Talk:Caesarae

If considered feminine it could mean "Caesar's woman" could it not? --Natchiq

(I moved this out of the article itself, because it really does seem more like discussion.) Because it is third declension, Caesar's gender is not indicated by its form, except with an adjective modifying it. The -ae ending for nouns is a feature of the first declension, and does not necessirily indicate that the noun is feminine (in fact, several first declension nouns are masculine, such as agricola [farmer] and nauta [sailor]). As you noted, that it is being used in this way could indeed indicate a gender booch (I forgot to change the "he"s to "she"s in the second paragraph, even though I caught them in the first), and indeed is an interesting irony as such, but is most certainly not grammatically sound, unless one were to to create a new form of the word, Caesara, and then use that. (As it happens, Roman female names are generally created this way, as offshoots of masculine names [Julia is a good example], although because Caesar is not a first name, it would make no sense to adapt it. But then, I'm just being anal-retentive.). (From what I understand, Caesar never took Latin, so I don't blame "her." :P) --Emufarmers 15:30, 7 March 2006 (PST)

If that latin's gonna be contentious, is it even necessary? :-/ --Teeg 15:33, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Heh. While it's terrible interesting *looks shifty*, the original in the article seems completely out of place to me. Also, the fact that you have to read half of the article before arriving at a proper reason for it to exist isn't so hot. Marking for cleanup. --Fannon 15:34, 7 March 2006 (PST)

By the Seven Seas, it seems I will be the cause of the next war! :O Anyway, yeah, I agree that because of the biographical way I wrote it, it's not necessarily as instantly-informative as it should be (unfortunately there's no pirate template...Yet...*pokes the template maker*). Remember, Caesarae is my Captain, so my objectivity here should probably be taken with a grain of salt (although I did coax some historical facts out of "her"). I guess I figured "Caesarae, Scourge of the Earth" wouldn't go over as well; if someone wants to revise it, then by all means. :P --Emufarmers 15:47, 7 March 2006 (PST)