medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
There's bad grammar here, but whose? As a quick Google search for the
phrase "Romanes eunt domus" will surely verify, John Briggs is quoting
from the movie. Best, John Dillon
On Friday, March 11, 2005, at 10:28 am, Bill East wrote (following
Gordon Arthur):
> >
> >Romanes eunt domus :-)
> >
> >John Briggs
>
> Conjugate!!! Romani ite domum!!!
> Now write that out 100 times before dawn or I'll have you arrested.
> :-)
>
> I think the man of Sarum needs to decline rather than conjugate.
> One could say 'eunt' - the Romans are going home. One could even
> say 'domus' - the Romans of the house are going. But Romanes
> cannot stand, unless perhaps a late form Romanis was used in the
> Sarum Calendar.
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