translate Latin phrase

Re: translate Latin phrase


Pro domo sua should be the correct form.

"For his home" is the literal translation, meaning "for himself".

Thank you Raphillon. Could it also mean "returning home" ?

You are welcome.

No it couldn't. "Pro" means "in behalf of" so you must use something else... "revertere" means "return" and we will use ad + accusative:

Revertere ad domum suam (infinite)
revertit ad domum suam (he returns home)

But I would ask George to check this. I studied latin for 5 years and I was very good, but it was 18 years ago... I'm still able to understand a latin text quite well, but when I must remember constructions an forms to revert translation.... well I'm a little bit uncertain of my grasp of latin here...

translation of Latin phrase
Thank you again. We recently visited a tiny town in Poland where I had lived as a child, and there we found an elderly woman who to this day teaches Latin and piano privately, but speaks no English. She referred to my return with the phrase you translated, and I have been trying to understand its full flavor.

If she said "Cicero pro domo sua," she may be quoting a Latin saying
(literally, "Cicero on behalf of his own house") that can indicate that
what is being said is somewhat biased in favor of the speaker.

So if she offered reasons for your return, she may be saying that her
reasons are on her own behalf rather than strictly objective.

Just my guess.

...and Raph, you are still mighty good indeed!

Thanks.