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collocò

English translation: laid/placed (this stone)

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Italian term or phrase:collocò
English translation:laid/placed (this stone)
Entered by: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

22:57 Dec 11, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / funerary monuments
Italian term or phrase: collocò
Context:Inscription on a Roman milestone

Miliari di Valentiniano e Valente

Calcare. 364-367 d.C.

“Ai due signori nostri Flavio Valentiniano e Flavio Valente, divini fratelli e sempre Augusti, la devota Venetia collocò.”
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Local time: 05:43
has laid/placed (this stone)
Explanation:
That's how I'd say it.

Hth
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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5has laid/placed (this stone)
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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'calcare'
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
has laid/placed (this stone)


Explanation:
That's how I'd say it.

Hth

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  EleoE
16 mins
  -> EleoE, thank you
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: without the "has"
17 mins
  -> Shera, thank you
agree  P.L.F. Persio
2 hrs
  -> Missdutch, thanks.
agree  Inter-Tra: 100%.
3 hrs
  -> fbbest, thank you
agree  Jim Tucker (X): yes -- but simple past
5 hrs
  -> Jim, thank you
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Reference comments


9 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: 'calcare'

Reference information:
may I ask you.. what about the translation of 'calcare'?

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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Jim Tucker (X): it's limestone
2 hrs
  -> yes, in this case should be Pietra d'Istria. Istrian Stone is more durable than regular limestone, but less durable than true marble. It can also withstand Venetian flooding and rain.
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