Peter Staudt wrote:
> >
> > PS: Ceterum censeo WINDOOF delendam esse.
>
> I never took latin but isn't this ^^^^^^ WINDOOFem ?
>
According to what is left from my 9 years of Latin at
school:
The original quote is from the roman politician Cato
and reads
"Ceterum censeo cartaginem esse delendam."
(Apart from that I think Cartago should be destroyed.)
With this sentence he ended each of his speeches at the
senate - even if the speech had nothing to do with Cartago -
because he thought that the empire of Cartago was the biggest
threat to the roman empire. Finally the Romans destroyed
Cartago, but I think Cato didn't live to see that.
WINDOOF is probably not consonant declination but
rather u-decination, i.e. the accusative in this
"accusativum cum infinitivo" should end in "um".
Therefore the correct version is
"Ceterum censeo WINDOOFum esse delendam."
Cheers,
Dirk ;-)
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