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I'm considering getting a tattoo with the phrase "Seize the loyal" in Latin, but I'm not 100% how to translate it. I am trying to get at something like "keep the loyal close" but it can be a very loose translation. I was also trying for something like Carpe diem, where it has a meaning beyond its literal translation.
My first guess was Carpe fidelis based on Carpe diem and Semper fidelis, though diem is a noun and fidelis is an adjective so I'm not sure what difference it makes.
Pliny writes:
“colere amicos,” Plin. Ep. 7,
which means: colo (Lewis and Short) to 'to look after your friends, appreciate them, value them.'
Fidos from fidus means 'faithful, trustworthy, dependable.' So fidos 'the loyal.'
My suggestion would be "colere fidos"
