Re: [tied] The word for horse

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From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] The word for horse



> > Et canis a non canendo? ;-))
> >
> > Piotr
>
> Piotr, you may laugh. I understand Italian and French and a bit from
> Spanish and Portuguese but I have trouble with Latin.
> I can understand the words but the sense of the sentence , I am far away
> of understanding it. Can you please translate?:-)

We call a dog "canis" because it doesn't sing (literally, "from not singing", i.e. "a non CANEndo").

Piotr