english to latin translation

[magratmedway]

Hi!

Would someone be able to tell me what the following phrase would be once translated into Latin:

" Do not let her drown."

It is part of a university saying and we wanted to try and translate it for part of an ongoing friend's birthday present project!

I would be really grateful for any help as its years since i studied Latin at school,

Thanks, Alex

[elduce]

How about:

Eam non amitte obruere.

[benissimus]

I'll say... ea ne bibat aquas

lit. "let her not drink the waters (i.e. 'drown')"

How about:

Eam non amitte obruere.

I could see this working, but wouldn't it make more sense to use a passive infinitive (obrui)? This 'infinitive of purpose' is very rare in classical Latin however. Negative imperatives generally use noli + infinitive. If I interpret this correctly, you are saying "do not lose her to be ruined".

[magratmedway]

I was also given the suggestion:

"Ne demersa sit" for "do not let her drown"....

Would this also work?
alex

[benissimus]

That is a good translation. I would put in the present tense though... ea ne demergatur. The person who gave you that phrase put it into the perfect (past) tense, which is usually used for a different sort of command, though still correct.

[cweb255]

you really don't need the pronoun at all, classical authors would tortue you if you did. (not just your normal rolling in the grave!)

[benissimus]

Unless you use the perfect participle it is impossible to show that the subject is feminine otherwise, though on second thought I would rather use illa than ea.