aufus

English translation: he ventured (dared)

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Latin term or phrase:	ausus est
English translation:	he ventured (dared)

03:52 Jul 17, 2010

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Latin to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Latin term or phrase: aufus

I'm looking for feedback on this translation...

"Aufus" is not in any of my lexicons. I'm wondering if it is a Medieval rendering of Classical "ablatus."

Here is the original:
... quod nimis inscitè aufus est Olaus Rudbeckius, qui à se commissum errorem, Saxoni & Eddæ Resenianæ atribuit, Atlanticæ capite vicesimo octavo , sectione prima ... Hanc si inspexisset accuratiùs dominus Rudbeckius, vel ex folis nominibus deprehendisset ...

Here is my rendering so far:
...because he has too little knowledge, Olaus Rudbeckius is carried away, [and] he himself commits an error, attributing the Saxoni and the Eddas to Reseniana, to Atlantica the twenty-eighth chapter, first section... if Mister Rudbckius had undertaken a careful study, he could not have helped but notice the names on the page...

Thoughts?

Chris Lovelace KudoZ activity Questions: 21 (none open) Answers: 17 Argentina
Local time: 16:07

ausus est = he dared

Explanation:
You're just misreading the conventional printed "s" as an "f". It looks similar, but there should be no cross.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-07-17 11:08:04 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-07-17 11:17:50 GMT)
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"The long s is subject to confusion with the lower case or minuscule f, sometimes even having an f-like nub at its middle, but on the left side only, in various kinds of Roman typeface and in blackletter."

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Note added at 8 hrs (2010-07-17 11:52:25 GMT)
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This is beautiful:
http://typefoundry.blogspot.com/2008/01/long-s.html

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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-07-17 16:14:39 GMT)
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Chris: "(something) that Rudbeck quite ignorantly dared (to say/write) ....in the first section...."

Best to see what leads up to the "quod" -- in any case it is referring back to that.

Also: "Atlanticae" is certainly genitive, the title of one of Rudbeck's books.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-07-17 16:20:20 GMT)
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(also accuratius is a comparative adverb, not a positive adjective: "Had Mr. Rudbeck looked into this more closely...)

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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-07-17 16:27:46 GMT)
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"Ventured" for "dared" is probably more idiomatic English used of an historian.

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Jim Tucker (X)
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I went with "ventured." Nicely done!
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ausus est = he dared

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ausus est = he dared

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I went with "ventured." Nicely done!

Notes to answerer

Asker: So, the text would basically mean: "He is daring because he has too little knowledge"... (?)

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