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- "Ego lectionem lego."
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In reality "capitrum" is chapter. "Lection" is a lection, a unit or a part of the study book.
I can't find any "capitrum" in any dictionary.
But I've found, for "chapter":
- "caput" (Caput X, etc..), also meaning "head", like in the English "header",
- "capitulum".
Capitulum is a little "caput". "ulum" = diminutive.
The Spanish "Capítulo" is directly from Capitulum, while the French "Chapitre" is from "Caput".
http://spinozaetnous.org/wiki/Tractatus_theologico-politicus/Caput_X
Lection. The Latin is "Lectio". It's also the same root than "lesson" (from the French leçon)
I was pretty sure than "lectio" had a link with "lecture", the substantivation of the French verb lire (to read), but "lectio" comes from "lectus" (chosen, picked, selected). It's a bit confusing.
The English "chapter" (old English chaptre) is from the French "chapitre", that comes directly from "caput", according to the etymology dictionaries.
I agree, in Itlaian we have capitolo with the same meaning of chapter. I don' know if in republican rome lectio was more used though
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I agree in principle; capitulum would be more appropriate and infers the etymology much better.
The most classical word for "chapter" is 'caput, capitis.' 'Lectio, lectionis' as "chapter" has no precedent--Classical, Vulgar, Medieval, Neo...
I agree! Lectio seems to be more a lesson, or a lecture (lectio divina)
Absolutely right. Caput or capitulum for chapter, especially since that's the etymological root of chapter anyways; lectio is just a reading, or a lecture as you said.
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"Capitulum" made its way into Old English as captel via Old French chapitre and later became chaptel or chapitel in Middle English. Modern cathedrals and monasteries have a Chapter House in which the administrative meetings of these establishments are held by the administrative body (the Cathedral or Priory "Chapter").
In mediaeval Benedictine monasteries the Chapter meeting would open with the reading of a chapter from St Benedict's rules for monastic life.
Capitulum does seem to be a better fit that lectio
"Ego lectionem lego" the pronounciation here is not excellent, please consider recording once more.
I agree. In particular in the audio I heard, the e in lego is being pronounced long, where it should be short. There does seem to be a general problem with the recordings on this course that some vowels that should be long are pronounced short, and vice versa. I have reported this sentence as "The audio does not sound correct."
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Lectio, lectionis, f.
Lectio is a third declension noun, and 'lectio' is the nominative singular. "lection-" is the stem, and -em is the accusative singular ending for third declension nouns. Because the "chapter" is the direct object (i.e. the verb is acting on it--it is being read), you need the accusative case (here, lectionem).
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Why is "ego" or another pronoun used sometimes, when other times it is known only by the verb form?
The pronoun is optional so they sometimes include it, sometimes not.. When translating from English to Latin, both should be accepted.
For the record, in actual Latin texts it is virtually always left out, and when it is included it is done for purposes of emphasis.
From what i have noticed "ego" is only used when the verb is "sum." Perhaps it is more commonly used in that structure when you are identifying one thing with another. In all other cases, it is left out and the conjugation of the verb tells you the subject of the sentence, such as Romae habito.
"Cogito ergo sum."
The subject pronouns are optional regardless of the verb, because the verb conjugation will always tell you if it's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person, singular or plural.
"I read the lesson". Shouldn't this have been accepted? Why is it wrong? Thanks.
It does not seem to mean chapter either, lecture like someone else said or reading, is what I get on searches. Volumen seems to be the best classical word I can find with a meaning of chapter.
This is present tense right? The english is ambiguous. What would past/future tense be?
"The chapter" or" A" chapter?
Correct.
lectionem can mean "the chapter" or "a chapter". Latin did not have any articles, neither definite nor indefinite.
