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It's in Latham's Revised Medieval Latin Word-List (but not I think in
the relevant fascicule of the Medieval Latin Dictionary which he edited
based on the Word-List).
Actually the original question was when and indeed whether it could be
translated as 'for life' in a charter. My student's idea as I understand
it is that it can be so translated in late C13 contexts and he is using
this to re-date a document traditionally assigned to the C12 (the Liber
Landavensis). I think the discussion on this list suggests pretty
conclusively that he can't.
Of course he may disagree with all of you!
Maddy
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From: "George H. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>> why no "imperpetuum"?
> Because modern lexicographers consider "in" + substantive to be a
preposition and therefore separated from its modified object....
thanks, George.
but that's the whole point (to the extent that there *is* a point left
here),
isn't it?
the original questio was, "Is 'imperpetuum' a word?"
and the answer, from our esteemed palaeographical collegues, is "Yes."
since "imperpetuum" is found in numerous mss., it is a "word" --Q.E.D.
the fact that "imperpetuum" is, in fact, a corruption (perhaps that's
not the
best technical term) of "in perpetuum" shouldn't make any difference,
viz-a-viz the fundamental question of whether or not "imperpetuum" is,
indeed,
a word.
and, if it *is* a word, then it should be in Niermeyer's lexicon --or du
Cange, for that matter-- if only with a simple entry like, "Corruption
of _in
perpetuum_"
i seem to be missing something here....
not for the first time, alas.
c
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