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ubi sunt
noun
a poetic motif emphasizing the transitory nature of youth, life, and beauty, found especially in Medieval Latin poems.
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Ubi sunt 鈥渁 poetic motif emphasizing the transitory nature of life鈥� is a borrowing from the Medieval Latin phrase ubi sunt (qu墨 ante n艒s fu膿runt) 鈥渨here are (those who were before us).鈥� The modern Romance equivalents of Latin ubi sunt 鈥渨here are鈥� include French 辞霉 sont and Italian dove sono, with 辞霉 and dove descended from ubi 鈥渨here鈥� and sont and sono derived from sunt 鈥�(they) are.鈥� The translations of Latin ubi sunt in Portuguese and Spanish are onde 别蝉迟茫辞 and 诲贸苍诲别 est谩n; the differences here are because onde and 诲贸苍诲别 descend instead from Latin unde 鈥渇rom where鈥� while both Portuguese and Spanish use estar (from Latin 蝉迟腻谤别 鈥渢o stand鈥�) to mean 鈥渢o be” when indicating location or state. Ubi sunt was first recorded in English in the early 1910s.
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But what really got under my skin was the sweet melancholy that pervades every moment. The game is an elegiac ubi sunt to a world that is already disappearing under the feet of the characters, and which for us is long gone. Set in 1899, a recurring theme is the vanishing of the Old West, and with it the way of life 鈥�. Modernity and 鈥渃ivilisation鈥� are taking over all the wild spaces.
It would be absurd to depict [Rae] Armantrout without depicting her pessimism, even cynicism, but it would be seriously misleading to say that she gives up on expression, or novelty, or sympathy, or even lyric. Her poem 鈥楳ake It New鈥� refreshes the Poundian slogan, first rephrasing carpe diem and ubi sunt as car dealers鈥� slogans: 鈥楨ach poem says,/鈥淚鈥檓 desperate鈥� then, 鈥淓verything/must go!鈥�
jubilant
adjective
showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant.
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Jubilant 鈥渟howing great joy鈥� comes from the Latin verb 箩奴产颈濒腻谤别 鈥渢o shout for joy, whoop.鈥� Though the origin of 箩奴产颈濒腻谤别 is uncertain, the most popular hypothesis is that the word is based on an ancient Indo-European exclamation of joy resembling 鈥�yu鈥� (compare Ancient Greek 颈奴驳岣� 鈥渉owling鈥�), perhaps on the pattern of 蝉墨产颈濒腻谤别 鈥渢o hiss,鈥� as in sibilant, which describes consonants such as s and z. Despite the similar spelling, jubilant is not related to the noun jubilee 鈥渢he celebration of an anniversary鈥�; instead, jubilee, from Latin 箩奴产颈濒补别耻蝉, was adapted from Ancient Greek 颈艒产脓濒补卯辞蝉, with the vowel changes because of the influence of 箩奴产颈濒腻谤别. While jubilant appears to be of Indo-European origin, jubilee ultimately derives from Hebrew 测艒产丑脓濒 鈥渞am, ram’s horn, trumpet.鈥� Jubilant was first recorded in English in the 1660s.
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“I don’t care if it is raining. My mother said I could stay until 10 o’clock.” That’s what a jubilant child at one of Milwaukee’s first Juneteenth celebrations told a Milwaukee Journal reporter in 1972. It was just a glimpse into the early days of a longstanding annual event celebrating Black culture and ringing in the summer season, with performances, food and a variety of vendors.
Some people told me they attended Juneteenth celebrations every year. Others told me that they look forward to seeing joyous photos and jubilant videos from Juneteenth celebrations throughout the United States, even if they did not attend them in person. Many reported that social media has made the day and its celebrations more visible.
patronymic
noun
a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
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Patronymic 鈥渁 name derived from the name of a male ancestor鈥� is an adaptation of the Ancient Greek term 辫补迟谤艒苍测尘颈办贸蝉 鈥渘amed after one鈥檚 father,鈥� which is equivalent to 辫补迟岣梤 (stem patr-) 鈥渇ather鈥� and -艒苍测尘辞蝉 鈥渉aving the kind of name specified,鈥� plus the adjectival suffix -ikos. The female equivalent of patronymic is the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day metronymic (also spelled matronymic by analogy with Latin mater 鈥渕辞迟丑别谤鈥�). Patronymics in English typically contain the suffix -son, as in Jackson or Johnson, while similar suffixes like -sen and -sson appear in Germanic languages such as German and Icelandic. Meanwhile, Irish and Scottish Gaelic use Mac- (often anglicized as Mc-), as in MacDonald and McIver, though the Anglo-Norman element Fitz- (ultimately from Latin filius 鈥渟on鈥�), as in Fitzgerald and Fitzsimmons, appears as well. Portuguese and Spanish respectively feature -es and -ez, as in Gonzales and 尝贸辫别锄, which come from the Latin possessive ending -is 鈥涣蹿.鈥� Patronymic was first recorded in English circa 1610.
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At Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide, …. [c]hildren happily sing, count and play in Gaelic, using the Montessori model that encourages self-directed learning. Some of them arrived in September speaking only English, and have quickly learned fundamentals such as pronunciation and patronymics鈥搕he system of formal names derived from male ancestors, an important feature of Gaelic culture.
Activist Altyn Kapalova says she broke 鈥減atriarchic norms鈥� in Kyrgyzstan by giving her three children “middle names” that derive from her own first name. The matronymics on the children鈥檚 new birth certificates replaced the traditional patronymics that originated from their fathers鈥� first names. Kapalova, 37, also gave her children鈥搘ho are 5, 10, and 15 years old鈥揾er surname.