Candide Ad Astra

Kuba26

non sum dignus

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
Germania Inferior
I read this Latin motto the other day: candide ad astra (vocative masculine singular of the adjective candidus; accusative neuter plural of the noun astrum with the preposition ad).

My main question would be: is this motto correct? Particularly, the vocative case in combination with the accusative prepositional phrase.

All your comments will be very much appreciated.
 

Nikolaos

schmikolaos

  • Censor

Location:
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
As the vocative, it is nonsense. But, fortunately, candide isn't vocative here, but is rather an adverb. So it is "candidly to the stars", where "candidly" can be replaced with the most appropriate translation of the word for the given context.
 
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