...instead of Scipii? I don't claim to be well versed in the offshoots of the Cornelii, but all of my inital research says "Scipiones" instead of "Scipii".
Isn't It Scipiones?
...instead of Scipii? I don't claim to be well versed in the offshoots of the Cornelii, but all of my inital research says "Scipiones" instead of "Scipii".
[War's] glory is all moonshine; even success most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families.
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Re: Isn't It Scipiones?
Scipii sounds fine to me. "Scipiones" seems more like italian than latin.
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Re: Isn't It Scipiones?
Well, Italian is the closest thing to the Vulgar we have...
[War's] glory is all moonshine; even success most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families.
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Re: Isn't It Scipiones?
Scipio is a family name from the same word for a ceremonial rod or stick (sceptre?). It is a third declension word with the genitive singular scipionis. Therefore, the nominative or accusative plural is correctly: scipiones. However, with it being used as a proper name it may have adopted a plural form as Scipii, but I would pedantically stick with Scipiones.
Dum spiro spero
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
- William James
Re: Isn't It Scipiones?
Scipii does sound like a Kangaroo...
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Re: Isn't It Scipiones?
Hop it!
The plural for the family is 'Cornelii Scipiones'.
Dum spiro spero
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
- William James
Re: Isn't It Scipiones?
Sounds more like peanutbutter to me.Scipii does sound like a Kangaroo...
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