Sauvagenoble

sauvage—French ‘savage’ < late Latin salvāticus < Latin siluāticus ‘of the woods, wild, from the silua’

noble—French ‘noble’ < Latin nōbilis (older gnōbilis) ‘knowable; well-known; highborn; excellent’

See noble savage.

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Angelo O. Mercado

• B.A. in Classics
  
• M.A. in Latin
  
• C.Phil. in Indo-European Studies
  
• (full credentials are available on line)

Contributions

• Articles and/or Stubs

1. C.Phil.
2. Hiatus (linguistics)
3. Mama_and_papa (addenda)
4. Quantitative (addenda)
5. Saturnian (major revision)

• Images

1. Accentual scheme of the Old Latin Saturnian meter
2. Quantitative scheme of the Old Latin Saturnian meter
3. The Old Latin Saturnian schematized by John Vigorita
4. The Old Latin Saturnian schematized by M. L. West
5. *Proto-Indo-European reconstruction of the Old Latin Saturnian by John Vigorita
6. *Proto-Indo-European reconstruction of the Old Latin Saturnian by M. L. West

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ōtium, Catulle, tibi molestum est: ōtiō exsultās nimiumque gestīs. ōtium et rēgēs prius et beātās      perdidit urbēs.		‘O Catullus, you have troublesome idleness you exult in idleness, and you have too much of it. Idleness has formerly ruined both kings      and blessed cities.’
—Catullus, Carmen LI.13–16