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Submitted by Daniel Johns, 3-Dec-1999.


Submitted by Daniel Johns, 20-Nov-1999.

 

"Deus Pascit Corvos" : "God Feeds The Ravens"

 

deus, a god, a deity.

[once] pascito, [pasco], to pasture, to feed.

pasco, to cause to eat, to feed, pasture.

corvus, to sound; a raven; acc. to the fable, orig. white, changed to a black bird in punishment for treachery, on account of its gift of prophecy, consecrated to Apollo; its flight to the right indicated good fortune.

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