Re: [tied] Unita Fortior

pace Piotr, feminine adjectives are regularly used without nouns where the
noun can be guessed. Since this is a football team, it is likely that
either:
(a) a feminine noun for "team" was in in the mind of whoever thought up this
motto (sodalitas? legio?)
or
(b) it is a quote. (Though I don't know where from!)

Peter

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Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 9:17 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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