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Posted by jidian (U3225510) on Friday, 17th March 2006
Has anyone any idea what the following might translate as.
obit coelebs temp. Iac. Regis
I have an idea it may mean something like. Died a bachelor and organised or was in charge of light armoured fighting men for his King/country.
Or on the other hand I could be completely wrong!!!
"Died {unmarried} in the time of King James" (the 1st by implication). My bracketed word is uncertain - no dictionary to hand, and memory may be poor...
Has anyone any idea what the following might translate as.
obit coelebs temp. Iac. Regis
I have an idea it may mean something like. Died a bachelor and organised or was in charge of light armoured fighting men for his King/country.
Or on the other hand I could be completely wrong!!!Β
It should really be 'caelebs' (in Classical Latin anyway). To confirm previous post it means 'single' - bachelor/spinster.
Cf. Cogito Ergo Caelebs - I think therefore I'm single!
Thank you
Thanks, I reckon three people with very similar translations must be right.
Checking through some of my research I came across the fact that there is an inscription in a church in Warwickshire (haven't discovered where yet but it says that Edward died in February 1592 and during his life he was a friend to the poor. This means he died before the reign of James 1. The latin word before Regis is iac not jac. Any thoughts?
There is no Latin letter 'j' in Classical Latin, so the consonantal 'i' was used: e.g., you could have used 'Iames' or 'James'.
Given that 'j' was introduced well before the time of the inscription, however, perhaps it's just short for 'iacuit' - "here lies..."
Not too sure
Oops,
Just took the time to reread the inscription, and it's definitely not 'iacuit'.
I think it must be an abbreviation of 'Iacobi' (genitive), so "of King James".
Oops again, just reread your post, and realised I've totally missed the point. Sorry! It's a mystery to me what 'iac' could mean here...
They don't have an embarrassed smiley on here, do they?
Thanks for trying anyway.
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