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To: wideawake

Tempus fugit!


29 posted on 04/13/2007 7:49:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
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To: Tax-chick

That should be, “O Tempo, fuge!!!!!” (please)


32 posted on 04/13/2007 7:59:11 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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Actually, it would be: o tempus, fuge.

Tempus is a third declension noun (tempus, temporis) and forms its vocative identically to the nominative - hence o tempus.

41 posted on 04/13/2007 8:16:36 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Tax-chick
Tempus fugit!

Watch your phraseology!

[Obscure theatrical reference.]

470 posted on 05/03/2007 1:56:53 PM PDT by HKMk23 (We are good, not because we are not tempted, but because we are tempted yet choose to be good.)
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