Perhaps indeed I am forgetting.
On the other hand, perhaps I never realised that possibility :-) - although
the modern English 'interior' is obviously a Latin comparative.
O me miserum, how I wish I had Lewis & Short to hand! But even so, that only
clarifies the meaning of intima, it doesn't alter the parsing of the phrase.
Piers
PS Of course, I lied, I do have Lewis & Short to hand -
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059
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From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 June 2012 16:38
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT Health matters
Piers
Thanks for that, but perhaps you are forgetting that "intimus" is the
superlative of "interior", meaning "inmost". Therefore, taken by itself, it
could mean the "interiors of veins". In which case it might take the plural
feminine form
But I like the phrase, nonetheless, and you are probably right . . .
Chris
On 28 Jun 2012, at 15:44, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Tsk tsk. But I disagree about the plural. Indeed 'intimae' is the
> plural of 'intima', but it's an adjective, a medical contraction of
> 'tunica intima vasorum' - the inner lining of the veins. In this case,
> 'intima' should remain in the singular, as all of the veins have but one
lining.
>
> I am surprised that you fell into Chuck's deftly crafted trap, Chris
> ;-)
>
> Piers
>
> PS In deference to those who may be reading in ASCII text, I will not
> suggest that 'ae' should have been a digraph.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 June 2012 14:29
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT Health matters
>
> Of course, I should have realised that.
>
> Chris
>
> On 28 Jun 2012, at 14:20, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Well, I did get the plural correct ("ae") but the extra "a" is just a
> typo.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 6/28/2012 1:13 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>> Nearly. "intimae"
>>>
>>> Continuing reading . . .
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 28 Jun 2012, at 02:47, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>> intiamae (did I get my Latin plural correct?)
>>>
>>
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