Please translate into Latin:

[tullman]

I would like help translating this to Latin:

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

[vastor]

I think that statement is quite idiomatic and metaphorical, and the meaning would be lost in a direct translation.

This is how I would express the meaning of the phrase without the culinary euphemism:
ultio consilio attento bene agitur

A rough translation would be:
Revenge is best conducted with / by careful planning (a careful plan)

Ablative of manner or means. In either case, the preposition is omitted due to the presence of a modifier.

I think the subjunctive mood would be more appropriate, but I haven't covered that yet, so the present passive indicative will have to do.

I suppose you could write a more literal expression using a relative clause (subordinate clause):
ultio est caesna / cibum quod sine igni optume datur / paratur

[Essorant]

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<b>Ultio est patina qae frigida optime datur. </b> "Revenge is a dish that is best given cold."

I hope that is a sound translation.



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[vastor]

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<b>Ultio est patina qae frigida optime datur. </b> "Revenge is a dish that is best given cold."

I hope that is a sound translation.

I don't quite understand your grammar here. 'qae' I assume is meant to be 'quae' ?

[Essorant]

Sorry. That was supposed to be <b>quae</b>. <pre></pre>

[vastor]

You will have to bear with me here. But something about this is stupefying me. Specifically the relative clause:

quae frigida optime datur

For the life of me, I can't remember seeing a predicate adjective used that way with a passive voiced verb. It may be perfectly proper, but for some reason, I can only think of examples where the passive verb is complemented by prepositional phrases. Sorry if my questions are rudimentary.

[Essorant]

...I can only think of examples where the passive verb is complemented by prepositional phrases.

<b>Optime</b> is for the verb <b>datur</b>. But <b>frigida</b> refers back to <b>patina</b>.


<b>quae frigida optime datur</b> "That cold (the dish) is best given"


Does that make sense?

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[vastor]

<b>Optime</b> is for the verb <b>datur</b>. But <b>frigida</b> refers back to <b>patina</b>.

I see that frigida modifies quae, which is an anaphora for patina. I guess it would work ok like that. Perhaps I'm just over-analysing...

<b>quae frigida optime datur</b> "That cold (the dish) is best given"

Does that make sense?

It does make more sense like that. Thanks for the explanation.

[Alatius]

Another proposal: "Ultio est ferculum frigide fruendum."

[thesaurus]

Another proposal: "Ultio est ferculum frigide fruendum."

I second a use of the gerundive.

[Essorant]

I like that translation as well.
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