[PW] A Latin "stumper"

[Charles Early]

Slightly OT:

There's a welcome sign I see occasionally:  Peace to All Who Enter Here.  I 
thought this phrase might have come from a Latin original, but it isn't 
(quite).  From a little Googling I found that it probably is a 
mistranslation of Luke 10:5 ("And into whatsoever house ye enter, first 
say, Peace be to this house" -- King James version).  For what it's worth, 
this verse appears in the Vulgate (Latin) as:  In quamcumque domum 
intraveritis, primum dicite: Pax huic domui.


At 08:59 PM 10/30/2007, you wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>A patron is looking for what he thinks is the dative plural for the
>latin word "to enter." Specifically, he wants to post a plate at his
>front door with the phrase "To those who enter" in latin. Intrare
>seems to be the verb he is looking for, any help with the conjugation
>and phrase?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mark
>
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