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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3129344, member: 83956"][ATTACH=full]798050[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I too wonder what message, overt or covert, the legend implies. But “comiti” is derived from “comes,” which is more of a companion than a subordinate. Perhaps I take issue with how that article translates the reverse legend. A better translation, keeping the sense of the dative case, would be “To my companion, the invincible Sun,” or, as I somewhat cheekily translate it, “To my homeboy, the unbeatable Sun.” <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3129344, member: 83956"][ATTACH=full]798050[/ATTACH] I too wonder what message, overt or covert, the legend implies. But “comiti” is derived from “comes,” which is more of a companion than a subordinate. Perhaps I take issue with how that article translates the reverse legend. A better translation, keeping the sense of the dative case, would be “To my companion, the invincible Sun,” or, as I somewhat cheekily translate it, “To my homeboy, the unbeatable Sun.” :joyful:[/QUOTE]
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