Ioscius

::Perhaps this is a case of duelling dictionaries, but OLD, s.v. ''nuntius, -i, m.'', meaning 3, gives 'a message conveying information, a report,' and cites all kinds of authors, poetry and prose: Plautus, Cicero, Tacitus, Suetonius, and others. This is also the normal usage in several beginning textbooks, such as Wheelock's. Under ''nuntium, -i, n.'' itOLD gives 'a message, communication', but cites only Catullus and Apuleius, who, while indubitably excellent Latinists, were perhaps intending to sound poetic/religious/archaic in these instances (not that I actually looked up the context). As for (ad)iuvo + acc. + inf., I've never been confident that it's common Latin. Under ''adiuvo'' OLD gives one citation + inf. [(pater) adiuvat ... incubare (Plin. ''Nat.'' 11.85)], but shows no sign of an acc. (but again I'm committing the cardinal sin of not looking up the citation.) Hence I went with (overliteral translation) 'bring aid to us (who are) spreading knowledge widely / through the world.' But I also think an ''ut'' purpose clause would serve well, if the participle doesn't cut it: fer opem ut diffundamus... ''Doctrina'' = 'science, erudition, learning'; ''sapientia'' = 'good taste, wisdom, philosophy' (these defs. now from Lewis and Short Elem.). I don't say Vicipaedia lacks the latter, but I think its raison d'être is the former. Gotta go, big plans tonight. Hope grad school is treating you alright. [[Usor:Montivagus|Montivagus]] 01:38, 27 Octobris 2007 (UTC)