Timeline for Is there a Latin word for "vessel", as in a human receiver or holder or something
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| Nov 6, 2020 at 14:55 | vote | accept | Adam | ||
| Nov 6, 2020 at 4:13 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 5, 2020 at 22:47 | answer | added | brianpck | timeline score: 9 | |
| Nov 5, 2020 at 21:32 | comment | added | Adam | That makes sense. Something like capsellae memoriae imperfectae, or quaedam capsellae memoriae imperfectae? For context this is a descriptive statement being directed at someone else (in this case the someone is plural). | |
| Nov 5, 2020 at 20:51 | comment | added | cnread | Perhaps there's a better answer, but honestly, I'd just use one of the many Latin words for a container for physical objects (capsa, capsella, locellus, loculus, loculamentum, receptaculum, thesaurus, etc.), with the immaterial thing that is held added in the genitive. At most, I'd add a form of quidam in agreement with the container word, to signal a figurative usage, as I see writers such as Pliny the Younger do – e.g., quidam thesaurus virtutis. | |
| Nov 5, 2020 at 20:11 | history | asked | Adam | CC BY-SA 4.0 |