Angelus Domini

The Angel of the Lord

Level 2

The opening call and answer of the Angelus, learned whole.

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Latin	English
Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae.	The angel of the Lord declared to Mary.
Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.	And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Ecce ancilla Domini.	Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.	Let it be done to me according to your word.

Nuntiavit and concepit are past forms (Level 3), and fiat is a wish form (Level 5). Learn them inside the line for now.

In Church Latin Angelus sounds like AHN-jeh-loos, because g before e sounds like j. In classical Latin it is AHN-geh-loos.

Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae.
The angel of the Lord declared to Mary.
Angelus is the subject. Domini means of the Lord, and Mariae means to Mary.
Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
De takes the ablative, so Spiritu Sancto ends in -u and -o.
Ecce ancilla Domini.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Ecce means behold. Ancilla is the handmaid.
Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.
Let it be done to me according to your word.
Mary's answer in Luke's Gospel. Fiat is a wish form, learned whole here.
Et habitavit in nobis.
And he lived among us.
Habitavit is a past form. In nobis is in plus the ablative: among us.

Using the nominative where the prayer needs of.
Angelus Dominus nuntiavit Mariae.
Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae.
Dominus is the nominative. The angel belongs to the Lord, so the prayer uses the genitive Domini.
Leaving the name after de in the nominative.
Et concepit de Spiritus Sanctus.
Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
De takes the ablative, so both words change: Spiritu Sancto.

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Angelus DominiLevel 2The Angel of the Lord

The prayer uses a genitive and is said with Church sounds.

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