Ashley Dupre’s Tutela Valui
ASHLEY Dupre’s – his her – has a new tattoo that reads, in faux Latin: “tutela valui.”
Tutela, which is related to tutor, has to do with a protector or guardian. Valui appears to be a past form of the word strong.
“So I guess you would say it means, ‘I have a strong patron’ or ‘I have a strong keeper,'” said Doug Machle, assistant to the chairman in the classics department at the University of Washington.
“Or, actually, it’s more like, ‘My guardian was strong.'”…
Daniel Nodes, a classics professor at Ave Maria University in Florida, translated it as “I’ve been well and remain that way because I have protection.”
Mark Buchan, a classics professor at Columbia, took a different tack, musing that it could mean “safe haven.”
Says Instapundit: Romanes eunt domus.
Posted: 10th, June 2008 | In: Politicians Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
