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That is it, yes.
by da_chicken 8y ago
That is it, yes.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoFor reference, in forma pauperis means "in the shape of a poor man"; pockets aren't mentioned. As far as I'm aware, the Romans didn't have pockets and so there would be no way to express the concept in Latin.
- umanwizard 8y agoLatin was the international language of Europe for almost a thousand years after the collapse of the Roman Empire, during which time many scientific advancements were made. There are plenty of Latin words for things that didn't exist in Antiquity.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoThere are tiny communities who use recreational Latin today. Here's the Vicipaedia article on the telephonum: https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephonum https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephonum But that doesn't really constitute a good argument that there is a Latin word for telephones.
- marktangotango 8y agoThank you, beautiful refutation of an argumentative quarralous, I would even say bad faith, assertion, which we see entirely to often now imo.
- Pharmakon 8y agoI had no idea this existed, and you just made my day with it.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoGiven that telephone is Ancient Greek (though obviously coined more recently), I don't see why there shouldn't be a Latin word for it.
- dclowd9901 8y ago> As far as I'm aware, the Romans didn't have pockets and so there would be no way to express the concept in Latin. I know this is probably not meant to be funny, but for whatever reason, in reading it, I couldn't help but laugh.