Re: Dune Conlang
| From: | Ed Heil <edheil@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 12, 1999, 1:06 |
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I believe it's gess-, the perfect active stem of "gero," to wear, act,
wage (war) or conduct oneself, plus -erit, the third singular future
perfect active indicative ending.
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edheil@postmark.net
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FFlores wrote:
> John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
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> > Interestingly, this is also Latin. Anglo-American judges hold
their offices *quamdiu bene
> > gesserit*, which the U.S. Constitution translates as "during good
behavior".
>
> How do you break _gesserit_ down? It looks absolutely non-Latin to
me!