On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:08:53 -0600, Carson Chittom wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Pascal Stumpf <pascal.stu...@cubes.de> wrot= > e: > > > Even a generalising relative clause takes the indicative in Latin. > > > > Romanes eunt domus! > > > > ok? > > > > Index: fortunes > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > RCS file: /cvs/src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes,v > > retrieving revision 1.41 > > diff -u -p -r1.41 fortunes > > --- fortunes =C2=A0 =C2=A020 Nov 2011 08:31:07 -0000 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= > 1.41 > > +++ fortunes =C2=A0 =C2=A02 Dec 2011 10:48:01 -0000 > > @@ -10716,7 +10716,7 @@ Quick!! =C2=A0Act as if nothing has happened! > > =C2=A0% > > =C2=A0Quick, sing me the BUDAPEST NATIONAL ANTHEM!! > > =C2=A0% > > -Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. > > +Quidquid latine dictum est, altum videtur. > > > > =C2=A0(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.) > > =C2=A0% > > 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. > >
Yup, seems it was just copied by people not knowing Latin. :) I can't point you to a grammar in English, sorry, but Kuehner-Stegmann II,2, pages 197-9, is pretty clear the subjunctive may only be used in very special cases like mood attraction/assimilation or a (generalising) second person singular. You might also consider: "Quidquid id *est*, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes".
