tempus suorum est solis ????

mbdittmar · Post by **mbdittmar** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:27 pm

The local library here has a sundial in their courtyard which has a plaque with the quote " tempus suorum est solis", underneath which is the translation " "our time is of the sun".

Doesn't this translate as " Their (own) time is of the sun?" Sure, this is a trifling matter but it bugs me!

Comments?

Mulciber · Post by **Mulciber** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:38 pm

Suorum is the genitive of sui, which often means his own men or his own people. So I guess it would mean something like.

"The time of his/their/one's own people is the sun's."

Whatever that is supposed to mean.