Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Death before Dishonor

Latin translation:

Potius mori quam foedare

Added to glossary by Vicky Papaprodromou
Mar 23, 2005 18:12
19 yrs ago
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English term

Death before Dishonor

English to Latin Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Looking for a tanslation for a student project

Proposed translations

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Potius mori quam foedari

Potius mori quam foedari - rather to die than to be dishonoured (death before dishonour)
http://www.yuni.com/library/latin_5.html
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http://nefer-seba.net/latin/Phrases-Mottoes-P.php

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-03-23 18:21:27 GMT)
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No, I suppose it should be \"foedare\"

So \"POTIUS MORI QUAM FOEDARE\"

Peer comment(s):

agree Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
45 mins
Thanks, Flavio!
agree Stavroula Giannopoulou
47 mins
Thanks, Stavroula!
agree Dr. Linnea Franssen
18 hrs
Ôhanks!
disagree Nicholas Ferreira : Actually the Latin phrase is "potius mori quam foedari", i.e. it's better to die than suffer dishonour (the spirit behind duelling and other such practices). The proposed answer means I'd rather die than dishonour someone, a very different idea.
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37 mins

mors ante infamiam

The question was asked many times before... before dishonour ;-)

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