Someone has blundered. Should be UNITATE
FORTIOR, "Stronger by being united" (lit. "from unity"). UNITATE = abl. of
UNITAS {u:nita:t-}.
Piotr
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Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 10:17 PM
Subject: [tied] Unita Fortior
My local football team, Carlisle United, has the Latin motto
'Unita
Fortior' i.e.'Stronger United'. Can anyone explain why the feminine
form is used in this context? In modern Latin based languages the
masculine form would be used by default where there in no noun. Why
is
the masculine (or indeed the neuter form) not used in this context
in
Latin?
Incidentally this topic was discussed some time ago on a supporters
message board and no-one could give an answer.
I hope this question isn't
too trivial; there is a serious linguistic
question involved.
Thank
you
David James
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