tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884939767970275326.post6530331667532382299..comments2022-03-24T17:00:46.420-06:00Comments on ΣΩΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ: Thomas Aquinas writes bad Latin...Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07180168146879952801noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884939767970275326.post-52123486388201388972009-10-03T15:55:54.680-06:002009-10-03T15:55:54.680-06:00Actually, I think you're being tough on Aquina...Actually, I think you're being tough on Aquinas! I checked out a grammar (Allen & Greenhough's New Latin Grammar - available at textkit.com). Under declension of comparatives, it gives "meliore" and "meliori" as alternatives for the ablative singular. So "a priori" would be fine.<br /><br />I'd say that leaves Thomas in the clear...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605187410193243111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884939767970275326.post-13259030568147388542009-01-20T17:19:00.000-07:002009-01-20T17:19:00.000-07:00Fair enough, though I think it's equivalent to som...Fair enough, though I think it's equivalent to someone writing 'bcuz' or 'probly' instead of 'probably' in an academic paper.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180168146879952801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884939767970275326.post-9891269194882946662009-01-19T00:39:00.000-07:002009-01-19T00:39:00.000-07:00Contra, I think it was in the Renaissance when peo...Contra, I think it was in the Renaissance when people rediscovered Cicero they gave up on Latin as a living language (for an intellectual medium) because everyone decided "Fuck this, it's too goddamn difficult to imitate this guy. Let's just speak and write in vernacular."<BR/><BR/>*sigh* Those silly 14th century types.Mattitiahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190475034700450411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884939767970275326.post-37986700470755538882009-01-18T22:33:00.000-07:002009-01-18T22:33:00.000-07:00Yeah, anything written after the fall of the Roman...Yeah, anything written after the fall of the Roman Empire often degenerates into a giant pile of agrammatical goo.<BR/><BR/>Photo should be fixed now.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180168146879952801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884939767970275326.post-33256266844706771012009-01-18T13:06:00.000-07:002009-01-18T13:06:00.000-07:00Hilarious!The photo doesn't work, FYI—catholic...Hilarious!<BR/><BR/>The photo doesn't work, FYI—catholic-forum.com seems to be blocking access to their images unless you navigate to them from their site.grisomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779251743706251263noreply@blogger.com