Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:19:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx> Cc: Robert Heron <robert@heron.pl>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: WaaaaaaaayOT: Re: admin software Message-ID: <993766779.3b3bad7bc2e55@webmail.neomedia.it>
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On 06/28/01, 2:19:07 AM, Andrew Reid scripsisse videtur/creditur^W^W^W
seems/is believed to have written:
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"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
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I am not quite sure this sentence is fully correct.
"latine" should be written "Latine"; "viditur" should be "videtur" (video, es,
[...], ere).
BTW, the Indicative ("dictum est") is normal here, and is generally more
frequent -- cf "quisquis es", "quisquis ille est", etc.
Dicto citius.
Conformatio sententiarum permanet, quibuscumque verbis uti velis (Cic.).
Nihil dico amplius :-)
-- Salvo
P.S. courtesy translation services for free:
"dicto citius" (=citius quam dici potest) ~ "in no time, with no delay";
"conformatio sententiarum [...]" ~ (freely translated) "the figures of thought
remain, whatever the words you want to use"; "nihil dico amplius" ~ (roughly)
"I'll say no more".
Remark
More important, some people might question the **content** of the sentence you
built ("quidquid Latine dictum [...]"): they may prefer eg classical Greek, or
Sanskrit... :-))
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"Quisquis amores aut metuat dulces aut experietur amaros..." (Verg.)
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