Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:18:33 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com> Cc: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@BGPBook.Com>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de>, freebsd-doc <doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Minor 'historic' flaw in FreeBSD article "Bootstrapping Vinum" Message-ID: <20020529121833.A82424@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1022636075.28350.49.camel@cocaine> References: <20020528222333.K25512-100000@hades> <1022625361.32852.18.camel@NewStorm.WhiteBarn.Com> <1022636075.28350.49.camel@cocaine>
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On Wednesday, 29 May 2002 at 3:34:35 +0200, Wouter Van Hemel wrote: > On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 00:35, Bob Van Valzah wrote: >> The section in question is paraphrased from an E-mail message Greg sent >> me. I wouldn't know accusative form from ablative form, so I'll leave >> Greg and Matthias to work that one out. >> > > It's either nominative or accusative. Ablative would be 'vino', as in 'in > vino veritas', since the location is static, i.e. it's not about the > motion but the position. > > What is your real question, if it involves latin, maybe I can help > out... It was below: >>>> --- /tmp/article.sgml.orig Tue May 28 00:51:20 2002 >>>> +++ /tmp/article.sgml Tue May 28 00:52:04 2002 >>>> @@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ >>>> <para>&vinum.ap; was inspired by the Veritas Volume Manager, but >>>> was not derived from it. >>>> The name is a play on that history and the Latin adage >>>> - <foreignphrase>In Vino Veritas</foreignphrase> >>>> - (<foreignphrase>Vino</foreignphrase> is the accusative form of >>>> - <foreignphrase>Vinum</foreignphrase>). >>>> + <foreignphrase>in vino veritas</foreignphrase> >>>> + (<foreignphrase>vino</foreignphrase> is the ablative form of >>>> + <foreignphrase>vinum</foreignphrase>). >>>> Literally translated, that is <quote>Truth lies in wine</quote> hinting that >>>> drunkards have a hard time lying. >>>> </para> The question has been answered, unless a new one remains: "Where did the word \"accusative\" come from?". Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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