Latin quote · Character
Pluralis modestiae
“The plural of modesty.”
Grammatical term
Translation
What does “Pluralis modestiae” mean?
Pluralis modestiae translates as “The plural of modesty.”
Using ‘we’ instead of ‘I’ to sound less self-important, as authors and lecturers often do.
Origin
The story behind it
A grammatical term for the ‘authorial we’, common in scientific and academic writing.
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- Latin
- Pluralis modestiae
- English
- The plural of modesty.
- Source
- Grammatical term
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- Modern
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