Gothic Grammar Question

[gotenfreund]

It's an interesting question. The answer would depend, I think, on whether such slogans are understood as:

1.) an admonition/imperative "(be) always victorious (!)"

2.) a statement "(we are) always victorious"

I don't know enough about Latin to be able to parse 'semper fidelis' to determine into which of these categories it would fit.

How about "remember Adrianople!!"

:-)

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Thomas" <the_lothian at ...> wrote:
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> Hails,
> 
> I am in the process of writing a novella whose protagonist is Alaric.  I want the Goths to have a Rallying Cry, like the US Marine's "Always Faithful"
> 
> I am wondering if "Sinteino hrotheigs" (Always Victorious) would be appropriate and (since I am only writing about Goths, not a student of the language) are these two words in their proper grammatical order of if this should be modified if Gothic has declensions like Latin. (another language I am ignorant of).
> 
> Thank you.
> Tom
>


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