Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:05:25 -0800

From: "A. Maberry" maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: Deletia (Was Re: Dilbert for WOTY?)



i wondered about "deletia" myself, especially about the presence of the

"i". i would have expected "deleta" = "things deleted" neuter plural

participle of "deleo" or "delita" the perf. part. = "things having been

deleted" .



Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Gregory {Greg} Downing wrote:



At 01:56 AM 1/2/98 EST, you (GarethB2 GarethB2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM ) wrote:



[deletia]





Is this a latinism indicating that there was "deleted wording" here? How is

it formed, I mean morphologically? (Not being sarcastic here, just honestly

curious.) I know the philological/editorial term "delenda" (things to be

deleted; cf. memoranda "things to be remembered"), but not "deletia."



Greg Downing/NYU, at greg.downing[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nyu.edu or downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]is2.nyu.edu