Latin :) (was Re: Bertrand Meyer challenges some open-source assumptions.)
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 10:23:52AM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote:
>
> > It is ad homminum (sp?).
>
> Proper spelling above. It's Latin for "to the man". Hominus is
> conjugated
> with -em for the case.
Actually, IIRC, the word is homo, hominis. Group 3 (at least as we
count them over here) and hence, as you say, hominem in the
accusative. But the form hominus doesn't exist.
Jules
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