Monday, February 25, 2008
Colorado State Symbols
I love this state, although Colorado is not the state of my birth, but the state seal has always bugged me. 'Nothing without a nod' is the literal translation of the Latin motto and there, as promised, is the symbol of fascism just under the mystic all-seeing eye. Just creepy. The state flag is nothing to write home about either.
CORRECTION: Diomedes has correctly pointed out that I confused 'numen' with 'nubes' which really aren't even close. 'Numen' is a command with an inclination of the head, a nod. It's really not that much better--'Nothing without a nod'. So I failed to learn the word at Stanford which I guess is better than failing to learn any Latin word anywhere, but maybe not.
Labels: Colorado State Seal
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:01 AM 
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Where did you get idea that numine means cloud? Stanford? Try this for the good dope on the seal http://www.jerrykopel.com/
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