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"Love is a friendship set on fire." It would be great if someone could translate that to Latin for me!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm loath to disagree with QM as he's always spot-on but I'm not sure that's the best translation. 'Ardens' is fiery so QM's phrase is better translated as "love is fiery (ardent) friendship". I think "Love is friendship set on fire" needs to be passive so
my stab at it is "Amor amicitia ardentus est" however, it is 32 years since I took my Latin O level so I might be a bit rusty.
my stab at it is "Amor amicitia ardentus est" however, it is 32 years since I took my Latin O level so I might be a bit rusty.
It's a sight longer since I took mine, Maxi! The Oxford Latin Dictionary translates 'ardens' as 'ablaze', which seems close enough to 'set on fire' to me. "Love is friendship ablaze" seems OK, but I really shouldn't disagree with someone whose experience in the language is so much more recent than mine! (That's a joke, by the way.) Cheers