I have avenged you.

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RRyan

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"I have avenged you." With the context being that the speaker has killed the people who killed the person to whom he is speaking (all parties are male).

This is for a song lyric that honestly, will probably only be heard by a handful of people that likely wouldn't know if I was wrong, but I'll know. I thought this would be easy, but the irregular conjugation of "ulcisor" has proved too much for my long-atrophied high school Latin, and my inability to find any similar historical usage has left me wondering if it isn't the entirely wrong verb, or should I be using a gerund of some kind, or... basically I gave up, and now humbly seek the advice of those who have put in a lot more work than I have.

For my own edification, I'm also curious how far off I am with "Ego illis ultus pro tibi"? I mean, I know I'm not GOOD with Latin, but how bad am I? Feel free to laugh at my expense.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Adrian

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I was thinking of: Te ultus sum - I have avenged you

"Ego illis ultus pro tibi" - that is wrong. you can say Illos interfeci tui ulciscendi causa - I have killed them to avenge you.
 
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RRyan

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Greatly appreciate it, both of you. Believe it or not, I started at "ultus sum" since it was the perfect indicative, but the more I tried to research it the more confused I got. There's no substitute for asking the right people. But hey, at least I had the right verb. I guess that's the best I can expect from a few semesters more than two decades ago.



Thank you again. I'd have abandoned the idea altogether without your help.
 
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