On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Pascal Stumpf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Even a generalising relative clause takes the indicative in Latin. > > Romanes eunt domus! > > ok? > > Index: fortunes > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes,v > retrieving revision 1.41 > diff -u -p -r1.41 fortunes > --- fortunes B B 20 Nov 2011 08:31:07 -0000 B B B 1.41 > +++ fortunes B B 2 Dec 2011 10:48:01 -0000 > @@ -10716,7 +10716,7 @@ Quick!! B Act as if nothing has happened! > B % > B Quick, sing me the BUDAPEST NATIONAL ANTHEM!! > B % > -Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. > +Quidquid latine dictum est, altum videtur. > > B (Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.) > B % Are you sure? It's been over fifteen years since my last Latin class, so I cannot speak on my own authority, but a Google search with sit yielded about 1.8 million results, while est only got me 128,000.
