ConnieB Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 My daughter is taking 1st year Latin....we just learned that her teacher passed his orals and is now officially a Doctor (of Philosphy). When we meet this afternoon she'd like to greet him with Hello Doctor instead of our typical Hello/Greetings Teacher (Salvete Magistra) The closest I could find online was medicus but I'm not clear if that's doctor or medicine and I'd hate for her to say Greetings Medicine, lol. I also found a page that talked about doctoris but made it appear that was Greek not Latin. Being that I'm new to Latin as well as my daughter I don't have a clue, lol. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 From my research, doctor comes from the word docere - "to teach". That's why we use the word doctor for Doctor's of philosophy and not just physicians. So the noun is doctor (just like the English as far as I can tell.) I think he would be pleased that she made the effort to say it correctly even if she gets it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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