nunquam non paratus
Thanks in advance for any help.
Roy
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Roy Russell
r...@lexi.demon.co.uk
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Louis Rémillard
Never not ready.
Seems to be a roundabout way of expressing the Scout motto...
A.P.
| Roy Russell a écrit :
| >
| > Hi all
| > Can anyone tell me the meaning of the following Latin phrase:
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| > nunquam non paratus
| >
| Never unready (or)
| Never unprepared
Yes.
Never caught with our pants down. ;)
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Louis Rémillard
The Scout motto is "be prepared".
The motto of the U.S. Marine Corps is "semper paratus" (always ready).
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K.-Benoit Evans
Traducteur agréé / Certified Translator (OTIAQ)
Régie des rentes du Québec
Québec, Canada
Ceci n'est pas un texte officiel | This is not an official text
du Gouvernement du Québec, ses | of the Gouvernement du Québec,
organismes ou mandataires. | its institutions or mandataries.
"Never prepared" (the opposite of "semper paratus")
>
>...it's been more than 30 years since I studied
> Latin intensively! But IIRC double negatives in latin _intensify_, they
> don't cancel each other out. Hence Nunquam non paratus doesn't mean the
> same as English "Never not prepared", which would be equaivalent , not
> opposite to, "Semper paratus". Perhpas I'll post this question to one
> of the Clasics or Latin newsgroups and get a definitive opinion...
>
I believe that several members, including John Woodgate, confirmed that
"Nunquam imparatus" meant "Never unready", "Never unprepared", or
something to that effect. I have never heard about Latin double
negatives carrying a connotation of "intensity"; if anyone does, and
quotes his or her sources, I shall stand corrected.
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Louis Rémillard
In Brasil the Scout's motto reads "sempre alerta" (always alert).
JL
I know. For that matter, the motto of the old Soviet Pioneers was "Always
ready!"
Alejandro Pareja.
Alejandro Pareja wrote:
| I know. For that matter, the motto of the old Soviet Pioneers was
| "Always ready!"
Can you transliterate the Russsian expression into something we can read
here ? (Using 7 bit ASCII?)
A.P.