A Little Help...

[Rudis]

As a father, I have decided to fill my home with relics and replicas from history. My current project inspired my username and also lead me to this forum.

I want to create a Rudis that would be given to a Gladiator that is awarded freedom.

The sentence:
"Freedom by honor, glory and blood."

As a student I do try and translate for myself first. You can never learn to ride a bicycle with out getting on first...

My translation:
"Libertas cata honos doxa cruorum."
Or
"Libertas forte titulus gloria cruorum."


How close am I?

I did not use Google translate or another machine. I used SPQR app by Paul Hudson. I selected the words from the dictionary.

I hope I didn't fail to badly.

 

[Pacifica]

I'm afraid neither of your attempts makes any sense.

I might suggest libertas per honestatem et gloriam et sanguinem/cruorem.

 

[Rudis]

I'm afraid neither of your attempts makes any sense.

I might suggest libertas per honestatem et gloriam et sanguinem/cruorem.

Damn. Guess a grazed knee then.

Per...I forgot that word. Grade school mistakes...thank you though.
Cruorem seems to be the right word though, as it applies to bloodshed whereas sanguinem applies to family blood.

 

[Pacifica]

Cseems to be the tight word though ruotem

What do you mean?

Sanguinem is the general word for "blood" while cruorem is a bit more like "gore", blood spilled violently (which could be appropriate in a gladiating context, but the more general word is fine too).

 

[Rudis]

You replied before my edit went through...

 

[Bitmap]

Sanguis can apply to bloodshed, too. (Cruor just can't apply to family blood the other way round)

 

[Pacifica]

Sanguis can apply to bloodshed, too.

Yes. It's just the general word for "blood", acceptable in pretty much any context.

 

[Rudis]

Here I'm thinking the context behind a word changes the form of it.

 

[Bitmap]

Usually it's the syntactical function in the sentence that changes the form ...

 

[Rudis]

Usually it's the syntactical function in the sentence that changes the form ...

Learning Latin isn't an easy task...I thank you all for your assistance.