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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:31 PM
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
John Stewart.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:42 PM
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1. ipsos?
what does ipsos mean?
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:44 PM
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2. Latin. "Who shall keep watch over the guardians?"
Edited on Thu Mar-12-09 10:46 PM by Avalux
Stewart.

Amazing.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:46 PM
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3. It's an accusative form of the reflexive. It means, "-self," or "-selves."
The meaning of the full phrase is "who shall watch the watchers themselves?"
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:47 PM
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5. My understanding - the word doesn't have meaning by itself -
attached to custodiet. Correct? (Latin years ago)
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 11:37 PM
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7. ipsos=(them)selves.
Who shall guard the guardians themselves.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:47 PM
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4. Populace suppetat.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 11:02 PM
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6. Advigilare! Civis advigilat.
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