Re: In the middle of an epic western ...

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 24 1998 - 09:42:13 EDT


At 9:20 AM -0400 7/24/98, Theodore H. Mann wrote:
>I am also a great fan of Lonesome Dove, which I am presently reading for
>the umpteenth time. Can anyone translate the Latin phrase below? If it
>is dirty, contact me off-list. Thanks.
>
>Theodore "Ted" H. Mann
>Orchard Lake, Michigan
>thmann@juno.com
>
>On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 21:20:18 -0400 "Carl W. Conrad"
><cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu> writes:
>
>>I am an avid reader of some kinds of popular fiction, mostly
>>mysteries, but
>>I eat up novels by some writers such as Ann Tyler, John Irving, and
>>Larry
>>McMurtry. I was enthralled by McMurtry's great western epic, _Lonesome
>>Dove_, when it appeared several years ago and while enjoying a
>>rip-roaring
>>story kept pondering the strange Latin motto that recurs in it:
>
>> UVA UVAM VIVENDO FIT ...

There was a thread on the Classics List on this phrase (it's NOT dirty!)
years ago; some of the significant entries may be read at:

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~lwright/uvafaq.html

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
Summer: 1647 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/

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