On Monday 02 February 2009 10:06:43 Kerim Aydin wrote:
> Wouldn't it be Canti Cygneus? (e.g. My swan song + your swan song
> = our swan songs not our swans song). -Goethe
It depends. Is each person who publishes a Cantus Cygneus a "swan" in
the metaphor? If so, my swan's song + your swan's song
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> Ah, fourth declension nominative is same in single and plural (cantus)
> and cygneus is an adjective. My cantus cygneus + your cantus cygneus
> = our cantus cygneus.
Cycneus is second declension however, so Cantus Cygnei. :D
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, comex wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
>>> What's wrong with it? Although the standard Latin term for "swan
>>> song" is, according to words, 'vox cycneus', there's no grammatical
>>> reason why 'cantus' couldn't substitute. However, the plural wo
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
>> What's wrong with it? Although the standard Latin term for "swan
>> song" is, according to words, 'vox cycneus', there's no grammatical
>> reason why 'cantus' couldn't substitute. However, the plural would be
>> 'cantus cygnei'.
>
> Wouldn't
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, comex wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Alex Smith wrote:
>> First, I must point out that the caller's argument that the same
>> precedent would apply to Canti Cygnei (sorry about the dubious plural,
>> but the grammar of the original phrase is dubious in the first plac
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Alex Smith wrote:
> "Swan"'s genitive there, because it means "Song of the swan." So "Cantus
> Cygnei" should be the singular, with "Canti Cygnei" the plural (you're
> pluralising the songs not the swans).
cycneus is an adjective. (
http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 10:59 -0500, comex wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Alex Smith wrote:
> > First, I must point out that the caller's argument that the same
> > precedent would apply to Canti Cygnei (sorry about the dubious plural,
> > but the grammar of the original phrase is dubious
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Alex Smith wrote:
> First, I must point out that the caller's argument that the same
> precedent would apply to Canti Cygnei (sorry about the dubious plural,
> but the grammar of the original phrase is dubious in the first place)
What's wrong with it? Although the
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