Latin Translation

Re: Latin Translation
I'll leave the subjunctive to George, who's the expert in Latin.

"God, Family, & Country" = Deus, Familia et Patria (there's no separate word for God/Christian, cuz the Romans were Pagans and polytheists---also recall their acknowledgement, mentioned in ACTS, of "the Unknown God" whom Paul deciphered for them as the One Who Came in the Flesh).

If ya don't mind my editorializing, tho, Christians needta be careful not to make those 3 into the new Trinity.

Re: Latin Translation


The quotation is from Book Ten of Martial's Epigrams and the sense of it
is "Choose to be what you are."

As to translating "you may be what you wish (to be)", I would render it:
Sis quod esse vis. The problem is that, depending on context, it
could mean "you may be" or "may you be." To clarify it, add the adverb
"perhaps" (fortasse).