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Re: Latin help

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, September 6, 2007, 11:25
On 9/6/07, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> My Sw/Lat dictionary has _fidicula pelliculata_ for "banjo". I'll leave > "strumming on" to someone with a clue wrt stringed instruments ...
That's tough. The verb "strum" didn't exist in English until the late 18th cent, and is probably onomotopoeiac in origin. So I'm not sure where one would look for a Latin word of similar meaning... one might have to settle for "pluck" vel sim instead. -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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