Sword with Terminus Est

Paul DuBois · 18 Apr 1991, 19:24 · from rec.arts.sf-lovers.1991.mbox

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From: pdubois at tornado.Berkeley.EDU (Paul DuBois)
Subject: Re: Sword with Terminus Est
Date: 18 Apr 91 19:24:44 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.192444.6665 at agate.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
References: <1226 at argosy.UUCP> <cc1Wl0200Uh_042Tx7 at andrew.cmu.edu> <1991Apr16.113525.3350 at odin.diku.dk>

In article <1991Apr16.113525.3350 at odin.diku.dk> klaus at diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen) writes:
>sd1r+ at andrew.cmu.edu (Sridhar Dasari) writes:
>
>>I was just reading Gene Wolfe's Shadow of the Torturer.  The swrod with
>>the engraving called Terminus Est was mentioned.  The name rings a bell;
>> where did I hear this name before?  The only famous swords I can think
>>of are Excalibur, and Roland's sword (name starts with a C, I think) 
>>Anyone who can help me on this one?
>
>I can not help, but I have a question:
>
>Wouldn't Terminus Es be a better name?
>
>Klaus Kristiansen
I don't know any Latin, but somewhere in the series they mention the 
translation of Terminus Est as being "The Dividing Line" for semi-obvious
reasons.

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