Italian
Works in: Italian, English to Italian, German to Italian
Related KudoZ points
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55
They who abhor slavery and love the freedom of natural instict
more or less :-)
Peer comment(s):
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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: I appreciate the revolutionary hippy idea of your sentence and the gramatically possible translation, although I'm afraid it is possibly not the idea of the author.´:o)
13 mins
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lol!
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Joseph Brazauskas
: The ablative seems instrumental to me.
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7 hrs
Joseph Brazauskas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
When You Want It Done Right
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Latin to English, English to Latin, Greek (Ancient) to English, and 23 more.
Related KudoZ points
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444
abhorring slavery and loving liberty by natural instinct
It's pretty straightforward.
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Note added at 7 hrs 17 mins (2005-05-13 00:11:14 GMT)
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Or possibly the ablative is one of accordance, and so render \'according to (their) natural instinct\'.
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Note added at 7 hrs 17 mins (2005-05-13 00:11:14 GMT)
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Or possibly the ablative is one of accordance, and so render \'according to (their) natural instinct\'.
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