The following landed in my inbox yesterday from a high-school friend:
"Quick and random question. It's Latin-related: I am reading a book about long distance hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail, and a line in Latin is mentioned a couple times. The requisite Google search to make sure it says what the author claims shows disagreement in spelling. It is attributed to St. Augustine and translates differently depending on the website hit.
As my book at several PCT hikers write it "Salvitur Ambulando" means "walking solves all things". Google wants to correct the spelling to "solvitur ambulando" and those results translate it to "It is solved by walking."
Not knowing much about Latin, I can't even guess which is correct, or if they are variants of the same phrase with the vowel change indicating gender or tense, or just a typo that keeps getting recycled, or ... ?
Can you shed any light? Thanks!”
Now... I've been on this... But I am curious what other people come up with. Any ideas?
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