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faber est suae quisque fortunae appius claudius caecus dictum arcanum est neutro

English translation: Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

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Latin term or phrase:faber est suae quisque fortunae appius claudius caecus dictum arcanum est neutro
English translation:Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Entered by: Branka Arrivé

06:12 Feb 16, 2001
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Latin term or phrase: faber est suae quisque fortunae appius claudius caecus dictum arcanum est neutro
It is a decipherment of a piece of coded text in the book "The Code Book"
Tony Kirwan
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Explanation:
Faber est suae quisque fortunae = "Each man is the smith of his own fortune."
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/3797/quotes.html
or, if you prefer, "Each one is the architect of his own fate". http://www.ncjcl.org/2000/stateinfo.shtml
Appius Claudius Caecus is the author of the dictum.
Dictum arcanum est neutron.= "The secret (or code) word is 'neutron'". What the last sentence has to do with the dictum (if anything) you probably know yourself.

HTH
Branka
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Branka Arrivé
Local time: 23:50
Grading comment
Thanks for getting back so quickly with the answer. The last part "The code word is neutron" is to prove that the cipher was correctly deciphered. It has nothing to do with the first part.

Regards
Tony

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naEach man is the smith of his own fortune.
Branka Arrivé


  

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Each man is the smith of his own fortune.


Explanation:
Faber est suae quisque fortunae = "Each man is the smith of his own fortune."
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/3797/quotes.html
or, if you prefer, "Each one is the architect of his own fate". http://www.ncjcl.org/2000/stateinfo.shtml
Appius Claudius Caecus is the author of the dictum.
Dictum arcanum est neutron.= "The secret (or code) word is 'neutron'". What the last sentence has to do with the dictum (if anything) you probably know yourself.

HTH
Branka



    Reference: http://codebook.org/node16.html
    Reference: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=la
Branka Arrivé
Local time: 23:50
PRO pts in pair: 12
Grading comment
Thanks for getting back so quickly with the answer. The last part "The code word is neutron" is to prove that the cipher was correctly deciphered. It has nothing to do with the first part.

Regards
Tony
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