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Horace reminds us that no fate surpasses any station we may hold in life
Aequa lege Necessitas sortitur insignis et imos.
Necessity assigns according to a fair law, to the high and low born alike.
aequa: with a fair; in the feminine singular ablative
Lege: with a law; in the feminine singular ablative
Together, aequa lege are an ablative of manner meaning ‘with a fair law’ or ‘according to a fair law’
Necessitas: Necessity; personified as a force of fate, in the feminine singular nominative
Sortitur: assigns or distributes; a deponent verb in the third person singular present indicative
Insignis: distinguished, noble or of high status; in the plural accusative
Et: and
Imos: lowest, most humble; in the plural accusative
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Horace reminds us that no fate surpasses any station we may hold in life
Aequa lege Necessitas sortitur insignis et imos.
Necessity assigns according to a fair law, to the high and low born alike.
aequa: with a fair; in the feminine singular ablative
Lege: with a law; in the feminine singular ablative
Together, aequa lege are an ablative of manner meaning ‘with a fair law’ or ‘according to a fair law’
Necessitas: Necessity; personified as a force of fate, in the feminine singular nominative
Sortitur: assigns or distributes; a deponent verb in the third person singular present indicative
Insignis: distinguished, noble or of high status; in the plural accusative
Et: and
Imos: lowest, most humble; in the plural accusative

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