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] Date Posted: 15:51:22 11/17/04 Wed In reply to: Nick (UK) 's message, "Imports" on 13:30:46 11/17/04 Wed Librus or libra (hence the plurals libri or librae) are just the separate masculine and feminine versions of the same word. I'm afraid that I can't remember whether the word was originally masc or fem, but since it is fem in modern Italian, that almost without exception means that it was fem in Latin too, so I'm sticking with that! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Nick (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:01:06 11/17/04 Wed [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Nick (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 19:28:26 11/17/04 Wed ....I should stress that I am contending that the Pound is essentially a direct descendant of the Roman Librum, whereas the Italian Lira in its last incarnation, whilst named after earlier currencies, was only introduced about 140 years ago, and as such its pedigree, like its purchasing power, was somewhat less robust, and our use of Lsd predated it! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:34:52 11/17/04 Wed [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |