Re: Conlang Coat of Arms
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 4, 2004, 6:03 |
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On Friday, September 3, 2004, at 11:21 , Christian Thalmann wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@R...>
> wrote:
>
>> Argent. In chief, a quill gules. In base, an anvil sable. The motto,
>> "accusativum per prefice indicabo".
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> LOL, the motto is perfect. =)
Unfortunately, it ain't.
_per_, like most prepositions in Latin, governs the accusative case. I
should be: "accusativum per preficem indicabo".
But one could also express the same idea with the plain ablative, thus:
"accusativum prefice indicabo"
I think the second is maybe snappier.
Ray
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