Muttersöhnchen

From LSJ

ἀγαθοὶ δὲ ἐγένοντο διὰ τὸ φῦναι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν → they were virtuous because they were sprung from virtuous men, virtuous they were because they were sprung from men of virtue

Source

German > Latin

Muttersöhnchen, materculae od. matris deliciae. – Muttersprache, sermo patrius (vom Vater angeborene Sprache). – sermo, qui natus est nobis. sermo natīvus (angeborene Sprache übh.). – auch sermo noster od. lingua nostra (unsere Landessprache, w. s.). – in der M. mit jmd. reden, sermone patrio uti apud alqm: ich spreche mit jmd. in seiner Sprache, als wenn es meine M. wäre, linguā et oratione alcis non minus scite, quam si gentīlis eius sim, loquor.