Lexicon:Lizardi percalidi

From WikiPOBia

Jump to: navigation, search
Citation: lizardi percalidi
Language: Latin
References: Desolation Island, page 124
Meaning: Aubrey's attempt at 'very hot lizards'

Notes:


percalidus could certainly mean 'very hot'; a lizard is lacerta in Latin: hence lacertae percalidaewould have been more accurate.

Additional information


Guide for the Perplexed — This article is based on information from the Guide for the Perplexed, edited by Anthony Gary Brown and based on the work of many contributors. As an aid to readers, the translations offered in Guide for the Perplexed are intended to be a literal as possible, and to follow as closely as possible the original word order.
All contributions to this article are considered to be dual licensed under the terms of the WikiPOBia License and for use in future editions of the Guide for the Perplexed under its terms of inclusion (contact Anthony Gary Brown for details).
Personal tools