Faithr Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 For some reason I just am not getting this sentence: Is autem, qui semper bona facere conatur, mala tamen a malis plurima patitur. I understand the first half (He however, who always tries to do good) and I know the definitions of each of the words in the second half but I just can't put it together in a way that makes sense. Can someone help? Pretty please? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) mala tamen a malis plurima patitur. [He (is)] nonetheless (tamen) suffers (patitur) most evil (mala plurima) [inflicted to him] by the evil ones (a malis). Edited February 12, 2012 by Ester Maria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I'm not a expert here, but I'm guessing that you are tripping over the difference betweeen malum, the neuter noun, and malus,a, um, the 1st/2nd declension adjective. To make matters more confusing, adjectives like this can often have an implied noun associated with them: e.g. Boni (the good men) So, this is what I get: nevertheless [tamen (indecl)], he suffers [patitur (deponent 3rd person)] the most evils [plurissma mala n. pl. accusatives] from [a] evil men [malis (abl. plural adjective with implied noun]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Thank you Ester Maria and GGardner. Yes I was tripping over the malum/malus thing. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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