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Titel: Äldre inlägg (arkiv) till 2003-08-12
Skrivet av: krister skrivet 2003-01-30, 08:53
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Pro SERVO FUREM posuit, furta enim specialiter servorum sunt. Sic Plautus de servo, Homo es trium literarum, i.e. fur.
 
He puts fur, a thief, to signify a servant, because servants are commonly thieves. Thus Plautus, speaking of a servant, says: Thou art a man of three letters, i.e. f-u-r, a thief.
 
Virgil, Eclog. iii. 16
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