Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
BRUTUM HOMINIS
English translation:
a dimwit of a man
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Joseph Brazauskas
Mar 17, 2006 13:33
18 yrs ago
Latin term
BRUTUM HOMINIS
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literary translation
I came across this in Swift's "Battle of the Books". He gives it as the name of a spirit that hovers over graves until the body within is turned to dust. I need to know what the words mean so I can put it in a footnote.
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a dimwit of a man
'Brutus' is an adjective meaning 'dull, lacking in sense or reason' and is here used susbtantively; hence 'hominis', a genitive of quality or characteristic. The accusative must be due to some transitive verb omitted but implied.
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