Disputatio:Eduardus Gibbon

Decadentiae? Are you sure? A present participle? That doesnt seem right, shouldnt it be a gerund, like...decadenti? --CeleritasSoni 00:43, 6 Februarii 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is a noun there: the decline. It does not appear in my dictionaries, though.--Xave ri us 00:48, 6 Februarii 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plus, the present participle would be (de)cadens, -ntis, which cannot decline as *decadentia.--Xave ri us 00:50, 6 Februarii 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The only word that Cassell's offers for 'decline' (substantive) is deminutio. IacobusAmor 01:15, 6 Februarii 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Decline might be rendered as occasus. And instead of lapsus, you might consider excidium. --Neander 02:13, 6 Februarii 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, excidium was Gildas's word for it. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 10:35, 6 Februarii 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, that's cool if 'decline' can be occasus—because occasus can also be 'the west', and so then Spengler's book The Decline of the West (Der Untergang des Abendlandes) could be Occasus Occasus, something like Album Album for the Beatles' "White Album," in a silly sort of way. ;) IacobusAmor 04:46, 6 Februarii 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fons primae recensionis[fontem recensere]

Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, vol 7. Lipsiae 1907, p. 824 (hic in interreti)