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18:18 May 4, 2006 |
English to Latin translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Economics / Trade | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X) Local time: 17:20 | ||||||
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5 | optimates |
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5 | amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo |
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3 | maybe "patrician" could fit |
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maybe "patrician" could fit Explanation: ...even if it too refers to social status. |
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optimates Explanation: Optimates is a wider term than Nobilitas, inasmuch as it would comprehend the Nobilitas and all who adhered to them. (the EQUITES became very rich in the last republican period) Hope it helps Antonio http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/... |
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amplus/amplissimus < amplitudo Explanation: They refer to the economical/political/public asset of the richest classes, not to their lineage. |
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