iote_sator_arepo_tenet_opera_ropas

Sator
(from serere=to sow) Sower, planter; founder, progenitor (usually divine); originator
Arepo
unknown, likely an invented proper name; its similarity with arrepo, from ad repo, 'I creep
towards', may be coincidental
Tenet
(from tenere=to hold) holds, keeps; comprehends; possesses; masters; preserves
Opera
(noun) work, care; aid, service, effort/trouble; (from opus): works, deeds.
Rotas
(from noun rota) wheels
One likely translation is "The farmer Arepo has [as] works wheels [a plough]"; that is, the farmer uses
his plough as his form of work. Although not a significant sentence, it is grammatical; it can be read up
and down, backwards and forwards. C. W. Ceram also reads the square boustrophedon (in alternating
directions). But since word order is very free in Latin, the translation is the same. If the Sator Square is
read boustrophedon, with a reverse in direction, then the words become SATOR OPERA TENET, with
the sequence reversed.

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Tags: Artistamp, Testost-Erroneous, arepo, iote, opera, More…poste, ropas, sator, tenet
Albums: Isle Of Testost-Erroneous
Location: Isle Of Testost-Erroneous

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