I’m currently reading the Canterbury Tales, and in the prologue this Latin phrase is mentioned, “Amor vincit omnia”. With my rudimentary Latin skills I translated this “Love ___ all,” and inferred “Love conquers all.” I’m just wondering if I am right. ![]()
That is correct - vincit means ‘it (in this case love) conquers’
jah, it’s presumably a reworking of Virgil’s tenth eclogue: Omnia uincit Amor: et nos cedamus Amori (l.69).
~D
Great, thanks very much! ![]()