Apr 16, 2009 18:35
15 yrs ago
Latin term
Ex agro hantoniensi
Latin to English
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Part of a Latin inscription on the tomb of Jacobus Jones who died in 1772.
Proposed translations
(English)
2 -1 | From the land of Basing | Gad Kohenov |
4 +5 | from Hampshire | Kathryn Litherland |
Change log
Apr 16, 2009 18:36: Kim Metzger changed "Language pair" from "English" to "Latin to English" , "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"
Proposed translations
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14 mins
Selected
From the land of Basing
lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/corrections/txt/bt_b0068.txt - 13k
Read the above Google hit.
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Note added at 15 mins (2009-04-16 18:50:37 GMT)
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It's in Hampshire.
Read the above Google hit.
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Note added at 15 mins (2009-04-16 18:50:37 GMT)
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It's in Hampshire.
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Tony M
: In the ref. you quote, Basing is mentioned as being in 'agro hantoniensis', i.e. in Hampshire
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you. All we know about this man is on his tomb, namely his name, age and year of death plus the phrase in question so are unable to confirm that he came from Hampshire to Cornwall."
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28 mins
from Hampshire
"Theophilus POYNTER or POINTER came from a high-born family of Whitchurch, Hants [abbreviation for Hampshire], according to his memorial plaque, which describes him as "Generosâ Prosapiâ de Whitchurch, in Agro Hantoniensi oriundus ... sprung from a high-born family in Whitchurch in Hampshire."
http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/doctors/surgeons/poynter_t...
Here's a nice Latinization:
"Catalogs Senatus Academici, ...., in Collegio
Dartmuthensi, Hanoverae, in Republica Neo-Hantoniensi."
(i.e., catalog of the academic senate...Dartmouth College, Hanover, State of New Hampshire).
www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/researchguides/bibliographies/stick...
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Note added at 34 mins (2009-04-16 19:09:26 GMT)
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""Johannes Lucas, in agro Hantoneinsi natus, ab antiqua et nobili familia Lucasiorum oriundus....This John Lucas, M.A., (whom I well knew) was borne at Froyle in Hampshire, ..."
http://books.google.com/books?id=9ylPvKNF_FMC&pg=PA191
http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/doctors/surgeons/poynter_t...
Here's a nice Latinization:
"Catalogs Senatus Academici, ...., in Collegio
Dartmuthensi, Hanoverae, in Republica Neo-Hantoniensi."
(i.e., catalog of the academic senate...Dartmouth College, Hanover, State of New Hampshire).
www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/researchguides/bibliographies/stick...
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Note added at 34 mins (2009-04-16 19:09:26 GMT)
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""Johannes Lucas, in agro Hantoneinsi natus, ab antiqua et nobili familia Lucasiorum oriundus....This John Lucas, M.A., (whom I well knew) was borne at Froyle in Hampshire, ..."
http://books.google.com/books?id=9ylPvKNF_FMC&pg=PA191
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Tony M
2 hrs
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agree |
Joseph Brazauskas
3 hrs
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agree |
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
7 hrs
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agree |
Phong Le
9 hrs
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agree |
Luis Antonio de Larrauri
: See also this reference: www.archive.org/stream/remarkscollectio02hearuoft/remarksco...
12 hrs
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