Trust in time

[Lenny]

Hello everyone!

I’m looking to get “Trust in time” translated.

The meaning behind this is basically trust that timing will work out in your favor so try not to stress over what you can’t control.

Thank you in advance!

 

[R. Seltza]

Did you intend on conveying this phrase in an abstract sense such as "to trust in time" or did you intend on this phrase being like a command that someone should trust in time?

 

[Callaina]

Also, if a command, is it addressed to a single person or multiple people?

 

[Lenny]

I intend it on being like a command! Kind of like a reminder to myself.

I would, however, greatly appreciate a translation to address both a single person and multiple people

 

[R. Seltza]

(As a command to one person) "Trust in time" = fide in tempore
(As a command to multiple people) "Trust in time" = fidite in tempore

 

[Pacifica]

It would be more correct without the in.

 

[Godmy]

However weird it seems, Latin uses for fīdō/fīdere either with a dative or bare ablative.

So, the correct phrase would be e.g. fīde temporī or in plural fīdite temporī

Edit: Pacifica wrote that first.

 

[R. Seltza]

However weird it seems, Latin uses for fīdō/fīdere either with a dative or bare ablative.

This does seem kinda weird. Is there any particular reason why it's like this?

 

[syntaxianus]

Hello everyone!

I’m looking to get “Trust in time” translated.

The meaning behind this is basically trust that timing will work out in your favor so try not to stress over what you can’t control.

Do you perhaps want something closer to "trust in the (good) alternations that time will bring about"? If so, consider something like

Crede felicibus temporum vicibus.

= Trust in the favorable alternations of the times.

 

[Godmy]

This does seem kinda weird. Is there any particular reason why it's like this?

The dative is not so weird, it's quite natural, the ablative... well, it's the locative part of the ablative, just without the preposition and it probably stayed like that historically because of reasons xy... examples to be seen in dictionaries. ; )

 

[R. Seltza]

Lol thanks a lot dictionaries...