My dad got the “cave canem” dog mosaic as a coaster when he visited Pompeii. He also put a “cave canem” sign above the dog house, which made most of the people walking by think his name was Cave.
People don’t know much Latin even in college towns.
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Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 10 months agoThank you, you made my brain go down a rabbithole.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
:O Thanks so much for the link! I was only remembering Beowulf’s dog which (IIRC) was only ever referred to as a war-dog.