Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
cor agere
English translation:
heart / to act with; to do, to drive, to lead
Added to glossary by
Daniel Mencher
Aug 8, 2005 16:24
18 yrs ago
Latin term
cor agere
Latin to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
sign-ff words?
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | heart / to act with |
Daniel Mencher
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| 4 | Latin that means nothing |
Nick Lingris
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| 3 | cordially |
Kirill Semenov
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Aug 8, 2005 17:30: Daniel Mencher changed "Language pair" from "zzz Other zzz to English" to "Latin to English" , "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Proposed translations
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Daniel Mencher
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heart / to act with
I think this is Latin (I already adjusted the pair for you). In a Yahoo search, the only viable links I find are latin ones. Eventually, I found the link below, in which this was essentially spelled out for me:
"In Jack’s lecture we learned that the word, “courage,” comes from two Latin words: cor meaning “heart” and agere meaning “to act with”...."
Of course, I don't see how this fits in with a departing salutation context, but I hope it helps nonetheless.
-Dan
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Note added at 1 hr 15 mins (2005-08-08 17:39:38 GMT)
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Another lead for you:
agere, actum [4] do, drive, lead
cor, cordi- (2) heart
http://www.class.uidaho.edu/luschnig/EWO/glossary_of_base_wo...
"In Jack’s lecture we learned that the word, “courage,” comes from two Latin words: cor meaning “heart” and agere meaning “to act with”...."
Of course, I don't see how this fits in with a departing salutation context, but I hope it helps nonetheless.
-Dan
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Note added at 1 hr 15 mins (2005-08-08 17:39:38 GMT)
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Another lead for you:
agere, actum [4] do, drive, lead
cor, cordi- (2) heart
http://www.class.uidaho.edu/luschnig/EWO/glossary_of_base_wo...
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Will Matter
: I fully support this answer. Theoretically, someone could write "Courage" to encourage someone else to not give up, to persevere etc. Good job, Dan.
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sonja29 (X)
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thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
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cordially
With heart.
Cor is a short from "heart" here
Cor is a short from "heart" here
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Nick Lingris
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Latin that means nothing
cor is indeed heart and agere is the verb from which we have 'act', but:
'cor agere' does not mean anything as far as I know. It would have to be 'corde agere'.
'courage' is derived from 'cor', but 'agere' has nothing to do with the -age part. Probably just another Internet myth.
'cor agere' does not mean anything as far as I know. It would have to be 'corde agere'.
'courage' is derived from 'cor', but 'agere' has nothing to do with the -age part. Probably just another Internet myth.
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Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
: "cor agere" means "to excite the heart, to make it beat", but surely that does not fit as a sign off! It might be a love letter!! :-)
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You're so right, Leonardo! But, after all, it should be people with names like Leonardo answering these questions.
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