dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
[ dool-ke et de-koh-room est proh pah-tree-ah moh-ree; English duhl-see et di-kawr-uhm est proh pey-tree-uh-mawr-ahy, mohr-ahy, -kohr-uhm ]
Latin.
sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country.
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How to use dulce et decorum est pro patria mori in a sentence
France was saved because the French people never faltered in their belief that dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsSo patriotic and brave was he that if "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" ever was true of any hero it was of him.
Reminiscences of a Rebel | Wayland Fuller DunawayLieutenant Battye was shot through the body, and died murmuring "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."
Barclay of the Guides | Herbert Strangdulce et decorum est pro patria mori—It is 50 sweet and glorious to die for one's country.
And, Doris, do put the right accent on 'dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'.
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