- fish how to swim is an
idiomatic expression derived from the
Latin proverb piscem natare doces. The
phrase describes the self-sufficiency of
those who know...
- /o/, e.g.
Catalan llet "milk" < lactem, foc "fire" < fo****, peix "fish" <
piscem. In French, most of
these secondary final consonants (as well as primary...
-
painted this".
Formerly used on
works of art, next to the artist's name.
piscem natare doces [you]
teach a fish to swim
Latin proverb,
attributed by Erasmus...
-
painted this".
Formerly used on
works of art, next to the artist's name.
piscem natare doces [you]
teach a fish to swim
Latin proverb,
attributed by Erasmus...
-
phrases occur one
after the
other near the end of the poem.) "Desinit in
piscem (l. 4)," or "it ends with the tail of a fish," is used by
Horace to emphasize...
-
Adagia (1508)
attributes to Diogeni**** the
origins of the
Latin proverb piscem natare doces (teach fish how to swim; Gr****: Ἰχθὺν νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις)....
-
becomes /-ʒ-/ (Lat.
decem > dexi cf.
Logudorese deghe) or /-ʃʃ-/ (Lat.
piscem > pisci)
Transformation of /rj/ to /rɡ/, /nj/ to /nɡ/, /lj/ to /ll/, and...
-
southern Campidanese does have palatalization: e.g., Lat. centum, caelum,
piscem >
Logudorese "chentu", "chelu", "pische", but
Campidanese "centu", "celu"...
- /sk/
before a
front vowel became /ʃ/, as in feixe,
peixe from FASCEM,
PISCEM. In Tuscan, /sk/ +
front vowel became [ʃʃ] when intervocalic, [ʃ] elsewhere...
- a
Coronet Argent in the
mouth a
Sprig of
Birch also
Argent Motto COGITA PISCEM Badge A
Sailfish embowed Argent issuing from the beak a Line
reflexed across...
