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Original text - Latin - Si autem dixerimus praecedentes ...

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Si autem dixerimus praecedentes ...
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Submitted by jairhaas
Source language: Latin

Si autem dixerimus praecedentes legales, & hos historicos esse, obijcietur etiam praecedentes magnam temporum historiam continere.
Edited by Francky5591 - 30 October 2009 14:35





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29 October 2009 19:40

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
&? Can we use this rather English short for "and" in Latin? Roman people didn't know it. Hm...
Moreover, it doesn't fit here... if it is to be "et" in Latin...

29 October 2009 20:18

jairhaas
Number of messages: 261
From my experience with this author, it might mean something in the direction of FURTHERMORE. Does that make sense here?

29 October 2009 20:56

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Yes, it could make more sens here. Thank you, jairhaas. But, why has & appeared here? IMHO it is not Latin short at all?

30 October 2009 12:23

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
I replaced this anachronic character with a regular "et"


30 October 2009 14:05

jairhaas
Number of messages: 261
The sign appears in the text itself (many times), which is from the 15th century, meaning that at this relatively late stage of the Latin language it actually exists in that language. Or maybe the author borrowed it from Spanish, which is his nationality.

30 October 2009 14:34

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
Hi jairhaas!
You're right, according to wikipedia this sign was already used in Latin script 1st century AD.

So I'll put it back in the text, of course it won't be translated and left as it is in the translation as well.



Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand

30 October 2009 15:37

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Wow! Thank you for your searching, dear Francky!!! It was very helpful for me...