ANST - Motto for Mistress Mara

Gunnora Hallakarva gunnora at bga.com
Thu Jun 18 22:40:20 PDT 1998


Mara asked what the Latin would be for her motto:
>"Don't get caught" 

What you're expressing here is a passive voice verb: instead of saying
"Don't catch" it's "Don't be caught."  The Latin for that is fairly easy: 

Non captus est!

GLOSSARY
capio, capere, cepi, captum (3rd conjugation verb) "to take hold of, grasp,
seize, catch, capture, captivate, defeat, overcome"
captus est (3rd conjugation verb, passive voice, perfect case 3rd person
singular)

non (adverb) not

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Gunnora Hallakarva
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