veritas aequitas

Non-PRO Latin to English Art/Literary

I saw the words in the form of a tatto one word on each hand of two brothers. What does it mean?

Proposed translations (English)

4 +2	Truth [&] Justice	athena22
4 +3	truth is justice	CLS Lexi-tech

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athena22

United States

Native in English

Selected

Truth [&] Justice

Veritas: truth
Aequitas: justice, fairness

Peer comment(s):

agree	Flavio Ferri-Benedetti : Wonderful!!! :) Best wishes from another latinist ;) 3 hrs
	Thanks!
agree	Mad Uncle Andy : Given the context of the question (the film Boondock Saints), I feel this is the better translation. Had the words been together on one tattoo, I'd agree with the other. 2157 days

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CLS Lexi-tech

4647 answers

Athena is right. You have to add the copula "is" (the verb to be) which in Latin is often omitted.

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Peer comment(s):

agree	Flavio Ferri-Benedetti : or... Justice is truth :) 8 hrs
	sei ancora vivo? vale, tu quoque.
agree	athena22 : Yes, you're right. 14 hrs
	Ciao, Athena. Ave atque vale.
neutral	Mad Uncle Andy : Linguistically, this is correct, but having seen the film, I believe the context bears them out as seperate words. 2157 days
agree	Bigkane135 : So what would it look like if I wanted it to just say "truth is justice"? 3996 days