Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

munera quæ tacite que sine teste dedit

English translation:

gifts which she gave silently, without a witness

Added to glossary by Luis Antonio de Larrauri
Sep 10, 2008 05:23
15 yrs ago
Latin term

munera quæ tacite que sine teste dedit

Latin to English Other Anthropology Grave stone inscription
Ninth line of a grave stone inscription
Change log

Sep 15, 2008 07:23: Luis Antonio de Larrauri Created KOG entry

Sep 15, 2008 07:23: Luis Antonio de Larrauri changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/61017">Luis Antonio de Larrauri's</a> old entry - "munera quæ tacite que sine teste dedit"" to ""gifts which she gave silently, without a witness""

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gifts which she gave silently, without a witness

I thought of the enclitic too, but then the words that would join would be "quae" and "tacite", which doen's make any sense. Therefore I suppose that there is a missing "a" in "que".
So the idea is "gifts which she gave silently, which she gave without...", and I leave out the second "which" for a style sake.
Peer comment(s):

agree Olga Cartlidge : Given the context, "munera" can also mean "suprema munera" here i.e. the last rites - Cf Virg En4, 624 - Cineri haec mittite nostro munera - observe this rutual regarding my ashes.
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Thank you, Olga. See http://www.pyran.org/Lake'sLostwithiel.html for more context.
agree Joseph Brazauskas
1 day 4 hrs
Thank you, Joseph!
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the gifts which she gave quietly and without a witness



I'm assuming 'que' is the enclitic -que (i.e. attached to the end of the previous word, in this case 'taciteque') meaning 'and'. If this is not correct then my translation is way off...
Peer comment(s):

agree Joseph Brazauskas
1 day 4 hrs
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