Re: OT: First text in Agsem
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 3, 2000, 23:47 |
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Ed Heil wrote:
> Patrick Dunn wrote:
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> > copjaj infinitaj lacamendajce.
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> Is copjaj supposed to derive from "copiae"? If so, note that
> Renaissance Latinists would be unlikely to be aware of the
> pronunciation of "copiae" as /'copIai/ in Classical Latin. They would
> have pronounced it /'copIe/.
Well, yeah, I know. That occurred to me. But church Latin gives me hives
so I engaged in a bit of artistic license. Perhaps these mages have
sources of knowledge that the rest of us didn't.
Really, I just can't endure church Latin. I try. But even when I sing
out loud to the Carmina Burana, I have to force myself not to sing in
classical Latin.