STRELKA MP

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ernest
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Re: STRELKA - BELKA MP - virtuti omnia parent !

Post by ernest »

mar wrote:Quo usque tandem abuteris, Catilina, patientia nostra? :wink:
The generally accepted citation is:
Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? 8-)
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Re: STRELKA - BELKA MP - virtuti omnia parent !

Post by mar »

ernest wrote: The generally accepted citation is:
Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? 8-)
Yes you're probably right with abutere (I don't remember grammar well anymore). But not with quousque (unless you have a manuscript :wink: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/226/226-h/226-h.htm
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Re: STRELKA - BELKA MP - virtuti omnia parent !

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mar wrote:But not with quousque
There indeed seems to be a (minor) controversy between quousque and quo usque...
At school, I learnt quousque... but who knows, maybe (or may be) they unearthed a genuine Cicero Roman tablet :D