Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

Mens sana in corpore sano

English translation:

A healthy mind in a healthy body

Added to glossary by Kirill Semenov
Feb 8, 2005 20:44
19 yrs ago
Latin term

Mens sana in corporae sanae

Latin to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
as a quote
Proposed translations (English)
3 +13 a sound mind in a sound body
5 A healthy mind in a healthy body
Change log

Apr 20, 2005 20:02: Kirill Semenov changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Proposed translations

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a sound mind in a sound body

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-02-08 20:47:38 GMT)
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It should be: \"Mens sana in corpore sano\", though.

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-02-08 20:49:54 GMT)
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Or \"a healthy mind in a healthy body\" if you prefer
Peer comment(s):

agree TranslateNow (X)
0 min
agree lafresita (X)
0 min
agree Michel A.
1 min
agree Ewa Nowicka : sic!
4 mins
agree Richard Benham : "Healthy" is the usual English rendering. And you're right about the correction--it's a very unusual error.
12 mins
agree Flavio Ferri-Benedetti : Yes - if this is to be entered into Kudoz glossary, make sure to write the correct spelling :)
17 mins
aye-aye, sir. I will :) I've just checked it -- strange enough, but the phrase is not in the kudoZ glossary yet... I was sure we had all popular Latin aphorism there already ;-)
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
23 mins
agree Jacqueline van der Spek
59 mins
agree sonja29 (X)
3 hrs
agree Alfa Trans (X)
9 hrs
agree Edith Kelly
10 hrs
agree Piotr Kurek
11 hrs
agree kaydee
1 day 1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
2 days 19 hrs

A healthy mind in a healthy body

This is the version I have heard most often. I agree with the correction offered by my colleague.
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