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[Facts] Re: Pron. of Ligia
by Profe Esteban
1/26/2007, 3:41 PM
in reply to a message by Haven
It's a greek name, means "melodious" and is a character in Sienkiewicz's novel: Quo Vadis?. Vinicius, her lover boy, says "... her family calls her Ligia, because she was born in the country of the Ligians..." Ligians was an old germanic civilization.
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- Soul (guest)   +3
1/27/2007, 4:06 AM
Quo Vadis...Which translation are you refering to? I've read the book in Finnish (four or five times...) and her name is spelled Lygia in that edition. Do you know whether it's Lygia or Ligia in the original Polish version?
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- Lumia   +1
1/27/2007, 7:03 AM
The original Polish version of the name is Ligia. You can check at: http://univ.gda.pl/~literat/quovadis/index.htm (the Polish text on-line).
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- Soul (guest)
1/27/2007, 7:06 AM
Thanks! :-)
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- Profe Esteban (guest)
1/27/2007, 5:42 AM
Sorry, Soul... forgot to tell I'm in Argentina and I read the spanish version, a long time ago... Anyway, in Spanish, the pronunciation is LEE-hee-ah.
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