English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Modern wording of medieval Roman roads generally and the Milliarium Aureum [1]
Appears in the Latin mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam ( “ a thousand roads lead men forever to Rome ” ) in Liber Parabolarum , 591 (1175), by Alain de Lille .[2]
The earliest English form appears to be “right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome”, in A Treatise on the Astrolabe Geoffrey Chaucer .[3] [4] [5] [6]
Proverb [ edit ] all roads lead to Rome
Different paths can take one to the same goal .
Translations [ edit ]
different paths can take to the same goal
Arabic: كُلُّ الطُّرُقِ تُؤَدِّي إِلَى رُومَا ( kullu ṭ-ṭuruqi tuʾaddī ʾilā rūmā )
Armenian: բոլոր ճանապարհները տանում են Հռոմ ( bolor čanaparhnerə tanum en Hṙom )
Belarusian: уcé даро́гі вяду́ць у Рым ( ucé daróhi vjadúcʹ u Rym )
Bengali: সব রাস্তা রোমের দিকে যায় ( sôb rasta romer dike yayô )
Burmese: လမ်းတိုင်းဟာ ရောမမြို့ဆီကို ဦးတည်နေကြတယ် ( lam:tuing:ha rau:ma.mrui.hcikui u:tanyne-kra.tai )
Catalan: tots els camins duen a Roma tots els camins porten a Roma
Chinese:
Mandarin: 條條大路通羅馬 (zh) , 条条大路通罗马 (zh) ( tiáotiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ ) , 殊途同歸 (zh) , 殊途同归 (zh) ( shūtútóngguī )
Czech: všechny cesty vedou do Říma
Danish: alle veje fører til Rom (da)
Dutch: alle wegen leiden naar Rome
Esperanto: ĉiuj vojoj kondukas Romon
Estonian: kõik teed viivad Rooma
Finnish: kaikki tiet vievät Roomaan
French: tous les chemins mènent à Rome (fr)
Georgian: ყველა გზა რომში მიდის ( q̇vela gza romši midis )
German: alle Wege führen nach Rom (de)
Greek: όλοι οι δρόμοι οδηγούν στη Ρώμη (el) ( óloi oi drómoi odigoún sti Rómi )
Hebrew: כֹּל הַדְּרָכִים מוֹבִילוֹת לְרוֹמָא ( kól had'rakhím movilót l'Róma )
Hungarian: minden út Rómába vezet (hu)
Icelandic: allir vegir liggja til Rómar (is)
Indonesian: banyak jalan menuju Roma
Interlingua: omne via duce a Roma (every road leads to Rome) , tote le vias porta a Roma (all the roads take to Rome)
Italian: tutte le strade portano a Roma
Japanese: 全ての道はローマに通ず (ja) ( すべてのみちはローマにつうず, subete no michi wa Rōma-ni tsūzu )
Kannada: ಎಲ್ಲದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮವೂ ಒಂದೇ (kn) ( elladara pariṇāmavū oṃdē ) , ಎಲ್ಲ ದಾರಿಗೂ ಗುರಿ ಒಂದೇ (kn) ( ella dārigū guri oṃdē )
Korean: 역지즉개연 ( yeokjijeukgaeyeon ) , 易地則皆然 ( 역지즉개연, yeokjijeukgaeyeon ) , ( calque ) 모든 길은 로마로 통한다 ( modeun gireun Romaro tonghanda )
References [ edit ]
^ Schaaf, P. (1867/1886) Ante-nicene fathers: The Apostolic fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus , volume 1, electronic reprint edition, Grand Rapids, MI, USA: CCEL: Roberts, A. & Donaldson, J, Eds., page 1 ^ Samuel Singer; Kuratorium Singer (1995), Walter de Gruyter, editor, Thesaurus Proverbiorum Medii Aevi: Lexikon der Sprichwörter des Romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters [1] ISBN 978 311008529 7 page 355 ^ A Treatise on the Astrolabe , Part 1^ Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings , ISBN 0-679-44554-4 ^ Linda Flavell; Roger Flavell (1993) Dictionary of Proverbs and their Origins ^ “User Groups : Who Said It? : all roads lead to Rome”, in Quoteland.com [2] (Please provide a date or year)
