Monday, June 15, 2015

Your First Psalm Verse in Latin

Psalm 1:1 says, in the Vulgate
Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum,
et in via peccatorum non stetit,
et in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit;


Let's take it apart:
The first phrase

  • Beatus - bay-AH-toos - blessed (1& 2nd declension adjective, m. s. nom)
  • vir - veer - man (2nd declension noun, m. s. nom)
  • qui - kwee - who (relative pronoun, m. s. nom)
  • non - nohn - not
  • abiit - AH-bee-it - goes away (3rd p, singular, pr. ind. of abeo)
  • in - in - in, among (prep. w/ablative)
  • consilio - con-SEE-lee-o - council (2nd declension noun, n, s. abl)
  • impiorium - im-pee-OH-room - of the impious or ungodly (2nd decl noun, m. pl, gen)

Blessed is the man who doesn't walk (or depart from God) in the council of the ungodly