Latin translation
Posted by Laura W on May 07, 1998 at 22:25:12:
In response to Kissing, written by P. Bingham on May 05, 1998 at 02:30:10
"Accipiat Sponsus pacem a Sacerdote, et ferat Sponsae, osculans eam, et neminem alium, nec ipse nec ipsa."
The bridegroom receives peace from the priest, and offers [it] to the bride, kisses her, and [to?] no one else, neither him nor her.
"Surgant ambo, Sponsus et sponsa, et accipiat sponsus pacem a Sacerdote, et ferat Sponsae, osculans eam, et neminem alium, nec ipse nec ipsa."
They arise together, bridegroom and bride, and the bridegroom receives peace from the priest, and offers [it] to the bride, kisses her, and [to?] no one else, neither him nor her.
Best I can do, but it doesn't quite fit together right.
Sponsus/a is a noun form of spondeo, meaning "to promise." As a noun it means a betrothed person or a bridegroom or bride.
Sacerdote means "holiness giver," or, extrapolating a bit, "sacrament giver," hence "priest."
Fero is a verb meaning "to bear," "to bring," or "to offer," the latter used by Ovid with "osculum," a kiss.
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