Re: Latin "should"
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 31, 2003, 4:25 |
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 10:27:30PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Adam Walker scripsit:
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> > Oh, I have Winnie Ille Pooh. It is quite fun. I also
> > have Rugulus vel Puer. Also a delight.
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> I can't find "rugulus" in Lewis & Short, and most Google hits are clearly
> typos for Regulus, the trivial name of Alpha Leonis. It looks like it
> should mean "wrinkled"+DIM+NOM+SG, but I'm still confused.
Oh, good, I thought it was just me.
(The rest, "vel puer", is "or [the] boy", yes)
-Mark