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Book Dedication
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:06 pm
by Timothy
I just received my copy of the D'Ooge book and found the book dedication:
Filiolo meo
qui me non solum dicenda
sed etaim tacenda docuit
hoc opusculum est dedicatum
I think it is:
To my little son
who me not only by speech
but also without speaking teaches
this little work is dedicated
- Tim
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:13 pm
by whiteoctave
to my sonlet, who not only taught me what to say but also what not to, I dedicate this little work.
~D
dicenda and tacenda could be interpreted as 'things spoken and unspoken'.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:32 pm
by Timothy
Nicely done.
I wish I could get phrasing like this down.
Thanks,
- Tim
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:24 pm
by Episcopus
I believe that this dedication is for me. Not only is He the best ever Latinist to hit us, but he can also see into the future.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:22 pm
by Turpissimus
OK, time for me to embarrass myself.
Yes, by speech/speaking would require the use of the ablative case of the gerund, e.g.
dicendo, tacendo.
Dicenda and tacenda, I imagine, mean things needing to be said, to be kept silent about. I think they are gerundives used substantively, if that makes any sense.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:39 pm
by whiteoctave
gerundives cannot retain an obligatory sense in the accusative.
~D
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:55 pm
by mariek
Episcopus wrote:I believe that this dedication is for me. Not only is He the best ever Latinist to hit us, but he can also see into the future.
LOL!