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248 months ago

John Silver (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

English > Latin

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

Until death do us part

Context:

marriage rite

Keywords:

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248 months ago

Fortiter  See profile wrote:

donec mors nos separaverit

My comment:

This is the official and original Latin text of the Rite of Wedding. In the conjunctive as "donec" "claims"....

My references:

http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/mailing_lists/LATIN-L/2000/08/0123.php

http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Latin1662/Latin1662_Marriage.htm

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

248 months ago

  See profile wrote:

That's right§ it is necessary to use the future form which is the only one relevant at the time the bride and groom commit to share everything in life until one of them die.

247 months ago

Fortiter  See profile wrote:

Devaux has pointed out a mistake of mine in my explanation and is right. "Separaverit" is not conjunctive - as I wrote - but "futurus anterior". I'm sorry....

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248 months ago

Fortiter  See profile wrote:

donec mors nos separavit

My references:

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001013

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248 months ago

Fortiter  See profile wrote:

separavit is the past tense: Until death did us part...