Is Larry now Felis Catus non grata? 🐈

Allira

Indigo8

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but I don't think the phrase 'personus non gratus' exists. I think persona is like agricola and nauta in that it takes a feminine form and 'grata' has to agree.

I am probably wrong as it is close on 60 years since Latin O'Level.

Oh thank you 😁

Yes, persona non grata does apply to a person of any sex, but I perhaps shouldn't have coupled it with Felis Catus which is a masculine noun and applies to cats of either (or any) sex!

You are person grata on here!

Sorry Allira I didn't mean to upset anybody.
I won't post on this thread again.

Here's my two denarii worth.

Agricola non surda
Poeta non caeca
But -
Catus non sordidus
Catus non sanus
etc.

Indigo8

Allira

Indigo8

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but I don't think the phrase 'personus non gratus' exists. I think persona is like agricola and nauta in that it takes a feminine form and 'grata' has to agree.

I am probably wrong as it is close on 60 years since Latin O'Level.

Oh thank you 😁

Yes, persona non grata does apply to a person of any sex, but I perhaps shouldn't have coupled it with Felis Catus which is a masculine noun and applies to cats of either (or any) sex!

You are person grata on here!

Sorry Allira I didn't mean to upset anybody.
I won't post on this thread again.

I don't think you read my post properly, Indigo8

I said you were Persona Grata!

Persona grata is a Latin phrase that means a person who is acceptable or welcome, especially a diplomat who is accepted by the government of the country they are accredited to.

ixion

Here's my two denarii worth.

Agricola non surda
Poeta non caeca
But -
Catus non sordidus
Catus non sanus
etc.

alea iacta est
Homo versus felis catus

Qui audet vincere

Qui audet vincere.

Well, if it's good enough for Del Boy ...

ixion

^Qui audet vincere^.

Well, if it's good enough for Del Boy ...

Any chandeliers in No 10?

Having met Larry at Downing Street I can report he is a friendly, laid back cat ...unlike many of the characters who are politicians he has viewed from his blanket he had in the front window....

Larry is Prime Cat and the best of them all.

Husband met Larry recently and he was calm and friendly. I do not wish to be called Cat Lady since running a boarding cattery some while ago strange cats in the street follow me home. I tell them in my quiet voice to return home and they do. Very weird.