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 Latin phrase - "O imitatores, servum pecus"
Author:Kelly
Date:Sunday, 2nd Sep 2001 20:56
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Would anybody out there happen to know what "O imitatores, (or imitateres) servum pecus" might mean?
Thanks in advance!

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  Latin phrase - "O imitatores, servum pecus"
Would anybody out there happen to know what "O imitatores, (or imitateres) servum pecus" might mean? Thanks in advance! ...
Kelly 02/09/01 20:56 12500
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Thank you very much.
Kelly 03/09/01 16:07 12521
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Hi, Spot on Judi. O imitatires, servum pecus O imitators, you herd of slaves - Horace (Epistles, I, xix, 1) Robert
Robert 03/09/01 12:40 12513
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It's from one of Horace's letters and translates literally 'oh imitators, a servile herd' and means 'imitators are a servile ...
Judi 03/09/01 12:05 12512

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