Egreto perambis doribus! hullucination, -gen, hallucinogen

Nabokov's interview. (03) Playboy [1964]

This exchange with Alvin Toffler appeared in Playboy for January, 1964. Great trouble was taken on both sides to achieve the illusion of a spontaneous conversation. Actually, my contribution as printed conforms meticulously to the answers, every word of which I had written in longhand before having them typed for submission to Toffler when he came to Montreux in mid-March, 1963. The present text takes into account the order of my interviewer's questions as well as the fact that a couple of consecutive pages of my typescript were apparently lost in transit. Egreto perambis doribus!

2nd February 2006, 10:40 PM

judkinsc Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Indiana Native language: English, USA Posts: 979

Re: Latin: Egreto perambis doribus! It's not standard Classical Latin. The forms do not exist to render it as such. With that said, it's possible he gapped some things, altered a few others... Egreto (possibly egresso if there is a variant participle ending in that verb), meaning "with a man having left/exited from" Perambis perhaps shortened from "perambulatis" Doribus exists in Latin as a form of dores(-is), -um, referring to the Dorian Greeks, as stated above. Perhaps it is a transliteration of the Greek dors, doridos using Latin declensions...meaning sacrificial knives. If, by a rare stretch of imagination, any of that is possible, then the meaning would be something like "With a man having escaped from the walking knives" or "with the man having escaped from the men walking with sacrificial knives." I have found one use of "doribus", in a medieval version of the Ad Missam catholic song. "in splen doribus sanctorum."My best guess is that it's an Italian dialect, not Latin. __________________ N'hésitez pas à corriger mon français. Last edited by judkinsc; 2nd February 2006 at 11:03 PM.

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la grive solitaire Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Native language: United States, English Posts: 9,221

Re: Latin: Egreto perambis doribus! I found doribus (actually, d'oribus in the original) in Rabelais's Pantagruel: http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au...1g/part64.html "...to put the said Chronicles betwixt two pieces of linen cloth made somewhat hot, and so apply them to the place that smarteth, sinapizing them with a little powder of projection, otherwise called doribus. Nothing had any lasting effect until, at the age of 65, he had his first psychedelic experience. He left his home in Vancouver, Wash., to take part in an experiment at Johns Hopkins medical school involving psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient found in certain mushrooms. Scientists are taking a new look at hallucinogens, which became taboo among regulators after enthusiasts like Timothy Leary promoted them in the 1960s with the slogan “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Now, using rigorous protocols and safeguards, scientists have won permission to study once again the drugs’ potential for treating mental problems and illuminating the nature of consciousness. In Brazil, Inmates Get Hallucinogenic Tea By SIMON ROMERO The provision of ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew used in the Amazon basin for centuries, to inmates on short furloughs reflects a quest to ease pressure on Brazil’s prison system. hal·lu·ci·no·gen (hə-lū'sə-nə-jən) n.[名]幻覚剤. A substance that induces hallucination. [HALLUCIN(ATION) + -GEN.] hallucinogenic hal·lu'ci·no·gen'ic (-jĕn'ĭk) adj. hallucination /həlùːsənéɪʃən/ 幻覚 -gen or -gene suff. Producer: androgen. One that is produced: phosgene. [French -gène, from Greek -genēs, born.]