translation check

exercitus · Post by **exercitus** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:01 pm

hello. It would be great if someone could look over my translations:

Ingenia valde generosa et magnanima.
Great genius, nobility and magnanimity.

and

malum malo pellunt.
They strike evil with evil.

thanks!

anphph · Post by **anphph** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:46 pm

Ingenia valde generosa et magnanima

generosa and magnanima are both adjectives, so

Genius vastly noble and magnanimous.

the second one seems to me to be correct

adrianus · Post by **adrianus** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:11 am

Salve Exercite
ingenia is plural, so "brave and noble qualities"
'ingenia' numeri plurali est.

"They strike evil with evil" or "they fight evil with evil" (more natural sounding anglicÃ¨, maybe)

Essorant · Post by **Essorant** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:59 am

Where are those words from? <pre></pre>

exercitus · Post by **exercitus** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:48 pm

thank you both for your helpful replies. Those words are from Francisci Baronis: de dignitate et augmentis scientiarum.