amor vinci omnia

English translation: love conquers everything

06:04 Sep 30, 2004
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Latin term or phrase: amor vinci omnia
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English translation:love conquers everything
Explanation:
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-09-30 06:15:10 GMT)
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Or \"love conquers all\"

Also, it should be \"vinciT\", not \"vinci\"
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3 +12love conquers everything
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love conquers everything


Explanation:
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-09-30 06:15:10 GMT)
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Or \"love conquers all\"

Also, it should be \"vinciT\", not \"vinci\"

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 23:13
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agree  Andrea Kopf: I prefer your first suggestion.
50 mins

agree  Piotr Kurek
50 mins

agree  Simon Molnar: actually "omnia vincit Amor" from Vergil and is translated as "Love conquers all things" from the tenth Ecloga
1 hr
  -> thank you for the info! I remember I've seen the phrase exactly in the form "Omnia vincit amor"

agree  Eva Blanar: the original actually is "omnia vincit Amor" (Amor = the god of love) , but you can freely change the order of the words to stress different aspects of the statement
1 hr
  -> true :)

agree  Ewa Nowicka: my friend had it in big letters on the wall, how romantic! :)
2 hrs
  -> ;-)

agree  Maria Ferstl
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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agree  JessicaC
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agree  Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
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agree  sonja29 (X)
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas
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agree  Egmont
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