Cum sancto sanctus eris, cum perverso perverteris is a wise proverb. It means roughly - with the holy man you will be holy, with the wicked man you will be wicked. Thanks to Laura Gibbs, on whose Bestiaria Latina Blog I found this proverb. Laura attributes it to Polydorus, however a quick search on Google shows that it comes from 2 Samuel, chapter 22, verses 26 and 27, which in the Latin Vulgate reads:
26.
cum sancto sanctus eris et cum robusto perfectus
27.
cum electo electus eris et cum perverso perverteris
Monday, 23 September 2013
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Sopor Aeternus & Saltatio Mortis
Sopor Aeternus, which means eternal sleep, is the apt name of a German dark wave musical project. Saltatio Mortis, which means dance of death, is a German medieval metal band.
sopor, soporis (m) sleep; apathy
aeternus adj. eternal; immortal
saltatio, -onis (f) dance
mors, mortis (f) death; corpse.
English words from mors, mortis and from aeternus are not hard to find. The adjective soporific comes, of course, from sopor, soporis.
sopor, soporis (m) sleep; apathy
aeternus adj. eternal; immortal
saltatio, -onis (f) dance
mors, mortis (f) death; corpse.
English words from mors, mortis and from aeternus are not hard to find. The adjective soporific comes, of course, from sopor, soporis.
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Fenestra
Fenestra, -ae (f) meaning window is another Latin word which has passed in to various languages.
Dutch venster
French la fenetre (f) [the circumflex on the middle e has been omitted]
German das Fenster (n)
Italian finestra (f)
Welsh ffenestr (f)
The English noun window is, of course, unrelated, however we do have a very specific verb from fenestra - defenestrate, which means to throw a person out of a window.
Dutch venster
French la fenetre (f) [the circumflex on the middle e has been omitted]
German das Fenster (n)
Italian finestra (f)
Welsh ffenestr (f)
The English noun window is, of course, unrelated, however we do have a very specific verb from fenestra - defenestrate, which means to throw a person out of a window.
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