[ANSTHRLD] RE: Optio
Maridonna
maridonna at maridonna.com
Tue Sep 7 10:31:48 PDT 2004
Christie Ward wrote:
>
> The word <optio> is a Roman legion rank for a sub-officer to a
> centurion. (nom=optio, gen=optionis, I think).
>
> Notre Dame's online Latin dictionary is horking up hairballs just now,
> I'll look at my dictionaries when I get home.
>
> A big issue for me is, "was <optio> ever used *after* the Fall of
> Rome?" That's going to require someone laying hands on a dictionary of
> medieval Latin. If I have a chance, I'll run by UT this week and see...
I have a Roman name for my second persona which I considered late
Empire, and it was registered with no problem. I'm wondering if the
time of earlier "order" names will be a problem?
The only stuff I found for Optio and Optionis while Googling was
computer programing, a Pentax camera, a research company, and a Star
Wars gaming site.
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Andrea / Maridonna
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