Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

He is coming!

Latin translation:

Ipse venit

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Feb 13, 2014 02:23
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English term

He is coming!

English to Latin Art/Literary Religion
A strong statement, not disclosing who it is referring to. Mysterious.
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Ipse venit

'Ipse' is used here as an intensive pronoun, (i.e., '(He) himself is coming, (he) is coming his very self'), his divinity or mystery being emphasized thereby.

Cf. 'ipse dixit', itself a translation of Greek 'autòs épē', which commonly introduces a direct or indirect statement made by a philosophical teacher or other authority ('He himself said (that . . .), the Master said (that . . .)'.
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