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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Dies, masc or fem? #112349 09/18/03 03:27 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta On the origins of the Te Deum: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14468c.htm As for the issue of dies being masculine or feminine, the Romans do not seem to have been consistent about this. Although, as you say when dies means a particular appointed day in the singular it is feminine, this is not a hard and fast rule -- there are plenty of examples of it still being masculine. See the entry in the Latin dictionary on Perseus: http://makeashorterlink.com/?H30423FE5 Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Dies, masc or fem? Faldage 09/18/03 01:11 AM Re: Dies, masc or fem? Bingley 09/18/03 03:27 AM Re: Dies, masc or fem? Capfka 09/18/03 06:04 AM Re: Dies, masc or fem? Faldage 09/18/03 10:48 AM Re: Dies, masc or fem? sjmaxq 09/18/03 11:10 AM Re: Dies, masc or fem? Bingley 09/18/03 12:16 PM Re: Dies, masc or fem? Capfka 09/21/03 05:19 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 767 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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