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Quid quid latin dictum sit altum sonatur what does this mean in English?
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∙ 14y ago
"Quid quid latin dictum sit altum sonatur"
First of all, "Quid quid" is likely one word in this case. (Quidquid.)
Quid means "what" and Quidquid means "whatever" (or anything.)
The saying "Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur" means
"Anything said in Latin, sounds profound."
(If you translate it more closely to the meaning of the actual Latin words, it translates like this: "Whatever, having been said Latinly, seems lofty." but Latin being translated as an adverb in English just sounds silly...)
The word "Sonatur" likely comes from Sonare, which means "to sound" I've never seen it used in this saying before, but "Sonatur" could be used instead of "Videtur" (to seem) and the saying wouldn't change in meaning.
Quidquid is one word, and Latin should be Latine (adverb ending) Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense. (Latina is the Latin word for Latin, so you would be misspelling it anyway...)
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What is the translation for the phrase 'Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur'?
The sentence 'Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur' contains a misspelling. For the word 'quidquid' is the subject, and therefore needs to be written 'quisquis'. The corrected phrase, 'Quisquis latine dictum sit altum viditur', means Whatever is said in Latin is seen [to be] noble.In the word-by-word translation, the relative pronoun 'quisquis' means 'whoever, whatever'. The adverb 'latine' means 'in Latin'. The adjective/past participle 'dictum' means 'said'. The verb 'sit' means '[he/she/it] is'. The adjective 'altum' means 'high'. The verb 'viditur' means '[he/she/it] is being seen'.A note from another reader: quidquid actually is correct. The original responder is right that quisquis is nominative, and that it means whoever, but quidquid is the NEUTER nominative, and it corresponds with the neuter altum. The sentence is fine. It does indeed mean "it seems high/noble, that thing having been said in Latin," or more understandably, "whatever is said in Latin seems noble." "sit" is subjunctive in an indirect question because of quidquid, if that helps at all.
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