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
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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.
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.
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