8 Responses to “De ideologicis bracis et gunnellis sensualibus”

1. 1 Tobias Petrus Oct 29th, 2005 at 11:20 pm

   So is a gunnellum a mini-skirt? You’ve got one (classical) Latinist thumbing through dictionaries.

2. 2 Iosephus Oct 30th, 2005 at 12:02 am

   My dear Tobias Petrus, while Lewis and Short is my constant companion, those scholars can’t help you on this one. You’ll need Reginaldus and Co. and their dictionary of recent Latin. Unfortunately, it’s only available in Italian; look for the Italian word ‘gonna.’ I used an Italian dictionary on the web to get me that far.

3. 3 Anonymous Oct 30th, 2005 at 1:07 am

   Timeless words in a timeless language.

4. 4 Clara Oct 30th, 2005 at 10:14 am

   Yeah, the “gunnellium” tripped me up too. Anyway, that was fun, but I’m still coming to Rosary in pants.

5. 5 Ambrosius Oct 31st, 2005 at 8:11 am

   “but I’m still coming to Rosary in pants”

   O tempora! o mores! ;)

   ‘gunnella,-ae’ is the word

   If we’re gonna have a good time around here, somebody will have to start leading by example, and I’ll say it right now: it can’t be Jacobus, Ambrosius, or Iosephus

6. 6 Clara Oct 31st, 2005 at 4:11 pm

   I think I’d better check with my doctor friend before setting out to show y’all a good time through my clothing choices. ;-)

7. 7 Banshee Nov 4th, 2005 at 1:03 pm

   “gunella” makes sense: a little “guna”, gown. Cute name, too.

8. 8 Iosephus Nov 4th, 2005 at 1:16 pm

   I don’t know ‘guna’? (I think that the spelling would be ‘gunna’ anyway.) The immediate etymology of this word isn’t in Lewis & Shirt. I figured that it was a Latinization from the Italian, “gonna”. But I would be interested to know if you saw this some place, this ‘guna’?

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