What to call a Christmas present in Latin?
What would be a good way to call Christmas presents on contemporary Latin?
Are there attested Latin descriptions of early Christmas where presents are given, or should we perhaps choose something newer?
My intuition says donum natalicium, but it is certainly not the only possible phrasing.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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What would be a good way to call Christmas presents on contemporary Latin?
Are there attested Latin descriptions of early Christmas where presents are given, or should we perhaps choose something newer?
My intuition says donum natalicium, but it is certainly not the only possible phrasing.
Merry Christmas everyone!
vocabulary word-request contemporary-latin
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:07
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What would be a good way to call Christmas presents on contemporary Latin?
Are there attested Latin descriptions of early Christmas where presents are given, or should we perhaps choose something newer?
My intuition says donum natalicium, but it is certainly not the only possible phrasing.
Merry Christmas everyone!
vocabulary word-request contemporary-latin
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:07
Joonas Ilmavirta♦Joonas Ilmavirta
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What would be a good way to call Christmas presents on contemporary Latin?
Are there attested Latin descriptions of early Christmas where presents are given, or should we perhaps choose something newer?
My intuition says donum natalicium, but it is certainly not the only possible phrasing.
Merry Christmas everyone!
vocabulary word-request contemporary-latin
vocabulary word-request contemporary-latin
asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:07
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asked Dec 24 '18 at 13:07
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If it's totally clear one is talking about Christmas, your choice is fair enough.
Otherwise, I suggest donum Nativitatis.
First of all, the only alternative to donum would be munus, but this has many other meanings, and most importantly even in this context it often has the specific connotation of a favour.
As for Natalis or natalicium, I prefer the genitive of Nativitas because the former usually mean a general "anniversary" if not "birthday", and in fact donum natalicium would normally be understood as "birthday gift". The Carmina Natalicia by Paulinus of Nola (355-431) were "anniversary poems" in honour of St Felix.
While Nativitas is also not totally unambiguous, when capitalized it is more easily recognized as Christmas even without specifying Domini or Christi.
I've found three amusing websites that talk about dona Nativitatis - see here, here, here.
answered Dec 24 '18 at 15:35
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If it's totally clear one is talking about Christmas, your choice is fair enough.
Otherwise, I suggest donum Nativitatis.
First of all, the only alternative to donum would be munus, but this has many other meanings, and most importantly even in this context it often has the specific connotation of a favour.
As for Natalis or natalicium, I prefer the genitive of Nativitas because the former usually mean a general "anniversary" if not "birthday", and in fact donum natalicium would normally be understood as "birthday gift". The Carmina Natalicia by Paulinus of Nola (355-431) were "anniversary poems" in honour of St Felix.
While Nativitas is also not totally unambiguous, when capitalized it is more easily recognized as Christmas even without specifying Domini or Christi.
I've found three amusing websites that talk about dona Nativitatis - see here, here, here.
answered Dec 24 '18 at 15:35
Vincenzo OlivaVincenzo Oliva
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If it's totally clear one is talking about Christmas, your choice is fair enough.
Otherwise, I suggest donum Nativitatis.
First of all, the only alternative to donum would be munus, but this has many other meanings, and most importantly even in this context it often has the specific connotation of a favour.
As for Natalis or natalicium, I prefer the genitive of Nativitas because the former usually mean a general "anniversary" if not "birthday", and in fact donum natalicium would normally be understood as "birthday gift". The Carmina Natalicia by Paulinus of Nola (355-431) were "anniversary poems" in honour of St Felix.
While Nativitas is also not totally unambiguous, when capitalized it is more easily recognized as Christmas even without specifying Domini or Christi.
I've found three amusing websites that talk about dona Nativitatis - see here, here, here.
answered Dec 24 '18 at 15:35
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If it's totally clear one is talking about Christmas, your choice is fair enough.
Otherwise, I suggest donum Nativitatis.
First of all, the only alternative to donum would be munus, but this has many other meanings, and most importantly even in this context it often has the specific connotation of a favour.
As for Natalis or natalicium, I prefer the genitive of Nativitas because the former usually mean a general "anniversary" if not "birthday", and in fact donum natalicium would normally be understood as "birthday gift". The Carmina Natalicia by Paulinus of Nola (355-431) were "anniversary poems" in honour of St Felix.
While Nativitas is also not totally unambiguous, when capitalized it is more easily recognized as Christmas even without specifying Domini or Christi.
I've found three amusing websites that talk about dona Nativitatis - see here, here, here.
answered Dec 24 '18 at 15:35
Vincenzo OlivaVincenzo Oliva
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If it's totally clear one is talking about Christmas, your choice is fair enough.
Otherwise, I suggest donum Nativitatis.
First of all, the only alternative to donum would be munus, but this has many other meanings, and most importantly even in this context it often has the specific connotation of a favour.
As for Natalis or natalicium, I prefer the genitive of Nativitas because the former usually mean a general "anniversary" if not "birthday", and in fact donum natalicium would normally be understood as "birthday gift". The Carmina Natalicia by Paulinus of Nola (355-431) were "anniversary poems" in honour of St Felix.
While Nativitas is also not totally unambiguous, when capitalized it is more easily recognized as Christmas even without specifying Domini or Christi.
I've found three amusing websites that talk about dona Nativitatis - see here, here, here.
answered Dec 24 '18 at 15:35
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