Monday, December 1, 2008

Quick question...

"Vicissim" is an adverb, right? I can't seem to find confirmation one way or the other online right now and it's bugging me. I must know!


I ask because a friend was showing me these handmade beads, one of which is inscribed:


"Lux et umbra vicissim, sed semper amore."


Light and shadows by turns, but always love.


~Rachael

1 comment:

E Pluribus Unum said...

That is exactly what it means- "by turns,' 'alternatingly.'

It comes from a defective noun 'vice' (ablative only) which means something like 'in turn.'

Oh, and I want to see the finished product when you are done with those beads, ok?