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Homerus luculentissimo carmine palam fecit

English translation: Homer made public in a most distinguished poem

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Latin term or phrase:Homerus luculentissimo carmine palam fecit
English translation:Homer made public in a most distinguished poem
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

13:33 Apr 7, 2008
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Other / Latin quote in Anglo-Saxon dictionary
Latin term or phrase: Homerus luculentissimo carmine palam fecit
Hi,

Please see:
http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/html/oe_bosworthtoller/b0951.html

I'm not too sure about the grammar of this one. If palam goes with luculentissimo carmine, “fecit” seems a bit weak – Homer made in the presence of the most brilliant poetry? Made what?

Homerus luculentissimo carmine palam fecit

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:19
Homer made public in a most distinguished poem
Explanation:
Since it glosses the Old English 'Omarus sweotelícost sægde' = 'Homer said most manifestly', I take the ablative here as locative and 'palam' as going with 'fecit'.
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Joseph Brazauskas
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Local time: 23:19
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many thanks excellent as ever
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5 +1Homer proclaimed with most splendid song
Jennifer Ottman
4Homer made public in a most distinguished poem
Joseph Brazauskas


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Homer proclaimed with most splendid song


Explanation:
This quotation is not the complete original sentence, just the part that corresponds to the Anglo-Saxon phrase preceding it in the dictionary entry. `Palam' should not be taken with `luculentissimo carmine', but with `fecit', giving literally something like `made public', `made plain'. What is being proclaimed or made public is who fought in the Trojan War.
See the full sentence at the link below (scroll down to c. 17).


    Reference: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/orosius/orosius1.shtml
Jennifer Ottman
United States
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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Homer made public in a most distinguished poem


Explanation:
Since it glosses the Old English 'Omarus sweotelícost sægde' = 'Homer said most manifestly', I take the ablative here as locative and 'palam' as going with 'fecit'.

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Local time: 23:19
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