paenulam alicui scindo
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From paenulam, the accusative singular of paenula (“cloak”) + alicui, the dative singular of aliquis (“someone”) + scindō (“I separate by force”). Literally “I tear apart someone's cloak”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpae̯.nu.lam ˈa.li.kui̯ ˈskin.doː/, [ˈpäe̯nʊɫ̪ä̃ˑ ˈälʲɪkʊi̯ ˈs̠kɪn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.nu.lam ˈa.li.kuj ˈʃin.do/, [ˈpɛːnuläm ˈäːlikuj ˈʃin̪d̪o]
Verb
[edit]paenulam alicui scindō (present infinitive paenulam alicui scindere, perfect active paenulam alicui scidī, supine paenulam alicui scissum); third conjugation
- (idiomatic) to press one strongly to stay
- Letter 13, Cicero, Letters to Atticus (Letters to Atticus), paragraph 33
- sed ego ita egi ut non scinderem paenulam.
- And indeed, I have gone so that the cloak is not ripped apart. (ie. so that I'm not forced to stay)
- sed ego ita egi ut non scinderem paenulam.
- Letter 13, Cicero, Letters to Atticus (Letters to Atticus), paragraph 33