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    What does the phrase "sub specie facetiarum" connote?

    Question #74785. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Jan 21 07 1:29 AM)


    lanfranco

    		I haven't found an idiomatic translation, but a straightforward translation could, I think, be something like "under the aspect [or in the manner of] drolleries [humorous stories or sayings]."

    If it's referring to a particular piece of literature, I don't recognize it off the top of my head, but it might possibly be a reference to a set of moral points presented via witty fables or stories.

    Jan 21 07, 1:20 PM

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