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**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus Wikipedia]
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus Wikipedia]
  
* '''''L'' commodus:''' pleasant
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* '''commodus:''' (''Latin'') pleasant
  
 
* '''commodious:''' conveniently spacious; adapted to wants
 
* '''commodious:''' conveniently spacious; adapted to wants
  
 
* '''commode:''' an armchair containing a concealed chamber pot under the seat → the 6th of 7 elements in a circuit of [[HCE|HCE's]] bedroom
 
* '''commode:''' an armchair containing a concealed chamber pot under the seat → the 6th of 7 elements in a circuit of [[HCE|HCE's]] bedroom
** a close-stool or cucking-stool; a toilet;
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** '''commode:''' a close-stool or cucking-stool; a toilet;
** ''[[Ulysses]]'' 063.14-15: "stubbing his [Bloom's] toes against the broken commode"
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** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 063.14-15:''' "stubbing his [Bloom's] toes against the broken commode"
** chamber-pot → jordan → Giordano Bruno
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** '''chamber-pot''' → jordan → Giordano Bruno
  
* '''''Gr'' κωμωδια (kōmōdia):''' comedy
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* '''κωμωδια (kōmōdia):''' (''Greek'') comedy
  
* '''''It'' commedia:''' comedy → Dante's ''Commedia'' (the "Divine Comedy")
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* '''commedia:''' (''Italian'') comedy → Dante's ''Commedia'' (the "Divine Comedy")
  
 
* '''commodious vicus''' → CV? → ''curriculum vitae'', the course of one's life
 
* '''commodious vicus''' → CV? → ''curriculum vitae'', the course of one's life
  
* '''''Gr'' κωμη (kōmē):''' village → [[vicus]]
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* '''κωμη (kōmē):''' (''Greek'') village → [[vicus]]
  
 
[[Category:Twins]]
 
[[Category:Twins]]

Revision as of 10:16, 31 August 2006

  • Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus: originally Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (161–192 A.D.) (Shem), the son of Marcus Aurelius (HCE), was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 A.D. He is often considered to have been one of the worst Roman Emperors, and his reign brought to a close the era of the "five good emperors". He had a twin brother, Antoninus (Shaun), who died when he was about four years old, and a sister Lucilla (Issy) who was implicated in plots to overthrow him
  • commodus: (Latin) pleasant
  • commodious: conveniently spacious; adapted to wants
  • commode: an armchair containing a concealed chamber pot under the seat → the 6th of 7 elements in a circuit of HCE's bedroom
    • commode: a close-stool or cucking-stool; a toilet;
    • Ulysses 063.14-15: "stubbing his [Bloom's] toes against the broken commode"
    • chamber-pot → jordan → Giordano Bruno
  • κωμωδια (kōmōdia): (Greek) comedy
  • commedia: (Italian) comedy → Dante's Commedia (the "Divine Comedy")
  • commodious vicus → CV? → curriculum vitae, the course of one's life
  • κωμη (kōmē): (Greek) village → vicus