[PW] Latin question: "Long live the Pope"

Andy Behrens andy.behrens at coat.com
Wed Apr 23 20:45:10 PDT 2008


Robin Carroll-Mann asks:
> A patron with rusty Latin skills wants to know how to say "Long live the Pope" in Latin.  She thinks it's either "Vivat Papa" or "Vivat Papam".
Vivat Papa" is correct. Papa is the subject of the verb: May the pope 
live [long].

Andy Behrens
Strafford, Vermont



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