Quid sum? (What am I?) Latin writing game
- Thread starter Petrus Cunīculus
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May I cut in, since it's been a few weeks since the last one was answered and no one has provided a new description?
Testam habeo, sed aquam non amo, aquā non incolo. Me scutis formant milites. Quid sum?
Testam habeo, sed aquam non amo, aquā non incolo. Me scutis formant milites. Quid sum?
Testudo sum. That was easy, wasn't it?
E quadrata basi (abl. sing.) = out of squared base?
quattuor triangulis lateribus (abl. plural) = four triangle sides?
surgo = I arise.
"Base" in the geometrical sense, like base of a triangle?
quattuor triangulis lateribus (abl. plural) = four triangle sides?
surgo = I arise.
"Base" in the geometrical sense, like base of a triangle?
I'm afraid to ask, but -- are you, then, a pyramid (pyramis) with a square base?
Wow, that was tricky because at first it seemed to me that quadrata was squares (nom. or acc. pl.) and basi was basis (dative singular). And I was trying to think of some geometrical construction involving something springing up from the squared bases of four triangles. Anyway, I appreciate the mental stretch!
Now, as it's my turn to propose a new description, which I did not expect, I'll need to think for some minutes.
Now, as it's my turn to propose a new description, which I did not expect, I'll need to think for some minutes.
Any pyramid base that is a square is a rectangular base.
That's not possible (in good Latin at least) after e(x), which takes the ablative.
It can be hard to come up with an idea, can't it?
You mean that the sides of the base are unlikely to be exactly equal to the millimeter? Well, that's true.
Wikipedia says pyramids can have any polygon for a base, but the sides must be triangles.
Quaedam materia sum. De me galeae et calcei faciuntur. Quid sum?
(Corrections welcome.)
(Corrections welcome.)
I just mean all squares are rectangles.