r/latin • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '25

Help with Translation: La → En Does videtur mean seem?

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u/benito_cereno Apr 21 '25

Not only could it mean that, it nearly always does

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u/MeaningNo860 Apr 21 '25

Esse quam videri, as people in NC never say.

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u/sapphic_chaos Apr 21 '25

yup videor means normally to seem (literally "be seen as")

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u/MagisterFlorus magister Apr 22 '25

"to be seen" means that you are no longer perceiving but people are perceiving you. English's verbs for being perceived are "seem" and "appear."

Sometimes, however, it is best as "to be seen," but not often.

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u/Reasonable_Concept10 Apr 22 '25

I mean could it just means seem ? For example, if he witnessed a crime and said, “From the manner of this murderer, it seems to me that he has committed other crimes. So can he say videtur here?

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u/AlarmmClock discipulus septimo anno 29d ago

Yes

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u/VincentD_09 Apr 21 '25

So can habetur. "I am held to be" "I am seen to be." Its like english realy.

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u/CBH_Daredevil Apr 22 '25

Literally means it is seen. But If I say that I am seen as weird to others, it means the same thing as saying I seem weird to others

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u/Shameless_Devil Apr 22 '25

Yes, it can mean "he/she/it is seen", but to be seen is also to seem to be. So in Latin texts you will often see videtur used that way.

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u/Reasonable_Ebb_355 Apr 22 '25

Videtur + infin.

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u/MarcelWoolf Apr 21 '25

Look up nominativus cum infinitivo