Hi, I'm new here, don't know if this should be here...
The thing is, our national motto ("either by way of reason or by force") is supposed to derive from the latin phrase "aut consilis aut ense", meaning "either by counsil/advice or by sword", found in our first national emblem (I'm from Chile) ...I'm just starting to struggle with latin, but it seems wrong to me, and doing research about the history behind it so far I've found this variations:
aut concilis aut ense
aut consillis aut ense
aut consilium aut ense
The thing is there is no depiction of that emblem (this was 1812) and the only account is from a spanish friar, who actually wrote it like "at the top read 'post tenebras lux' and at the bottom 'aut concilliés aut ense' " ??????
Which should be the correct writing? and shouldn't it be "ensis" for sword, instead of "ense"
Please thanks in advance...this is giving me a headache and is bad for my OCD
The thing is, our national motto ("either by way of reason or by force") is supposed to derive from the latin phrase "aut consilis aut ense", meaning "either by counsil/advice or by sword", found in our first national emblem (I'm from Chile) ...I'm just starting to struggle with latin, but it seems wrong to me, and doing research about the history behind it so far I've found this variations:
aut concilis aut ense
aut consillis aut ense
aut consilium aut ense
The thing is there is no depiction of that emblem (this was 1812) and the only account is from a spanish friar, who actually wrote it like "at the top read 'post tenebras lux' and at the bottom 'aut concilliés aut ense' " ??????
Which should be the correct writing? and shouldn't it be "ensis" for sword, instead of "ense"
Please thanks in advance...this is giving me a headache and is bad for my OCD