Pee Valve Talk - Any Latin Scholars?

[ClamBake]

As someone who is awaiting the delivery of my first dry suit (still first week of December, right Jerry?) I have been fascinated by all the recent pee valve, catheter and catheter glue remover posts of late. I also happen to be reading Tim Ecott's "Neutral Bouyancy" over the Thanksgiving holiday. From page 7 of Ecott's book "The Latin word for diver is urinator . . ." This would explain everything!!

Could this possibly be true? I have 5 years of high school and college Latin, but couldn't recall having run across this translation. Any Latin scholars on this board?

 

[TwoBitTxn]

Yes, according to the University of Notre Dame, a urinator is a diver. It's a masculine noun.

Its Urinator, Urinatoris

TwoBit

 

[keruxts]

And the word, urino means to plunge into water.

 

[Rick Inman]

It's also the name of Dive Rite's pee Valve: The Urinator (LINK)

 

[ClamBake]

Thank you. I now feel a profound appreciation of the fundamental relationship between the pee valve and the urinator. This is all making sense now!

 

[spectrum]

I wonder if I can get that as a vanity plate?

 

[crpntr133]

So we are a bunch of urinators!! Interesting. So what is the Latin definition of urinal?? A place were urino's urinate??

 

[ClamBake]

I wonder if I can get that as a vanity plate?

Yes, Spectrum. It appears that you can! According to Maine DMV, it's available and can be reserved today!!

https://www10.informe.org/cgi-bin/bmv/vanity/plate_search

I'll be looking for you!!