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doctor of engineering

Latin translation: peritus/perita scientiae machinalis

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English term or phrase:doctor of engineering
Latin translation:peritus/perita scientiae machinalis
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

05:51 Nov 12, 2009
English to Latin translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: doctor of engineering
doctus scientiae polytechnicae?(I read somewhere that DOCTOR is not the correct term)

Thank you!
Olga D.
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:09
peritus/perita scientiae machinalis
Explanation:
'Peritus' of a man, 'perita' of a woman. This is a perfect passive participle used substantively meaning 'skilled in' and requires the genitive of the art or science in which one is skilled. In classical Latin, 'doctor' means 'teacher, professor' of certain arts and sciences, especially of rhetoric, but not of engineering.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-11-12 15:14:09 GMT)
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'Doctus' (feminine 'docta') may be used in the same sense as 'peritus' but requires the ablative, with or without the preposition 'in'. It is also sometimes found with the preposition 'ad' + the accusative.
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Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 14:09
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5peritus/perita scientiae machinalis
Joseph Brazauskas
4 -2doctor aedilitae
Constantinos Faridis (X)


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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
doctor aedilitae


Explanation:
doctor- oris (declinatio 3a)
dictus -i (declinatio 2a)

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 21:09
Native speaker of: Greek
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much! Is it a standard translation of your guess?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Joseph Brazauskas: The genitive should be 'aedilitatis' and 'aedilitas' means 'aedileship', the Roman magistracy which was in charge of public works.
8 hrs
disagree  Ivo Volt: see Joseph's comments
10 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
peritus/perita scientiae machinalis


Explanation:
'Peritus' of a man, 'perita' of a woman. This is a perfect passive participle used substantively meaning 'skilled in' and requires the genitive of the art or science in which one is skilled. In classical Latin, 'doctor' means 'teacher, professor' of certain arts and sciences, especially of rhetoric, but not of engineering.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-11-12 15:14:09 GMT)
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'Doctus' (feminine 'docta') may be used in the same sense as 'peritus' but requires the ablative, with or without the preposition 'in'. It is also sometimes found with the preposition 'ad' + the accusative.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ivo Volt: If you're translating diplomas and this is the degree that is given to someone, you'd better use 'doctor' all the same.
2 hrs
  -> It's not good Latin hee but you're right that it's the usual translation for someone receiving a doctorate. On the other hand, I've rendered thousands of diplomas from Latin > English but no one has yet requested one from me for English > Latin.
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