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    From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.language.latin on Sat Jan 25 20:46:06 2025
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    "Rota volvitur, muscus non adhaeret"-a -a<-- Is this real ?

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    The proverb "a rolling stone gathers no moss" has roots in ancient
    languages. Here are its original forms in Greek and Latin:

    Greek: The phrase is often attributed to the Greek philosopher
    Heraclitus, who said, "+a+4++-a+# b+N+|b+u" (Panta rhei), meaning "everything flows." While not a direct equivalent, it conveys a similar idea about
    change.


    Latin: The phrase is more directly found in Latin as "Saxa loquuntur," attributed to Publius Syrus, which translates to "The stones speak."

    However, a closer version of the proverb is "Rota volvitur, muscus non adhaeret," meaning "The wheel rolls, moss does not adhere."
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  • From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.language.latin on Sat Jan 25 21:18:33 2025
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    On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:46:06 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    "Rota volvitur, muscus non adhaeret"-a -a<-- Is this real ?

    _________________________

    The proverb "a rolling stone gathers no moss" has roots in ancient
    languages. Here are its original forms in Greek and Latin:

    Greek: The phrase is often attributed to the Greek philosopher
    Heraclitus, who said, "+a+4++-a+# b+N+|b+u" (Panta rhei), meaning "everything flows." While not a direct equivalent, it conveys a similar idea about change.


    Latin: The phrase is more directly found in Latin as "Saxa loquuntur," attributed to Publius Syrus, which translates to "The stones speak."

    However, a closer version of the proverb is "Rota volvitur, muscus non adhaeret," meaning "The wheel rolls, moss does not adhere."

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    The phrase also crops up in ErasmusrCO adages of 1500, where itrCOs rendered
    in Latin as-a
    saxum volutum non obducitur musco.-a

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    I don't see why (gathering) (being covered in) Moss
    is such a good thing.

    Back then, [old] was always good, i guess.
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