A Conversation for Handy Latin Phrases

latin phrase translation, sibi please

Post 1

searching4sibi

I am trying to translate a phrase found on a family crest and online translators have not provided a translation that makes sense.

Would someone please help?

The phrase is: non sibi solum

Thanks


latin phrase translation, sibi please

Post 2

echomikeromeo

To me, it looks like 'not to oneself alone', but when it comes to translations I should never be trusted.

smiley - dragon


latin phrase translation, sibi please

Post 3

Shapeshifter

That seems right. I know that 'tibi' is 'to you'. So, in view of 'sui generis' ...


latin phrase translation, sibi please

Post 4

echomikeromeo

Yes, what you say is logical.

I'm fairly sure what I said above was right, however I'm just a student of Latin and so all my suggested translations carry a disclaimer, as I'm more often than not wrong.

smiley - dragon


latin phrase translation, sibi please

Post 5

Banjo Golly

Roughly speaking, the dative in Latin corresponds to relations that in English that are expressed by 'to' or 'for', so it means one of

Not only to oneself
Not only for oneself


latin phrase translation, sibi please

Post 6

Goodgulf

I was thinking of 'quisque sibi proximus', everyone is closest to himself (if I correctly translated 'ieder is zichzelf het naast' into English)
to shed a little more light on the word 'sibi'.


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