Capite pūniendus es!

[Maximus VII]

Please be reassured that this is not a sentiment expressed towards anyone who has been kind enough to open the thread! I am seeking help with a piece of Latin text

Literally, I have "You should be punished with your head", or in other words "You should be punished with death". Are these correct?

 

[Bitmap]

Yupp ... or even a bit stronger: You have to be punished with death... but should should be fine, too

 

[Maximus VII]

Thank you

 

[john abshire]

Yupp ... or even a bit stronger: You have to be punished with death... but should should be fine, too

capite puniendus es!
how do you get; "you have to be punished with death."?
capite= sieze!; capture!
es=you are
puniendus=punished; gerund? from punio=I punish?
wouldn't puniendus=punishing?
and; where does "with death" come from?

 

[Bitmap]

capite is the ablative singular of caput.

puniendus comes from punire, indeed, but it is a gerundive construction. A gerundive in connexion with a form of esse implies a necessity.

capite punire literally means "to punish with the head", which (in the context of punishment) usually involves the loss thereof.

 

[Dantius]

puniendus es is an example of what's called the passive periphrastic.

http://thelatinlibrary.com/101/Periphrastics.pdf

 

[john abshire]

capite is the ablative singular of caput.

puniendus comes from punire, indeed, but it is a gerundive construction. A gerundive in connexion with a form of esse implies a necessity.

capite punire literally means "to punish with the head", which (in the context of punishment) usually involves the loss thereof.

thank you

 

[john abshire]

puniendus es is an example of what's called the passive periphrastic.

http://thelatinlibrary.com/101/Periphrastics.pdf

thank you

 

[puer brasilianus]

Capite puniendus es =You have to/must be punished
Capite puniendus eras=you had to/should be punished,

More precisely..

 

[Laurentius]

Capite puniendus es =You have to/must be punished
Capite puniendus eras=you had to/should be punished,

More precisely..

You probably mean "should have been punished".

 

[pasquinus]

Please be reassured that this is not a sentiment expressed towards anyone who has been kind enough to open the thread! I am seeking help with a piece of Latin text

Literally, I have "You should be punished with your head", or in other words "You should be punished with death". Are these correct?

Still in English: "capital punishment".