19 September 2018
amanuensis
[uh-man-yoo-en-sis]
noun, plural amanuenses [uh-man-yoo-en-seez]
1. a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.
Origin of amanuensis
Latin
1610-1620; Latin (servus) āmanuēnsis, equivalent to ā- a-4+ manu-, stem of manus hand + -ēnsis -ensis
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Examples from the Web for amanuensis
Contemporary Examples
At Newsweek he dueled with his economic nemesis, Paul Samuelson, the amanuensis of the Keynesian revolution.
Nicholas Wapshott: A Lovefest Between Milton Friedman and J.M. Keynes
Nicholas Wapshott
July 30, 2012
“Dora you will perceive is now my amanuensis,” wrote her father.
The Best of Brit Lit
Peter Stothard
March 26, 2010
Historical Examples
For heaven’s sake let us know, pray, pray let us know who was Lincoln’s amanuensis ?
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863
Adam Gurowski
Perhaps he lectured and the amanuensis took down what he said.
Cyropaedia
Xenophon
To Louise was consigned the office of librarian; to Petrea that of amanuensis.
The Home
Fredrika Bremer
If so, what is he but their amanuensis —the recorder of their decrees?
The Story of My Life
Egerton Ryerson
And there had been no more attempts to write letters by way of an amanuensis.
Red Pepper Burns
Grace S. Richmond
The letters w and v are used indiscriminately by Knox’s amanuensis.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
John Knox
The writing of an amanuensis must shew you the amount of my engagements.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1
Marcus Tullius Cicero
She became his amanuensis and secretary, and scarcely ever left his side.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8
Various
Anagram
name a sinus
a mean sinus
assume a inn
minus a sane
sun asia men
i uses manna
me sin sauna
am us insane
Today’s quote
Pirates are the very essence of profit maximising entrepreneurs described in neoclassical economics. Yet, whilst films such as ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ have gone a long way to popularise both pirates and outlaw behaviour, the truth of the matter is that piracy is illegal, and it kills.
– Peter Middlebrook
On this day
19 September – International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
19 September 1952 – Charlie Chaplin exiled from the United States because of his anti-war and humanitarian beliefs which conflicted with McCarthy’s ‘reds under the bed’ policy.
19 September 1959 – USSR President Nikita Khrushchev banned from visiting Disneyland … ironically 31 years after Mickey Mouse debuted on screen. The reason given was that the Los Angeles Police Chief couldn’t provide adequate security.
19 September 1982 – birth of the emoticon. At 11.44am on this day, a computer scientist by the name of Scott Fahlman suggested on a bulletin board forum that the now iconic 🙂 be used to indicate a post was ‘not serious’. It has now come to also mean happy, as well as not serious for when people post comments, emails etc … or when they think a smiley will help ease a flame …
19 September 2003 – death of Slim Dusty AO, MBE, Australian country music singer, song-writer and producer. He was born as David Gordon Kirkpatrick and adopted the name of Slim Dusty at 11 years of age. He released his first record when he was 18. In 1957, he released ‘The Pub With No Beer‘, which became the biggest selling Australian song to that time, and the first Australian single to go gold. He won 36 Golden Guitar Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. In 2000, he recorded his 100th album, ‘Looking Forward, Looking Back‘. He is the only artist in the world to have recorded 100 albums with the same record label (EMI). Born 13 June 1927.
