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honoratæque

English translation: ...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess...

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Latin term or phrase:honoratæque
English translation:...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess...

19:56 Jul 17, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-07-21 00:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Latin to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Latin term or phrase: honoratæque
I'm not sure I'm following the use of the genitives in this sentence:

Nostris eandem calicum curam fuisse, eò minus mirum, quod strenuæ honoratæque immoderatæ potationis exemplo præiverat Thor Deus, qui in eâ arte excellere sibi ipsi visus est, mythologiâ Eddæ quadragesimâ primâ docente.

Also, is præiverat correct as "provide, supply?"

Here is my rendering:

For us there was the same cup [of] concern [to bear], and there is little wonder in this, because the god Thor provides an example of vigorously and honorably drinking in excess, who himself is seen to excel in that art, as the forty-first part of the mythology of the Eddas teaches.
Chris Lovelace
Argentina
Local time: 04:29
...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess...
Explanation:
You've got this part perfectly. But calicum is gen plur depending on curam, "to our people there was the same care for the cups", i.e. "our people had the same love of carousing, and this was no wonder, for the god Thor led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking in excess. He appeared in his own view to excel in this art, as the myth of the 41st part of the Edda teaches.
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Stephen C. Farrand
United States
Local time: 06:29
Grading comment
Well done. Thank you!
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5 +4...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess...
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...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess...


Explanation:
You've got this part perfectly. But calicum is gen plur depending on curam, "to our people there was the same care for the cups", i.e. "our people had the same love of carousing, and this was no wonder, for the god Thor led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking in excess. He appeared in his own view to excel in this art, as the myth of the 41st part of the Edda teaches.

Stephen C. Farrand
United States
Local time: 06:29
Meets criteria
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PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Well done. Thank you!

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