Evertjan. wrote:
> Joe Riegsecker wrote on 06 mei 2008 in alt.language.latin:
>
>> Someone has asked me about translating the English phrase "Speak the
>> speech," found in Shakespeare's Hamlet, into Latin.
>>
>> Her try is "Loquor Oratio."
>>
>> It seems to me that this is an imperative, and "oratio" should be
>> accusative, so would "Loquere orationem" or "Loquimini orationem" be
>> more accurate?
>>
>> Comments? Suggestions?
>> --
>
> Ora!
>
> or if you want to keep the aliteration:
>
> Ora orationem!
In an ecclesiastical context, the latter would be "Pray the prayer" - cf.
"orationem quam orat" in III Reg 8:29, etc.
Patruus
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