Anybody here understand Latin or ancient Greek?

[closeupready]

I'm doing some amateur research and wanted some corroboration on some translations - just a couple words and phrases. Thanks.

[Aristus]

1. Hmm...if I can. I have a shaky working knowledge of Latin

and also a little Greek. but I can't promise anything.


Shoot. B-)

[tjdee]

2. Ooh, I need a latin translation too, LOL!

Mind if I piggyback here? :toast:
I just heard this British boy choir sing this, it was very pretty. I get that it's about god, that's about it!

Benedictus, benedictus
qui venit in nomine benedictus
In nomine Domine

Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabbaoth
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria
Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabbaoth
Pleni sunt coeli gloria.

[trackfan]

3. Here you go:

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord.

Holy Lord God Sabbaoth. Heaven and earth are full of (your) glory.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. It's from the part of the Latin Mass known as the Sanctus

It's been set by so many composers that experienced choral singers have it memorized.

The only part of the Mass that's in Greek is "Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison" which means "Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy." I'm not sure why it was kept in Greek when everything else is in Latin.

[tjdee]

6. This version was set to Pachelbel's Canon.

Or, a variation of Canon.
It's the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long time.

Thanks for the background on it, this particular boys choir seems to do a lot of Mass related things.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I wonder if it was the choir of Westminster Cathedral, which unlike

Westminster Abbey, is Catholic and performs a lot of Catholic music.

[tjdee]

12. No, it's a boys choir called Libera.

They've got a website, don't remember it offhand--but they are British (maybe Londoners?) and sound wonderful.

I downloaded a song that said it was Vienna Boys Choir, and it wasn't, it was these boys. It is just delightful.

[tjdee]

7. Yay!!

Thank you so much, it drives me nuts when I don't know what people are saying in songs.

:thumbsup:

[trackfan]

4. I'm fairly good with Latin. Greek is very sketchy.

[closeupready]

8. Well, "amatores", for one

Latin had a masculine and feminine case, no?

So does "amatores" mean gender-neutral romantic relationships or, does it mean romantic relationships with males (or conversely, females)?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. Like the other Romance languages, if you use the feminine plural, it

means that the group under discussion is all female.

If even one male is present, you use the masculine plural. So if you have a group of 99 women, they're "elles" in French and "ellas" in Spanish. (Both are the feminine form of "they.")

If Pierre or Pedro joins this group of 99 women, the group is referred to as "ils" or "ellos" (masculine "they").

Assuming that Latin works the same way, "amatores" could refer either to both men and women or to men only, but not to women only.

[closeupready]

11. Ah, I see - thank you!

:hi: :)