Re: Latin (was Language universal?)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 10, 2001, 18:38 |
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Dan Jones scripsit:
> O, Catulle! Nates pilosas, fili, non potes asse venditare!
Or in the spirit of P. Brown:
O Catullus! Hairy ears, son, don't prevent you from selling your ass.
> Personally, I prefer Martial. He's nastier:
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> Versus scribere posse te disertos
> Affirmas, Laberi; quid ergo non vis?
Laberius, you say you *can* write your dissertation, so why don't you get on it?
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter