Translation of "Made in city/country/year" in latin

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How should I translate "Made in Rome" and "Made in 2022" in latin.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '22 at 16:45

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What you typically see on inscriptions is the person who made it, me, and fecit. People took ownership of their craft back then, as opposed to mass produced things today.

But since presumably you don't who the person who crafted your object, we can use the passive, which would be factus, -a, -um est. For example, "this thing was made" equates to Hoc factum est. (See for example this manuscript).

Denoting the year is as simple as writing anno (ablative of annus meaning "year") followed by the year in Roman numerals. So Hoc anno MMXXII factum est.*

For location, you do have more options, but generally for countries you'll simply use in plus the ablative. With Rome in particular (and other cities) you'll have to use the locative, Romae.

Hoc Romae anno MMXXII factum est.
This thing was made at Rome in 2022.

answered Jan 10 '22 at 16:45

cmw

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If I only want "Made in 2022", How about "Hoc MMXXII AD factum est"?
ref. https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/4483/translation-of-since-1950-for-example
– James Jan 10 '22 at 16:59
@James Yeah, that works. AD is an abbreviation for anno domini, so feel free to spell that out in full instead of abbreviating, and place it before the numbers as well. – cmw Jan 10 '22 at 17:01
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Perhaps worth mentioning, anno MMXXII is actually anno bis millesimo vicesimo secundo = the two thousandth and twenty second year. Just in case you want to read it out ... – Sebastian Koppehel Jan 10 '22 at 17:08
Is it possible to make "Hoc MMXXII AD factum est" shorter? – James Jan 10 '22 at 17:11
You can leave out hoc and est if you want. – Sebastian Koppehel Jan 10 '22 at 17:14
So it can be "MMXXII AD factum"? – James Jan 10 '22 at 17:16
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@James If you're going to do that, I would probably reorder the words: Factum AD MMXXII. AD goes before the date. – cmw Jan 10 '22 at 17:24
That's interesting.
So with hoc and est, AD can go after the date, but without hoc and est, AD should go before date?
– James Jan 10 '22 at 17:27
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@James No, AD should go first regardless. This is true in English, too. – cmw Jan 10 '22 at 17:54
@cmw Thanks a lot! – James Jan 10 '22 at 18:02
@Sebastian Koppehel Thank you also! – James Jan 10 '22 at 18:02
@James You're welcome. If this answers your question completely, remember to vote up and select the green check mark to mark it answered. – cmw Jan 10 '22 at 18:04
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How about, factum sum? – Cerberus Jan 11 '22 at 14:42

Translation of "Made in city/country/year" in latin

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