February 5th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Stylus virum arguit."

 February 5th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Stylus virum arguit."

"Stylus virum arguit," also "stylus virum ostendit."

"The pencil (or "style") shows the man," id est, one's writing style reveals what sort of person one is. Stylus is a Greek-derived word for a writing implement, often used for a pencil in modern usage, but also applied to what the word has come to be in English - "style." One does see a more Latinized form, "stilus," as well as the more Greek "stylus." "Arguit" and "ostendit" both have the sense of "show," "reveal," "make clear."

Nonis Februariis anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI