Ubi o ubi sub ubi mihi! On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:36 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Bob W" >>> >>> From: John Sessoms >> >> [...] >>>>>> >>>>>> > >> > i say capital letters are markup, along with all punctuation, >>> >>> > spacing, >>>>>> >>>>>> > >> > and any use of puns or rhyme ;?> >>>>>> > >> > >>>> >>>> > > indeed. The Romans did well enough with none of those. Perhaps with >>> >>> > the >>>> >>>> > > exception of puns. >>>> > > >>> >>> > >>> > The Romans also had rhymes. >>> > >> >> Really? Examples? > > End rhyme is not a feature of classical Latin, but alliteration and > homeoteleuton are. > > Since damn near every word in the language ends in *ae*, *am*, *em*, *um* or > *us*, they'd be hard put NOT to rhyme. > > "O Fortunatam natam me consule Romam." > > O happy Rome, born when I was consul > > - Cicero > > am, am, am > > > I admit I had to look that up. My high school Latin is lost in the mists of > time almost half a century ago. > > Still ... > > Latinus lingua mortuus > ut mortuus ut existo > iuguolo totus Romanorum > quod est caedes mihi > aliquantulus frenum Caesar > aliquantulus Cicero > succurro expleo locus > qua rabidus populus vado > > LatinUS - mortuUS - totUS - aliquantulUS - locUS - rabidUS - populUS > > existO - CicerO - vadO > > > 8-D <- emoticonUS! > > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3461 - Release Date: 02/22/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >
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