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...sometimes referred to as a "festinating gait," meaning it starts slowly and accellerates to become out of control.
Here's a more recent usage of the root:
Earl: (Tolloller or Mountararat - I forget which) (to Lord Chancellor)
"This gentleman is seen
With a maid of seventeen
A-taking of his dolce far niente "sweet nothings"
And wonders he'd achieve
For he asks us to believe
She's his mother - and he's nearly five-and-twenty!"
Lord Chancellor: (to Strephon)
"Recollect yourself, I pray,
And be careful what you say,
As the ancient Romans said festina lente !
For I really do not see
How so young a girl can be
The mother of a man of five-and-twenty"
-- W S Gilbert, Iolanthe - Act I Finale
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted festinate wwh 10/17/02 02:57 PM Same phrase, less ancient usage wofahulicodoc 10/19/02 02:58 PM Re: Same phrase, less ancient usage Buffalo Shrdlu 10/19/02 04:56 PM Gershwin was never so fast! wofahulicodoc 10/20/02 12:05 PM More [i]Iolanthe[/i] wofahulicodoc 10/20/02 12:13 PM
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