- 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...
-
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...
- /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...
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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...
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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...
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Inscriptions Image Latin Source English Mermaid desin[a]t in
piscem mulier formosa superne [spectatum admissi]
risum teneatis amici? Ars
Poetica by Horace...
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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...
- /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...
-
Adagia (1508)
attributes to Diogeni**** the
origins of the
Latin proverb piscem natare doces (teach fish how to swim; Gr****: Ἰχθὺν νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις)....
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February 2018.
Prvim romanom Na
cesti (1936)
izazvao je
pozornost književne kritike, koja ga je
nazvala prvim hrvatskim radničkim
piscem, »hrvatskim Gorkim«....
