Lumifer comments on The Fable of the Burning Branch - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 09 February 2016 08:20:28AM 5 points [-]

parables are now non grata

I think the plural is non gratae. (SCNR.)

Comment author: Lumifer 09 February 2016 03:54:59PM *  5 points [-]

Yes, but if you want to get that technical, the correct form depends on the gender of the latin word for "parable". The two options are parabola (which has the "parable" meaning only in late Latin, I think) and fabula ( == fable, e.g. Aesop's). Luckily, both are feminine so non gratae is correct.

Although you can make an argument that the English word "parables" has the neuter gender and so it still should be non grata :-)

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 09 February 2016 04:34:54PM 2 points [-]

I was thinking of feminine parabola, but...

Although you can make an argument that the English word "parables" has the neuter gender and so it still should be non grata :-)

:-)