Septuagesima. Sexagesima. Quinquagesima. Don’t you love the sound of Latin? Yesterday was Sexagesima Sunday. Listen to this smart girl explain what Septuagesima Sunday is, from the Latin septuāginta, the number 70.
I do like my pronunciation a little better than hers. The e in ge is a long a. Wikipedia says the e is a short e. The problem is that there is no macron over the e, which Romans did not use, but sometimes you will see the macron over vowels in texts. I thought it was a long a if the primary accent, but I digress.
I do like my pronunciation a little better than hers. The e in ge is a long a. Wikipedia says the e is a short e. The problem is that there is no macron over the e, which Romans did not use, but sometimes you will see the macron over vowels in texts. I thought it was a long a if the primary accent, but I digress.
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