>Hi Nolan:
>
>I mentioned the other day that Magna (Magna Cum Laude "with greatest
>distinction") was Latin for Great or Great.
>
>John McEwen
>
>BTW, I would love to own a Magna - bike or car. The bike version is a
>great-looking and wonderfully exotic piece of machinery.
>
Well, actually, magna cum laude means with high honors, while summa cum
laude means with highest honors. Your first statement is correct, magna
translates as high or great, depending on the English context. (This from
my 3 years of high school Latin in a decade long ago.)
--Bill
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