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Grammar and Definitions

conubis felicibus means

happy marriages

vetus nomen means

ancent name

mutare, vertere, fieri, and vocari are

infinitives in indirect statement

fieri is

deponent

vocari is

passive

sit and sint are

present/jussive subjunctives

per saecula means

through the ages

cedo equidem means

I for my part withdraw

illud te…obtestor means

I ask you that thing

pro maiestate tuōrum means

“for the majesty of your people”

cum iam legēs et foedera means

“when now laws and treaties”

cum iam coniūbiīs means

“with the bonds of marriage”

nulla fātī lege means

“by no law of fate”

pugnas exōsa means

hating battles

vetus Indigenās means

the old native people

Rōmāna potens prōpago means

“Roman line mighty in virtue”