Today's Latin lesson


Lifted from the bailout drama

There are three phrases in today's lesson. Remember them well.

Cui bono. -- Whom does it benefit? (including the profit?) (From Cicero).

Cui prodest. -- Who profits? Who gains? "Whom does it benefit?" (Short form for cui prodest scelus, is fecit in Seneca's Medea - the murderer (could be) the one who gets advantage from the murder).

Is fecit, cui prodest. -- "Done by the one who profits from it."

Now go read about the bailout stuff again.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - February 12, 2009 at 02:16 PM  Tag


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