Re: quo meridies ivit?
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 18, 2000, 18:46 |
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DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> As far as French is concerned, they're alive and well and living as
> adjectives:
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> French: méridional, oriental, septentrional, occidental (as in: vent
> septentrional -- north wind)
Evidently, though, these are borrowings from Latin, not inherited.
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