What is the meaning of “Videre Sed Non Videri”?
I already search on Google on pages like:
But results are confusing me, and my knowledge on Latin language is zero.
Thanks in advance.
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I already search on Google on pages like:
But results are confusing me, and my knowledge on Latin language is zero.
Thanks in advance.
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The translation you point is missing a word or two, but it's not too far from correct. A fairly literal translation is:
To see but not [to] be seen
Update: One could also make a case for an alternative translation:
To see but not to seem,
if the context allows it to make sense. Videri can also mean to seem, appear to be, as brilliantly explained by Sebastian Koppehel in this answer
It’s a military saying: "see but not be seen." It is used by recce and sniper teams and any other covert observation platoons.