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Old 11-03-2002, 06:12 AM   #46
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Join Date: September 11, 2002
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Originally posted by Aequitas:
hmm, interesting. So it was good that i didnt choose 'Mort' [img]smile.gif[/img] .
But tell me, which form is 'Morte'? Im asking this because of the Ps:T character [img]smile.gif[/img] .
In latin the ending of the word is used to express its function in the sentence:
ex: mors is subject, mortis means "death's", morti "to death" and so on.

morte (ablative)can mean many things, depending on the context:
without prepositions means: because of death, regarding to death, since the death, by means of death, in death (hope I was able to correctly translate into english)
It's quite confusing, isn't it? mind that these are only the straightmost meanings you can have... some latin authors who want to show off their culture tend to find many others.

Obviously, if you have prepositions like pro, ex, de, or whatever, the nomber of possible meanings increases.
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