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Thursday, January 17, 2013

@JuliusC: #Gallia est omnis #divisa in #partes tres: Pope to Tweet in Latin

This has no direct Mideast connection but since various posts on hieroglyphics, Coptic, Aramaic and other ancient tongues make me suspect I have some readers with an interest in antiquity, who might want to polish up their rusty Latin, I'll just note that Pope Benedict XVI, who's up to now been tweeting in eight languages, is going to start tweeting in Latin. His Latin tweets will be found at Pontifex_ln.



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5 comments:

  1. The Consulate of PhoeniciaFriday, January 18, 2013 at 10:07:00 AM EST

    Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.
    -Horace

    A splendid post, thank you. :)

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  2. David MackFriday, January 18, 2013 at 2:37:00 PM EST

    Could the opening lines of Caesar's Wars changed? Or is my memory at fault? Admittedly, I've not studied it since 1955, but I thought it was "Omnia Gallia tres partes divisum est."

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  3. Michael Collins DunnSaturday, January 19, 2013 at 6:54:00 PM EST

    It's frequently quoted that way. But this is JC's original phrasing.

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  4. EliseMonday, January 21, 2013 at 7:03:00 PM EST

    Yes, but David Mack's version has a better ring to it.

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  5. Michael Collins DunnTuesday, January 22, 2013 at 4:13:00 PM EST

    True, and I suspect it originated in Latin textbooks because the word order makes more sense to an English (or modern Romance language for that matter) reader.

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