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Cartusiensis
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Dōnāte nōs vītā pretiōsā rectāque.

Could anyone please help with understanding the sentence above? Vītā pretiōsā rectāque seems to be in the ablative case, but I cannot make sense of the whole sentence.

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A possible translation could be:
Bestow us with a rich and honest life

Vita could be in the ablative case as you suggested. Possibly an ablative of means, manner, or accompaniment, but without a context, it's difficult to say.

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Re: Exercise

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Perfect. Thank you very much. There is no context: it is an isolated sentence from an exercise.

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