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...last ten years Monsignor Bacci has been doing his best to revive and enliven the Latin of Cicero (106-43 B.C.). As editor of the Latin Dictionary of Modern Terms, he has translated hundreds of post-Ciceronian words and phrases, from newspaper reporter (diurnarius scriptor-daily writer), to spaghetti (pasta vermiculata-little worm-shaped dough) and "Tennis, anyone?" ("Ludere manubriato reticulo quisnam vult?"-"Is there someone who wants to play the game of the net with handle?"). Last week, Monsignor Bacci was embarked upon a new project: publication of the world's first international Latin quarterly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ad Cultores Optimos | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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