But seriously, I'm only seeing it with the final "e" in the various online quotation troves. Now I'm curious about whether you've made an error, whether Quintillan used an irregular dialect, or whether an error has propagated through internet replication???
gl.: I doubt it was intentional. It was in a high-traffic bottleneck, easy enough to tromp on or skateboard into.
I'm afraid you have been misled by others on the internet who have misquoted Quintillian - the full line is:
"Est inuicem consequens et quod ex diuersis idem ostendit, ut qui mundum nasci dicit per hoc ipsum et deficere significet, quia deficit omne quod nascitur." -Quintillian, Institutio Oratoria V.LXXIX (http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/quintilian/quintilian.institutio5.shtml)
Translated, roughly: 'That which shows the same thing from opposites is also mutually consequential, as he who says that the world was created/born also signifies that it passes away, since everything that is created/born passes away.'
Voting in the Infinite Art Tournament? Awesome. And, please be aware that purely anonymous votes are not counted. You don't need to log in or use your real name, but you must identify yourself in some fashion for your vote to count.
Just a quick correction (because I'm a Latin teacher) - it should be nascitur, not nasciture.
ReplyDelete*sniff* that's the hardest part about this project: when people maim & steal the horses.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the horse was playing in the street?
ReplyDeletePB: Wow, correcting Quintillan? That's bold!
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I'm only seeing it with the final "e" in the various online quotation troves. Now I'm curious about whether you've made an error, whether Quintillan used an irregular dialect, or whether an error has propagated through internet replication???
gl.: I doubt it was intentional. It was in a high-traffic bottleneck, easy enough to tromp on or skateboard into.
Elaine: Yes, or that.
I'm afraid you have been misled by others on the internet who have misquoted Quintillian - the full line is:
ReplyDelete"Est inuicem consequens et quod ex diuersis idem ostendit, ut qui mundum nasci dicit per hoc ipsum et deficere significet, quia deficit omne quod nascitur."
-Quintillian, Institutio Oratoria V.LXXIX
(http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/quintilian/quintilian.institutio5.shtml)
Translated, roughly:
'That which shows the same thing from opposites is also mutually consequential, as he who says that the world was created/born also signifies that it passes away, since everything that is created/born passes away.'
Well played.
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