10-10-2018, 02:52 PM
If "lucz" is a nominative case, it doesn't make any sense. Now old Occitan had an oblique case, which is similar to accusative but much wider in scope. This means that the sentence can be grammatical without preposition. If one were to follow this lead fully, it would require some knowledge about the case system. What is the oblique form of the word for "light" in occitan?
In Latin, the accusative is "lucem", in which case it could be a so-called "accusative of place to which", and would translate as "better (to) go towards the light". If we're allowed to mix Romance languages and have to stick with this vocabulary, that's what I'd make of it.
As JKP notes, however, there are some other problems with the reading of single letters. He must certainly be right about the macron and the way it should be developed, which means Occitan might be a false lead (I assume it is the supposed "z" which led Nick there).
In Latin, the accusative is "lucem", in which case it could be a so-called "accusative of place to which", and would translate as "better (to) go towards the light". If we're allowed to mix Romance languages and have to stick with this vocabulary, that's what I'd make of it.
As JKP notes, however, there are some other problems with the reading of single letters. He must certainly be right about the macron and the way it should be developed, which means Occitan might be a false lead (I assume it is the supposed "z" which led Nick there).