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I want to gift someone who is a nurse something with an engraving. I thought about the phrase "from her hands, into life", but in Latin.

Based on what I remember from school, my idea is: E manibus suis ad vitam.

  • Would "e" (can or should I use "ex"?) and "ad" be the correct prepositions, or should they be "a/ab" and "in"?
  • Are the declinations and the word order correct? Is any word order allowed in Latin, and if so, what would be best practice?
  • What would be the difference between using suis and eis? I read on this site that suus is used if it refers to the subject of the sentence, and is, ea, id otherwise, but this is not a complete sentence with verb and subject, so what would apply?
  • Could or should there be a comma: ex manibus suis, ad vitam?

I want to gift someone who is a nurse something with an engraving. I thought about the phrase "from her hands, into life", but in Latin.

Based on what I remember from school, my idea is: E manibus suis ad vitam.

  • Would "e" (can or should I use "ex"?) and "ad" be the correct prepositions, or should they be "a/ab" and "in"?
  • Are the declinations and the word order correct? Is any word order allowed in Latin, and if so, what would be best practice?
  • What would be the difference between using suis and eis? I read on this site that suus is used if it refers to the subject of the sentence, and is, ea, id otherwise, but this is not a complete sentence with verb and subject, so what would apply?

I want to gift someone who is a nurse something with an engraving. I thought about the phrase "from her hands, into life", but in Latin.

Based on what I remember from school, my idea is: E manibus suis ad vitam.

  • Would "e" (can or should I use "ex"?) and "ad" be the correct prepositions, or should they be "a/ab" and "in"?
  • Are the declinations and the word order correct? Is any word order allowed in Latin, and if so, what would be best practice?
  • What would be the difference between using suis and eis? I read on this site that suus is used if it refers to the subject of the sentence, and is, ea, id otherwise, but this is not a complete sentence with verb and subject, so what would apply?
  • Could or should there be a comma: ex manibus suis, ad vitam?
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Marie. P.
Marie. P.
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"From her hands, to life" in Latin

I want to gift someone who is a nurse something with an engraving. I thought about the phrase "from her hands, into life", but in Latin.

Based on what I remember from school, my idea is: E manibus suis ad vitam.

  • Would "e" (can or should I use "ex"?) and "ad" be the correct prepositions, or should they be "a/ab" and "in"?
  • Are the declinations and the word order correct? Is any word order allowed in Latin, and if so, what would be best practice?
  • What would be the difference between using suis and eis? I read on this site that suus is used if it refers to the subject of the sentence, and is, ea, id otherwise, but this is not a complete sentence with verb and subject, so what would apply?