[Glorantha] Animus

[Stephen Tempest]

Jane Williams <janewilliams20 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

>> > >Gian:
>> > >What about "Anima"?

>It would - and my rusty knowledge of Latin suggests
>that it's the same word as "anima" anyway, just a
>different case ending.

Same etymology, different but related word.

From my Latin dictionary:

anima, f, wind, air; breath; life; soul, mind; ghost, spirit.

animus, m, mind, soul; consciousness; reason, thought, opinion,
imagination; heart, feelings, disposition; courage, spirit, pride,
passion; will, purpose; term of endearment.


Which suggests that the problem with Latin is that the language has
such a small vocabulary, that each word has to do service with about a
dozen different meanings.  Kind of the opposite of English where every
meaning has a dozen words for it...

Stephen