Any Latin experts or linguists around?

[LairdOfTheBrae]

Hey guys,

I want to get a tattoo of an english expression but i want it translated into latin.

the expression is "look with your understanding"

i'm confused about conjugation and which form of "look" o should be using. i think it should be something like "video per intempestivus" but i'm not sure. any help out there?

[Atlanta Kiltie]

I think the word contmeplari would be closer to the pharse "look with your understanding"

Disclaimer: It has been a very long time since I have used my Latin...so you may want to confirm this before you have it indelibly put somewhere. Fac Eau (do well)

[MartinGrenoble]

You will have to tell us what the English means first.

Martin

[sharpdressedscot]

They have some English to Latin online translations/dictionaries, however, they don't help much if you're trying to construct an entire sentence.

[Nick]

'Look' in this context is a command, so it should be in the imperative. So 'vide' in the singular and 'videte' in the plural.

Vide cum intellectu tui (singular)
Videte cum intellectibus vestri (plural)

I'm certainly no expert at Latin, I welcome anyone's suggestions on this translation.

[Rex_Tremende]

Vide cum intellectu tui (singular)
Videte cum intellectibus vestri (plural)

I know nothing about Latin, but I'm sure there's a difference between knowing something, understanding it, and being able to reason something. For instance, in Spanish, saber is to know something like a fact, and conocer is to be cognizant of something. A quick Latin translation search turned up intempestivus for understanding, and agnosco for understand, so do choose your words carefully.

Regards,
Rex.

[ChattanCat]

I took Latin in 9th grade... boy was that a long time ago.

[LairdOfTheBrae]

thanks for the help all, i found the university of ND site and it had some interesting stuff so i'm gonna send an e-mail to them.

[Nick]

] A quick Latin translation search turned up intempestivus for understanding, and agnosco for understand, so do choose your words carefully.

Regards,
Rex.

A look through Lewis' Latin Dictionary and Whitaker's Words shows 'intempestivus' as 'untimely, inopportune, unreasonable'. I ran it through an online translator as well, which gave 'unseasonable, understanding, untimely, being understood, immoderate'. I'll check Lewis and Short when I go up to Uni.

[McFarkus]

IIRC Videre means to see. Here's a variety of verbs meaning 'look.' It depends on the context:

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html Type in: to look

I had five years of Latin, but that was 40 years ago.