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Re: 6291 Armada Flagship - waddya reckon?
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lugnet.pirates
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Sat, 13 Oct 2001 17:24:15 GMT
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da_tresse@SPAMLESSpoczta.fm
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Hello,
> Spanish preserves the second word of the Latin phrase "classis
> armata" for armed fleet. Armata is past participle of the verb
> armare, to arm.
"Armata" in Midage Latin means exactly: "army", "fleet".
BTW: "armata" in East Europe languages (Polish, Czech, Russian)
means cannon.
> It's interesting that another English synonym for arm, "equip"
> originally meant to outfit a ship (French equiper, from esquiper.)
French "equipage" means ship's crew.
> Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of
> English Words.
W. Kopalinski "Slownik wyrazow obcych i zwrotow obcojezycznych" :)
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| (...) Spanish preserves the second word of the Latin phrase "classis armata" for armed fleet. Armata is past participle of the verb armare, to arm. It follows the pattern where a name for a body part (here, the human upper extremity, arma) grows (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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