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"All must obey fate, for theres no escape"

Latin translation: Ab omnibus Fato oboediendum est, namque nulla fuga est.

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English term or phrase:"All must obey fate, for theres no escape"
Latin translation:Ab omnibus Fato oboediendum est, namque nulla fuga est.
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

04:05 Feb 8, 2010
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English term or phrase: "All must obey fate, for theres no escape"
Could someone please help translate this to Latin, for a tattoo, I attempted to translate myself and just didnt seem right, im terrible with the grammar part. Please and thanks.
UnknownOne
United States
Local time: 23:11
Ab omnibus Fato oboediendum est, namque nulla fuga est.
Explanation:
I use the ablative of agent with 'omnibus' to avoid confusion with the dative 'Fato', which is required by 'oboediendum', since that is one of a class of intransitive verbs that take an object in the dative in Latin, where its English equivilent commonly takes a direct object.
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Joseph Brazauskas
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Local time: 02:11
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5 +2Ab omnibus Fato oboediendum est, namque nulla fuga est.
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"all must obey fate, for theres no escape"
Ab omnibus Fato oboediendum est, namque nulla fuga est.


Explanation:
I use the ablative of agent with 'omnibus' to avoid confusion with the dative 'Fato', which is required by 'oboediendum', since that is one of a class of intransitive verbs that take an object in the dative in Latin, where its English equivilent commonly takes a direct object.

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