February 8th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Lucem diffundo."
"Lucem diffundo."
"I spread light."
~ Motto of the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Today I am visiting the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The seal of the city prominently displays the motto, translating "I spread (the) light." There is a lighthouse on the seal, so one interpretation has been that the lighthouse is speaking, but the motto likely goes back to New Bedford's role as a whaling city, with New Beford whale oil lighting the lamps of the nation and the world (including that lighthouse.'
a.d. VI Idus Februarias anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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