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David Amicus

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Dec 30, 2020, 6:42:53 PM12/30/20
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How does one say in Latin "LET THE SPORT BEGIN".

Note I want SPORT not Game and in the singular.

Ed Cryer

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Dec 31, 2020, 5:50:21 AM12/31/20
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David Amicus wrote:
> How does one say in Latin "LET THE SPORT BEGIN".
>
> Note I want SPORT not Game and in the singular.
>

I think "ludus" covers that. "Ludi" were all forms of entertainment;
gladiators, racing, theatres.
"Incipiat ludus".

Notice how "ludibrium" derives from it.

"Athletica" was more gymnasium-based.

Games were held more and more often, and by AD 350 about 175 days a year
were devoted to the games. This to keep the people happy.
You could buy votes by staging games. Julius Caesar staged many.

Ed

John W Kennedy

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Dec 31, 2020, 2:47:05 PM12/31/20
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On 12/30/20 6:42 PM, David Amicus wrote:
> How does one say in Latin "LET THE SPORT BEGIN".
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> Note I want SPORT not Game and in the singular.
>
An impossible request unless you explain what you mean by “sport”.

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John W. Kennedy
"The blind rulers of Logres
Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
-- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"

Ed Cryer

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Dec 31, 2020, 4:58:26 PM12/31/20
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John W Kennedy <john.w....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/30/20 6:42 PM, David Amicus wrote:
>> How does one say in Latin "LET THE SPORT BEGIN".
>>
>> Note I want SPORT not Game and in the singular.
>>
> An impossible request unless you explain what you mean by “sport”.
>



Ok, so It won’t cover the whole territory of “sport”, but it goes a long
way in the same direction.

Look at this from one of Cicero’s books on oratory;
“oratio ludus est homini non hebeti”
(oratory is ludus for a man, not a moron)

It means “entertainment”, “leisure activity”, “pastime”.

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Ed
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