Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

Ave Imperatrix

English translation:

Hail, Empress!

Added to glossary by Fabio Descalzi
Oct 26, 2008 14:15
15 yrs ago
Latin term

Ave Imperatrix

Latin to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature literature
what's "Ave Imperatrix" , the term comes from Oscar Wilde's poem mean?

Thank you!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +13 Hail, Empress!
Change log

Oct 26, 2008 14:55: Angie Garbarino changed "Language pair" from "English" to "Latin to English"

Oct 27, 2008 15:15: Fabio Descalzi Created KOG entry

Discussion

Hayaat Q Nov 8, 2012:
Thanks:) Thank you Fabio! I was looking for it to translate a biography text about Oscar Wilde from English into Arabic!
Angie Garbarino Oct 26, 2008:
It is Latin So I have edited the pair

All the best!

Proposed translations

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Selected

Hail, Empress!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave
and Imperatrix is "Empress" in Latin

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-10-26 14:24:27 GMT)
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http://www.bartleby.com/143/3.html
Reading the poem, it refers to the British Empire
Peer comment(s):

agree Carol Gullidge
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agree emilia_dim
18 mins
agree kmtext
39 mins
agree Angie Garbarino
50 mins
agree grazy73
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agree Patricia Townshend (X)
4 hrs
agree Rebecca Garber
4 hrs
agree Prevodi ORBIS
5 hrs
agree Celia Bodnar
5 hrs
agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD
8 hrs
agree Péter Jutai
17 hrs
agree Joseph Brazauskas
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agree David Kiltz
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Reference comments

40 mins
Reference:

Queen Victoria

Hail Empress, alluding to Queen Victoria's official recognition in 1877 as 'Empress of India'

http://books.google.com/books?id=a_2yBEk8MD4C&pg=PA62&lpg=PA...
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