[Bards] Ansteorran History and trival

Cynthia Rogers wolfpaws at mac.com
Mon Jun 11 20:01:20 PDT 2007


On Jun 11, 2007, at 7:25 PM, Alden Drake wrote:

> To the best of my knowledge, "vivat" is incorrect.  Vivo, vivere,  
> vixi, victum (live) looks to me like a third conjugation verb, with  
> the present stem vive-.

Yep. Although, since I've spent the summer looking at medieval Latin,  
I'm willing to think an "a" or an "e"-- it's close enough.  Medieval  
Latin is not nearly as standardized as classical or renaissance  
Latin. So I'm willing to squint and call it close enough. :-)

Best,
Rhiannon




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