Can someone please translate "Success lies in Courage" into Latin?

Question

Hi, I need to translate "Success lies in Courage" into Latin, someone suggested "Virtutis est Victoria" but we don't know if this is grammatically correct, and makes the same sense.

(i want to keep the word Victoria in the phrase)

Answer 1

Hi, Rupinder!

There are several mistakes in the translation "Virtutis est victoria". "Courage" could have a number of translations in Latin, but like Naomi, I think "fortitudo, -inis" is a good one. "Prosperitas, -tatis" is a good translation for "success". The translation that you have uses the genitive "virtutis", which wouldn't usually equate to "in" something. Rather, I think a more literal translation "in fortitudine", using the preposition "in" (meaning "in") plus the ablative "fortitudine" makes sense here.

So, the English "Success lies in courage" could be translated thus:

"Success" = "Prosperitas" [This is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.]

"lies" = "est" [It seems reasonable to me to translate this as "is" in Latin, which is "est". "Est" is the third-person singular form of the verb, and it agrees with the singular subject "prosperitas".]

"in courage" = "in fortitudine" [The preposition "in" (in Latin), when it means "in" must take an object in the ablative case.]

And so, the translation is:

"Prosperitas est in fortitudine"

Good luck in all your future Latin endeavors. Ave atque vale!

Magister Andrew

Answer 2

Virtutis est victoria is ungrammatical. Have you studied Latin? I'm wondering why you want to translate this phrase? Fortitudo is a better word for bravery and victoria does not really mean success, but victory.