02-18-2008, 05:13 PM
DocMartin Wrote:
responsum date!
Doc,
I had to look this one up - I love it!!
“…“Responsum”... its sound, which, (assuming that it is trilled) draws attention in and of itself, is emphasized due to the use of this letter in the previous line. “Date,” on the other hand, forceful both by nature of its imperative mood and due to its two stop consonants… Potential English renditions of “Responsum date!” are also unsatisfactory. Literal possibilities, “Give answer,” or “Give an answer,” are weaker and less natural….(http://homepage.mac.com/bmulligan/classi...ecomm.html)”

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