acetabula et calculi

[Dan Goncharoff]

I thought it was acetabuli (small cups) and calculi (small stones), but I
could be wrong.
On Aug 21, 2014 9:37 PM, "Bill Mullins" <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Forgive an off-topic question=2C but I'm betting someone on the list knows
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> more about this than I do.
> "Acetabula et calculi" is generally taken=2C within the conjuring
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> =2C to be Latin for the classic routine "cups and balls" (from a reference
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> in the writings of Seneca).  I don't speak/read/write Latin=2C but I
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> e a more literal translation would be "cups and dice".
> So I stick "cups and balls" into Google translate in hopes of finding out
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> ow to say "cups and balls" in Latin.  It spits out=20
> "et cyathos balls".  I stick "balls" into GT=2C and it gives "balls".
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> le Translate believes that "balls" is Latin for "balls".
> Surely this isn't correct.  What is the Latin word for "balls"?
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