Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > All this reminds me of the torture that was Latin in 9th grade > (mandatory in Denmark at the time if you wanted to continue on to high > school). Nathan, It reminds me of the Monty Python film, "Life of Brian" when the Roman guard made the "activist" write 100 times on the wall the right casus for "to Rome" :) > I used to ask our teacher what a motorcycle is called in Latin > and never received a satisfactory answer. The Scandinavians probably shouldn't have booted out the Catholics way back when :) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3030169.stm Daniel > Nathan > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > > >>And you an academic and educated and all of this! > >> > >>Of course, this should have been "?tate 17". Daniel Ridings will > >>undoubtedly correct me, > > > > > > My pleasure. > > > > > >>but I believe that this is an ablative of reference > >>(aka, ablative of respect), > > > > > > Actually "ablativus temporis" used to express "the time during which" > > (=when), not to be confused with "accusativus extensivus temporis" used > > to > > express time in the sense of "how long". > > > > You are mistakenly referring to "ablativus limitationis". But hey, it's > > been a while I guess. > > > > :) > > > > Daniel > > > > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >