latin translation

• Rockhound

  1 Jan 06, 13:07

  well...i want to translate 'by the hands of angels'
  
  came up with manibus angelus.....
  
  wats of in latin? or i do not need to put that?
• ^tamago^

  1 Jan 06, 13:19

  Originally posted by Rockhound:

  well...i want to translate 'by the hands of angels'
  
  came up with manibus angelus.....
  
  wats of in latin? or i do not need to put that?

  don't understand. 'manus angelus'?
• Rockhound

  1 Jan 06, 13:30

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  don't understand. 'manus angelus'?

  manibus is by the hands...
  
  angelus is angel
• ^tamago^

  1 Jan 06, 13:45

  singular
  Nominative - manus
  Genitive- manus
  Dative - manui, manu
  Accusative - manum
  Ablative - manu
  Locative - mani
  Vocative - manus
  
  plural
  
  Nominative - manus
  Genitive - manuum
  Dative - manibus, (manubus)
  Accusative - manus
  Ablative - manibus, (manubus)
  Locative - manibus, (manubus)
  Vocative - manus
  
  which one you need.
• Rockhound

  1 Jan 06, 14:02

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:
  [b]singular
  Nominative - manus
  Genitive- manus
  Dative - manui, manu
  Accusative - manum
  Ablative - manu
  Locative - mani
  Vocative - manus
  
  plural
  
  Nominative - manus
  Genitive - manuum
  Dative - manibus, (manubus)
  Accusative - manus
  Ablative - manibus, (manubus)
  Locative - manibus, (manubus)
  Vocative - manus
  
  which one you need.[/b]

  i just wanna find out the word 'of'
  
  or if u guys could help....
  
  translate 'to heal by the hands of angels'
  
  thanks...
• ^tamago^

  1 Jan 06, 14:15

  'ab'.
• arguspersicus

  1 Jan 06, 14:44

  angelus is the base form of the word
  
  you need to find the genitive plural form (genitive denotes possession I think) of angelus
  
  for e.g. by the hands is manibus (albative, plural)
  of the hands is manuum (genitive, plural)
  
  
• Rockhound

  1 Jan 06, 17:28

  Originally posted by arguspersicus:

  angelus is the base form of the word
  
  you need to find the genitive plural form (genitive denotes possession I think) of angelus
  
  for e.g. by the hands is manibus (albative, plural)
  of the hands is manuum (genitive, plural)
  
  

  manibus ab angelus?
• LazerLordz

  1 Jan 06, 17:30

  a competition to find a new motto for the medics?
• Rockhound

  1 Jan 06, 17:32

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  a competition to find a new motto for the medics?

  yeah..cos of the new course...we got lotsa new things for it.....been NATO a while...so now really need a motto to top it off...
• LazerLordz

  1 Jan 06, 17:33

  Originally posted by Rockhound:

  yeah..cos of the new course...we got lotsa new things for it.....been NATO a while...so now really need a motto to top it off...

  Company Medic Specialists?
  
  Well that motto sounds nice..