Re: [Sheflug] Re: Sig again

[Paul Branston <nospam [at] rannoch.demon.co.uk>]

> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
> > Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> 
> >Btw, viditur - if it does have a latin root from video (my latin's rather
> >poor - but I used to have a better feel for the grammer than I do now) -
> the
> >Latin/english dictionary I have says...:
> 
> >vi'deo -e're vi'di vi'sum (vt.)
> >        See, look at; (mind) observe, be aware, know; consider
> >        think over; see to, look out for; live to see; (pass.)
> >        seem, appear; seem right, be thought proper.
> 
> >So...I'd therefore suggest that:
> >        Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
> >translates to:
> >        Whatever is said in Latin, seems profound
> 
> That'd make more sense. I'll change it when I get home...
> 
> Craig
> 

I'm glad someone found their dictionary, mines gone somewhere
long ago.

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