line from the Codex Buranus:
- Sors immanis
│ monstrous fate
(Old Latin) mānis, -e (good)
+ in- > inmānis, -e or immānis, -e: (here)
frightful; monstrous
mortālis, -e: mortal │immortālis,
-e: immortal
The in- prefix with variant
spellings e.g. im- ill- gives the opposite meaning.
When the Romans got upset,
they tended to voice their frustration at the gods!
- Ō dī immortālēs! │ Oh
(ye) immortal gods!
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