Jan 30, 2010 23:12
14 yrs ago
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English term
Germany
garden
English to Latin
Art/Literary
Agriculture
Cicero
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
Sorry, the fields are slightly off, but there's no gardening or library category. It's been nearly 40 years, but this comment occurred to me when writing to a friend who has had some ups and downs but has just moved and is starting a new chapter in her life. I knew it was Cicero because my enthusiastic Latin teacher emphasized him, but despite searching in Google in various ways and seeing that the quote is often used by garden-related companies, I can't find the source or the Latin. So I would be very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
Many thanks in advance,
Terry
Sorry, the fields are slightly off, but there's no gardening or library category. It's been nearly 40 years, but this comment occurred to me when writing to a friend who has had some ups and downs but has just moved and is starting a new chapter in her life. I knew it was Cicero because my enthusiastic Latin teacher emphasized him, but despite searching in Google in various ways and seeing that the quote is often used by garden-related companies, I can't find the source or the Latin. So I would be very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
Many thanks in advance,
Terry
Proposed translations
(Latin)
| 5 +2 | Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil |
Ivo Volt
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| 4 | hortus |
David Hollywood
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Proposed translations
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15 mins
English term (edited):
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need
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Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil
I believe you wanted the translation of the whole phrase, not just the word 'garden'. The phrase is from Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 9.4.1 (a letter from Cicero to Varro). It actually means "if you have a garden IN the library ..."
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Comment: "Yes, I was looking for the whole quote and its source. Thank you! It is very interesting that it's about having a garden *in* your library! A different slant than the one I remembered, but also true in its way. "
4 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
hortus
Hortus Botanicus means "Botanical Garden" (in Latin), and at our nursery we are very much like a mini botanical garden; growing and propagating a wide range ...
www.hortusb.com/ - Cached - Similar
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Hortus Botanicus means "Botanical Garden" (in Latin), and at our nursery we are very much like a mini botanical garden; growing and propagating a wide range ...
www.hortusb.com/ - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-01-30 23:19:40 GMT)
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In a more plastic way it is also called a "Hortus Siccus" or "dried garden". It offers a great wealth of plants of all kinds from all over the world, ...
www.bgbm.org/bgbm/garden/Bereiche/areas/hortsic.htm - Cached
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-01-30 23:26:15 GMT)
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The same stem, *ghor-dho-, may be the orgin of Latin hortus 'garden', Greek khortos, Welsh garth. Latin hortus of course provides such well-known terms as ...
www.yourdictionary.com/library/garden.html - Cached - Similar
www.hortusb.com/ - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 5 mins (2010-01-30 23:18:18 GMT)
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Hortus Botanicus means "Botanical Garden" (in Latin), and at our nursery we are very much like a mini botanical garden; growing and propagating a wide range ...
www.hortusb.com/ - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-01-30 23:19:40 GMT)
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In a more plastic way it is also called a "Hortus Siccus" or "dried garden". It offers a great wealth of plants of all kinds from all over the world, ...
www.bgbm.org/bgbm/garden/Bereiche/areas/hortsic.htm - Cached
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-01-30 23:26:15 GMT)
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The same stem, *ghor-dho-, may be the orgin of Latin hortus 'garden', Greek khortos, Welsh garth. Latin hortus of course provides such well-known terms as ...
www.yourdictionary.com/library/garden.html - Cached - Similar
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