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?:Need an English to Latin translation...

 
 
Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 03:05 pm
I am getting a tattoo and I need the Latin translation for:

"You can't (or cannot) hide a liar from the truth".

Can anyone help? Thanks! :
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George
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jun, 2005 04:05 pm
Mendacem veritem celare non potes.
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diagknowz
 
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Reply Sun 19 Jun, 2005 03:19 am
Er, there's a bit of a typo there, bec. the Genitive of "veritas" is "veritatem" so the root for the other endings is "veritat-". And using the Accusative to render "from"?
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George
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2005 06:42 am
Yup, should be veritatem, but it is the accusative, not genitive.

Normally celo is used with acc. of the thing concealed and acc. of the
person from whom it is concealed.
Ex. non enim te celavi sermonem (Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares II)
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diagknowz
 
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Reply Tue 21 Jun, 2005 01:43 am
Yup, should be veritatem, but it is the accusative, not genitive.

(slapping forehead) Right you are, George! Pecking out Latin translations at 2:19 in the a.m. is insane: it makes you fuse 2 thoughts (viz. "Genitive = veritatis, so stem is veritat-" with "the accusative is veritatem"), thereby typing nonsense. My apologies to Jess.
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