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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Håkan Lindgren <h5@...> wrote:
> I know this isn't what Cybalist is for, but I'm wondering if someone
could help me with a Latin translation.
>
> Someone who thinks I'm a Latin expert wants me to translate "I miss
you", as said by a daughter to her dead father, into Latin. I have not
been able to do it. All the dictionaries in the library where I live
are from Latin to other languages, not the other way around.
>
> Best regards,
> Hakan Lindgren
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Nobody thinks I'm a Latin expert, but I'll give it a try.
"Tui egeo".
This is based on Plautus Asinaria 3.3.1:
A: Cur me retentas?
P: Quia tui amans abeuntis egeo.
translated as
A: Why are you holding me back?
P: Because, as I love you, I cannot bear your departing.
Dan Milton