[Editors] Latin question

[Alice Waugh]

Well, all I can say to that is "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum  
videtur" and maybe "clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis"  
as well. So there.

Alice Waugh

P.S. See this site for translations: http://www.yuni.com/library/ 
latin.html


On Apr 25, 2007, at 1:20 PM, Scott R Campbell wrote:

> Wow.  This crowd.  I am thoroughly amused and enlightened.  I think  
> we should all go out for a drink and toast ourselves.  In  
> emphatical Latin.
> ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
> Scott Campbell
> Director of Communications	
> MIT School of Architecture + Planning
>
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Tom Pixton wrote:
>
>> The Latin word "pectus" means "breast" but also can mean "soul" or  
>> "mind." Pectus is the nominative singluar, pectoris the genitive  
>> singular. "Pectus pectoris" means "heart of a heart" so you  
>> probably wouldn't want that. Latin nouns are often given in  
>> grammar books in the first and second forms of their declensions,  
>> ie, "res, rei," or "thing (nominative case)", "thing (genitive  
>> case)". Your brother probably didn't intend for you to write  
>> "pectus pectoris." More likely: Mens, Manus et Pectus.
>>
>> But this sounds very odd, mostly because "pectus" sounds like  
>> "pectoral muscles" (which of course is it's English cognate). I'd  
>> suggest using "cor, cordis" which means "heart" as in, seat of  
>> emotion. It also can mean "mind" and judgement". So you'd say,  
>> "mens manus et cor." Sounds nicer than the pecky thing.
>>
>> You could also say "cor, cor et atque cor" as in "mind, judgement,  
>> and [yet again] heart"
>>
>> Non sapis atque sapis [Virgil],
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2007, at 11:44 AM, William T G Litant wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone out there have an expertise in Latin? (Mine is  
>>> limited to the Pig dialect.) Qestion:
>>>
>>> As you (better) know, the MIT motto is "Mens et Manus." For an  
>>> article I'm wiritng, I want to add "and heart." Is it correct to  
>>> say "Mens et Manus et Pectus"? My brother, the scholar, thinks it  
>>> may be "Mens et Manus et Pectus Pectoris," but advises me to seek  
>>> professional help (which the whole family has been urging me to  
>>> do for years).
>>>
>>> Can anyone assist?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bill
>>> -- 
>>> William T.G. Litant
>>> Communications Director
>>> Aeronautics and Astronautics Department
>>> and
>>> The Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction
>>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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>>> Cambridge, MA 02139
>>> wlitant at mit.edu
>>> (617) 253-1564
>>>
>>>
>>>

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