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Deo Optimo Maximo, Dominus Omnium Magister

English translation: For God The Best The Greatest, The Lord Master of All

17:40 Jan 22, 2009
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Deo Optimo Maximo, Dominus Omnium Magister
Latin term or phrase: Deo Optimo Maximo, Dominus Omnium Magister
Hey.. I would like to know exactly what the following sentence means in english. Thx

"Deo Optimo Maximo, Dominus Omnium Magister"
Rio05
English translation:For God The Best The Greatest, The Lord Master of All
Explanation:
This is not a sentence on two counts: 1) no verb; 2) the first three words are syntactically disconnected. Either the quotation is incomplete or there is an error.
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Stephen C. Farrand
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Local time: 02:22
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5 +2For God The Best The Greatest, The Lord Master of All
Stephen C. Farrand
5God, the best, the greatest, God the Lord of all.
kavorka


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
God, the best, the greatest, God the Lord of all.


Explanation:
Good luck!

kavorka
Local time: 09:22
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
For God The Best The Greatest, The Lord Master of All


Explanation:
This is not a sentence on two counts: 1) no verb; 2) the first three words are syntactically disconnected. Either the quotation is incomplete or there is an error.

Stephen C. Farrand
United States
Local time: 02:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Péter Jutai: yes. It should be deo..., domino omnium magistro. If we knew where it was from, that could help.
1 hr
  -> Gratias maximas tibi, Petre!
agree  Veronika McLaren: Grammatically, I agree. The first part, a (religious) phrase is explained on Wikipedia. Could it be possible that in this dedication there is an ellipsis of the word "est" in the second part? Perhaps it should be asked where this quote is found?
1 hr
  -> Gratias maximas, Veronica!
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: (Neither here nor there, but) Was this Q classified under "sports/fitness" because someone thought Deo = deodorant?
5 hrs
  -> Hmm... Deo citius, altius, fortius?
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