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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: April 14, 2012, 09:28:51 AM »
Santorum's wife is called Bella ?

My latin is a bit rusty, but doesn't "bella santorum" mean "wars of saints" ? Grin
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2012, 10:25:44 AM »
Quote from: food justice on April 14, 2012, 09:53:03 AM
Quote from: Antonio V on April 14, 2012, 09:28:51 AM
Santorum's wife is called Bella ?

My latin is a bit rusty, but doesn't "bella santorum" mean "wars of saints" ? Grin

Daughter, and I'm pretty sure "Bella" as a name is "beautiful," not "wars."

Edit: (Not that I'd be surprised if Ricky actually wanted to name his daughter "wars").

bellum, i, n means "war". "bella" as the feminine of "beautiful" is italian and doesn't have latin roots AFAIK.
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2012, 12:27:51 PM »
Quote from: food justice on April 14, 2012, 12:21:10 PM
Quote from: Antonio V on April 14, 2012, 10:25:44 AM
Quote from: food justice on April 14, 2012, 09:53:03 AM
Quote from: Antonio V on April 14, 2012, 09:28:51 AM
Santorum's wife is called Bella ?

My latin is a bit rusty, but doesn't "bella santorum" mean "wars of saints" ? Grin

Daughter, and I'm pretty sure "Bella" as a name is "beautiful," not "wars."

Edit: (Not that I'd be surprised if Ricky actually wanted to name his daughter "wars").

bellum, i, n means "war". "bella" as the feminine of "beautiful" is italian and doesn't have latin roots AFAIK.

Bellus, -a, -um - pretty, handsome, charming, pleasant, agreeable, polite; nice, fine, excellent;

(The vast majority of Italian words have Latin roots, especially the Latinate ones...)

Well, we were both right.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2012, 12:43:55 PM »
Quote from: Ben Kenobi on April 14, 2012, 12:32:13 PM
Bella - beautiful. Bellum - War. Entirely different Latin roots.

Neutral words of the second declination have -a in their plural. Therefore bella means wars.
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