01-19-2013, 12:16 AM
Hmm... I think it is. Let me ask my Latin Teacher she's on Skype.
EDIT: Here's our conversation
[1:16:27 PM] Flavius Aetius: Ah good i need your assistance
[1:16:45 PM] Tracy: What's up?
[1:17:09 PM] Flavius Aetius: Trying to translate this tombstone, here's what I got"
[1:17:10 PM] Flavius Aetius:
per vexil(lationem) / [leg(ionum)] I Ital(icae) V Mac(edonicae) / XI Cl(audiae) et c(ohortium) VI sub Ma/lico |(centurione) leg(ionis) XI Cl(audiae)
"Through the Vexillationes of the Legions I, V Macedonica, XI Claudia, and Cohort 6 under the Centurion Mal[icus?] of the Legion XI Claudia."
Thanks, Evan
[1:17:36 PM] Tracy: vex is sg
[1:17:47 PM] Flavius Aetius: is "cohortium" plural is what i need to know
[1:17:50 PM] Tracy: you forgot Italica
[1:18:10 PM] Tracy: cohortum is pl
[1:18:29 PM] Flavius Aetius: so "ium" is singular and "um" is plural?
[1:19:14 PM] Tracy: no, should be cohors, cohortis
[1:19:25 PM] Tracy: um is genitive pl
[1:19:35 PM] Flavius Aetius: Okay
[1:19:39 PM] Flavius Aetius: thanks
Last Name edited out for privacy.
EDIT: Here's our conversation
[1:16:27 PM] Flavius Aetius: Ah good i need your assistance
[1:16:45 PM] Tracy: What's up?
[1:17:09 PM] Flavius Aetius: Trying to translate this tombstone, here's what I got"
[1:17:10 PM] Flavius Aetius:
per vexil(lationem) / [leg(ionum)] I Ital(icae) V Mac(edonicae) / XI Cl(audiae) et c(ohortium) VI sub Ma/lico |(centurione) leg(ionis) XI Cl(audiae)
"Through the Vexillationes of the Legions I, V Macedonica, XI Claudia, and Cohort 6 under the Centurion Mal[icus?] of the Legion XI Claudia."
Thanks, Evan
[1:17:36 PM] Tracy: vex is sg
[1:17:47 PM] Flavius Aetius: is "cohortium" plural is what i need to know
[1:17:50 PM] Tracy: you forgot Italica
[1:18:10 PM] Tracy: cohortum is pl
[1:18:29 PM] Flavius Aetius: so "ium" is singular and "um" is plural?
[1:19:14 PM] Tracy: no, should be cohors, cohortis
[1:19:25 PM] Tracy: um is genitive pl
[1:19:35 PM] Flavius Aetius: Okay
[1:19:39 PM] Flavius Aetius: thanks
Last Name edited out for privacy.
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