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Subject: Re: Ennius quote
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 99 22:45:35 -0000
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In response to the forwarded question:

>> I have read somewhere long ago that Q. Ennius
>> is quoted somewhere to have said something
>> to the effect that since he spoke Oscan, Greek
>> and Latin it was as if he had three hearts.

>> Can someone help me locate that quote?

Ulrich Schmitzer informs us:

>Gellius 17,17,1:
>Quintus Ennius tria corda habere sese dicebat, quod loqui Graece 
>et Osce et Latine sciret.

and your humble reporter, hoping he hasn't strayed too far off-topic, 
ventures to add that the Czechs have a proverb which translates: "As many 
languages as you know, you're that many times a person."

Mark Joseph
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