{"id":492,"date":"2013-07-08T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/?p=492"},"modified":"2013-07-08T22:21:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T22:21:11","slug":"latin-homographs-and-homonyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/2013\/07\/08\/latin-homographs-and-homonyms\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin Homographs and Homonyms"},"content":{"rendered":"

I visited the University of Virginia last fall and sat in on a Latin reading (as in reading aloud) group led by Prof. David Kovacs<\/a>. I think there were something like 25 people there. Latin as performance is very much alive at UVA. It was a great afternoon, and one of the highlights was a handout Prof. Kovacs distributed with his own collection of homographs and homonyms. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

Homographs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
nitor<\/b>\u00a0brightness<\/td>\nn\u012btor<\/b>\u00a0try<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
n\u014dta<\/b>\u00a0well-known < n\u014dtus -a -um<\/td>\nnota<\/b>, mark < nota -ae, f.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
n\u014dv\u012b<\/b>\u00a0I know < nosc\u014d -ere n\u014dv\u012b<\/td>\nnov\u012b<\/b>\u00a0new < novus -a -um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Homonyms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
ade\u014d<\/b><\/td>\nI approach<\/td>\nso, so much<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
canis<\/b><\/td>\ndog<\/td>\nyou sing > cano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
equit\u0113s<\/b><\/td>\nhorseman > eques<\/td>\nyou ride a horse > equito<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Solid gold, I thought, and filed it away for future use. Then it occurred to me, the world needs to know about this list. I approached Prof. Kovacs about making it into a Wikipedia page, so others could add to it. Go to, he said, and I did, in my spare moments, editing and reformatting it in Mediawiki. But then, guess what, the gatekeepers of Wikipedia rejected the article.<\/strong>\u00a0Indeed!<\/p>\n

Wikipedia is an\u00a0encyclopedia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0not a dictionary<\/a>. We cannot accept articles that are little more than definitions of words or abbreviations as entries. A good article should\u00a0begin<\/i>\u00a0with a good definition, but expand on the subject. Please try creating an article at\u00a0Wiktionary<\/a>\u00a0instead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmmpf! We are lucky enough to have our own instance of Mediawiki at Dickinson, so I have taken Prof. Kovacs’ marbles and gone home. You may view the full, edited list here<\/a>. I would welcome any additions, and can probably get you editing access if you would like to expand it substantially. Hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n

–Chris Francese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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