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- "Tu undas regis."
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undas rego,
undas regis,
is, ea, id undas regit.
undas regimus,
undas regitis,
ei, eae, ea undas regunt.
I understand what it means when it's the god Neptune, he is the master of the seas.
But what are the possible meanings if you are not Neptune in English? You surf? You do very well with your boat? You broadcast a wonderful thing on the radio?
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"Britannia rule the waves" was also a line from a british patriotic song, waves being used as a synedoche to mean the entire ocean. So I think the line could validly be used when someone does something impressive with a boat.
Actually, I think it's a bit of a finer point about British naval superiority vis-a-vis other contemporary great powers. In fact, a closer look at the entire original lyrics indicates that the author sees British mastery of the waves as a chiefly defensive measure: "Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: "Britons never will be slaves."
Master, Your name is Cnut
And you are a king
Therefor sit in the throne (The chair) and rule the waves
Is my translation correct?
With macrons to indicate long vowels, this should be "Tū undās regis". I have reported this "The audio does not sound correct".
...also, out of curiosity... how would one translate "comments"? Adnotationi? Adnotamenti?Animadverti? Commenti? (just curiosity, no high priority)
I would call them commentāriī, although Wiktionary prefers to gloss those as "memoranda, notebooks; diaries, journals; (law) briefs" or perhaps notae "marks, signs; critical marks or remarks; notes."
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I really appreciate this reader's usual treatment of vowel quantities (long and short).
