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The Latin here doesn't make any sense. The post translates it as "trolls beware", but caveat is singular (the plural is "caveant") and troglodytarum is genitive
by schoen 8y ago
The Latin here doesn't make any sense. The post translates it as "trolls beware", but caveat is singular (the plural is "caveant") and troglodytarum is genitive plural (the corresponding nominative plural should be "troglodytae").
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troglodytes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troglodytes
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- krc17 8y agoThanks. It's been 35 years since I took Latin. I was doing the best I could. Correction taken.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoAlso, "troglodyte" and "troll" are completely unrelated words...
- schoen 8y agoEtymologically yes, although Wiktionary says a troll is "now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges" and so if you take just the "living in caves" part there's some slightly plausible connection.