Posted by Kristin (kristins84@yahoo.com) on December 19, 2001 at 07:37:16 PM EST:
In Reply to: Re: James Joyce - "Portait of the Artist" posted by Alana on July 17, 1999 at 11:30:01 PM MDT:
: What is the translation for the opening quote to "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" - "Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes"?
I translated it to be "and he abandons his spirit to the unknown arts."
et = and
ignotas = unknown
animus = spirit/mind
dimitto, dimittere = to abandon
in = in, to
artes = arts