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| | 22 Juli 2007 18:41 |
| | A corect translation from Danish should be:
"There is no room in the world for more than one king Ludovicus"
Regards,
Mats |
| | 22 Juli 2007 22:54 |
| | Yes - I just thought of this too - it's a good solution to the awkward plural of "Ludovicus". Thanks! |
| | 22 Juli 2007 22:56 |
| | By the way, isn't his name King Ludwig in English, or is that only for the ones from Germany? |
| | 22 Juli 2007 23:14 |
| guilonAnzahl der Beiträge: 1549 | For instance, "Ludovicus Pius" of the Carolingian is known as "Louis the Pious" in English. Should we edit? |
| | 22 Juli 2007 23:25 |
| | I don't know - I guess it depends on which Ludovicus this is - is he Danish, German, Italian (Luigi), French, or what? If he is Danish, what is he called in Danish? CC: wkn |
| | 23 Juli 2007 17:16 |
| wknAnzahl der Beiträge: 332 | I Denmark he would be called "Kong Ludvig" but we never had a king with that name. |
| | 23 Juli 2007 17:21 |
| | What does your note under the translation say - you found it on an old ??? Where was the "knap" from? CC: wkn |
| | 23 Juli 2007 22:07 |
| guilonAnzahl der Beiträge: 1549 | I've googled this sentence, and it seems to be etched in a lot of ancient buttons but I didn't manage to know their origin (military or what, country, king alluded, ....) |
| | 23 Juli 2007 22:18 |
| | Interesting - it seems the order should have been the following:
LUDOVICUS REX PLURES NON CAPIT ORBIS |
| | 23 Juli 2007 22:41 |
| guilonAnzahl der Beiträge: 1549 | But you know, Latin is not as strict with its syntax as modern languages are. Because meaning is not determined by the order of the words but by the the way they are declined through suffixes. |
| | 23 Juli 2007 23:03 |
| | Yes, of course. I don't think this affects the translation. |