Talk:obnoxius
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Example for sense 1[edit]
- (rare) the injured party quotations ▲
- c. 189 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 4.3.61:
- Ego tibi mē obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem.
- I confess I am liable to you, sharing the guilt.
- Ego tibi mē obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem.
- c. 189 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 4.3.61:
Isn't this an example of it being used to mean the injuring party, rather than the injured? The Latin does in fact seem to say that "I am liable to you", i.e. that I am the injuring party, not the injured.
- AllenY99 (talk) 10:26, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, that’s just what it’s saying: if you are the injuring party, then you are liable to the injured party (at least according to my understanding of English). Biolongvistul (talk) 10:43, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
- Also, I want to thank you for your comment: it makes me happy to have my work seen and discussed. Biolongvistul (talk) 10:48, 12 March 2023 (UTC)