Those Crazy Romans, Or Rather, Illi Romani Insani
I've wanted to post this for about a week or so because I had showed this amazing fact to some of my friends. Although there's a very small chance anyone besides the someone(s) to whom I've already shown it will read this, I feel like posting it anyway.
Is this a sign that I will start posting semi-regularly? Most likely not, but there are so many things I'd like to rant about say.
Anyway, on to the point, according to the New College Latin & English Dictionary by John C. Traupman, Ph.D.:
frater -tris m brother; cousin; (euphem) (homosexual) sex partner
And then there's some other stuff about what some phrases containing frater mean, but they're not the point.
The point is, here's some clear evidence that Latin is the best language ever (although I question the use of a future imperative)... and that the Romans were a very interesting group of people. If you doubt that this word was ever used in this way, I've read a translation of the Satyricon from the 1920's or 40's, and it used the word brother in translation. The people to whom it referred were not brothers. Unless the Romans were stranger than I thought...
Is this a sign that I will start posting semi-regularly? Most likely not, but there are so many things I'd like to rant about say.
Anyway, on to the point, according to the New College Latin & English Dictionary by John C. Traupman, Ph.D.:
frater -tris m brother; cousin; (euphem) (homosexual) sex partner
And then there's some other stuff about what some phrases containing frater mean, but they're not the point.
The point is, here's some clear evidence that Latin is the best language ever (although I question the use of a future imperative)... and that the Romans were a very interesting group of people. If you doubt that this word was ever used in this way, I've read a translation of the Satyricon from the 1920's or 40's, and it used the word brother in translation. The people to whom it referred were not brothers. Unless the Romans were stranger than I thought...