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-A? OVIME - TANGIT VOCEM - MEAM

English translation: Audit qui me tangit vocem meam

23:54 Nov 19, 2005
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Latin term or phrase: -A? OVIME - TANGIT VOCEM - MEAM
I ALSO HAVE A BELL WITH THESE WORDS- BUT MINE IS PHRASED AND PUNCTUATED EXACTLY AS WRITTEN ABOVE. ( -A? OVIME - TANGIT VOCEM - MEAM ) HOW DOES THE QUESTION MARK CHANGE THIS PHRASE? I APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION.
THANKS!!!
MICKI EARWOOD
English translation:Audit qui me tangit vocem meam
Explanation:
This is often found on engraved on church bells and it literally means "Who touches me hears my voice".
Audit qui me tangit vocem meam

OVIME is QVI ME (who me)and that part of the sentence is "Who touches me, my voice".

Probbaly what you read as a "?" is a "D".



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Obviously, due to the round shape of a bell, the sentence can start from any of its parts, but in Latin the position of the parts of a sentence is not totally relevant, so its meaning does not change even if "AUDIT" is put at the end: "Qui me tangit vocem meam audit".
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5 +6Audit qui me tangit vocem meam
Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
3 +2XXXXXXX (?) STRIKES MY VOICE
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti


  

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XXXXXXX (?) STRIKES MY VOICE


Explanation:
Hi Micky,

I think the spelling is wrong for A? OVIME.

There is not reason why it should have a question mark there, nor "OVIME" means anything in Latin.

Tangit: strikes
Vocem: voice
Meam: my

"XXXXXX (Something?) strikes my voice"

I hope this helps you,
Flavio

Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Switzerland
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in SpanishSpanish

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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
7 mins
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 18 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Audit qui me tangit vocem meam


Explanation:
This is often found on engraved on church bells and it literally means "Who touches me hears my voice".
Audit qui me tangit vocem meam

OVIME is QVI ME (who me)and that part of the sentence is "Who touches me, my voice".

Probbaly what you read as a "?" is a "D".



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Note added at 36 mins (2005-11-20 00:30:36 GMT)
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Please see
http://www.saint-mike.org/apologetics/QA/Answers/Faith_Spiri...

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Note added at 43 mins (2005-11-20 00:37:43 GMT)
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Obviously, due to the round shape of a bell, the sentence can start from any of its parts, but in Latin the position of the parts of a sentence is not totally relevant, so its meaning does not change even if "AUDIT" is put at the end: "Qui me tangit vocem meam audit".

Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zrinka Milas: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/10672?float=1 Sure, but I wanted to emphasize the whole meaning of the sentence.
7 mins
  -> Hi Zri! Thanks! Still, there's no missing letter, since AD is most probably a shortening for AUDIT... How are you doing? // Trying to finish some work on an icon, after a week fighting against a hell of a tooth-ache! :-( // Ah, translators!!!
agree  Anne Grimes: brilliant, leonardo..:>)
1 hr
agree  Joseph Brazauskas: Ingenious!
3 hrs
agree  Kirill Semenov: great! :)
7 hrs
agree  Pierre POUSSIN
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agree  Can Altinbay
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