tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post7191268828710456359..comments2024-03-27T00:37:16.355-07:00Comments on Orbis Catholicus Secundus: How to Say Merry Christmas in LatinJohn Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-33190742477321692492018-12-24T16:42:56.004-08:002018-12-24T16:42:56.004-08:00felicem natalem Christifelicem natalem ChristiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-38940174843490036052010-12-27T02:55:04.021-08:002010-12-27T02:55:04.021-08:00I'm with Wolsey: ego et meus rex
That aside, w...I'm with Wolsey: ego et meus rex<br />That aside, what was the medieval latin of the republic of letters, of our forebears, and of the Church before the classicists got at it and helped to kill it dead?Mike Cliffsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405021835510775527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-28760210781572604112010-12-27T00:40:57.031-08:002010-12-27T00:40:57.031-08:00I'm not sure how relatively learned I am, adsp...I'm not sure how relatively learned I am, adspector, but you're right! I'd favour the order: felicem nativitatis diem! or perhaps: felicem Domini nativitatis diem!Fautornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-30211181273656444722010-12-25T12:15:17.643-08:002010-12-25T12:15:17.643-08:00I think I like better felicem diem nativitatis, wi...I think I like better <i>felicem diem nativitatis</i>, with something like <i>tibi [vobis] opto</i> being understood, as this seems more consonant with such expressions as <i>salutem plurimam [dicit <b>or</b> dat]</i>. Has anyone more learned an opinion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com