Timor carcerem inferni

[DiogoXS]

Hi, how would you translate this phrase by William Perault, the dominican priest (XIII century)?

 

[Dantius]

That's not a full sentence. The full sentence, according to a google search, is: Timor carcerem inferni, mortem, et tormenta quae hostes ei minitur in gladium et ignem contra eum convertit.
This seems to mean: "Fear turns the prison of hell*, death, and the tortures, with which the enemy threatens him, into a sword and fire against him (the enemy)."

*inferni can also mean "of the depths of the earth".

 

[DiogoXS]

Thank you for your prompt answer.

 

[Dantius]

No problem!

 

[Aurifex]

That's not a full sentence. The full sentence, according to a google search, is: Timor carcerem inferni, mortem, et tormenta quae hostes ei minitur in gladium et ignem contra eum convertit.
This seems to mean: "Fear turns the prison of hell*, death, and the tortures, with which the enemy threatens him, into a sword and fire against him (the enemy)."

*inferni can also mean "of the depths of the earth".

Presumably the fear in question is fear of God? Or is it?

 

[Dantius]

Yes, I'm pretty sure it is. The rest of the passage that I found in Google Books when I looked up this phrase has many instances of "timor dei".