Saturday, October 30, 2010
Verbum Hodiernum: LIGO
Today's word is the first conjugation verb, LIGO (ligare, ligavi, ligatus). We get a lot of English words from this root, such as "ligament," ligature," "ligation" (as in the phrase "tubal ligation"), "obligated," and "league."
Even the word "liable" meaning "bound by law" comes from ligare via French lier. We also get English "allegiance" and "alloy" from the Latin via French. Even English "rely" is from re-ligare, again via the French.
Here are some Latin sayings and phrases that use today's word:
Cornu bos capitur, verbo ligatur homo.
Non ligabis os bovis terentis in area fruges tuas.
Funiculis ligatum vel puer verberaret.
Prodest et linguam compescere sive ligare.
Lingua ligata tibi multos acquirit amicos.
Ligari enim homo potest et invitus; velle autem non potest invitus.
Ex aequo lex alligat omnes.
Lex omnes mortales alligat.
Lex dubia non obligat.
Ubi ius, ibi obligatio.
Promissio boni viri fit obligatio.
Ultra vires nemo obligatur.
Ad impossibile nemo obligatur.
Astra inclinant, non obligant.
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