Re: Noli-me-tangere

"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:

> The most
> common method was to use the imperatives of 'nolle' (to be unwilling) +
> infinitive.   Hence the name "noli-me-tangere" (Don't touch me) given t=
o a
> species of balsam which ejects its ripe seeds if touched lightly.
>
> 'noli me tangere' literally means "Be unwilling to touch me", tho' in f=
act
> it means no more than the English: 'Don't touch me'.
(Just barely on topic,) It's also in a famous Renaissance poem by
Sir Thomas Wyatt, "Whoso list to hunt" :

Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, h=E9las, I may no more.
The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,
Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I may spend his time in vain.
And graven with diamonds in letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about:
     'Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am,
     And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.'

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