Vitanuova for 2002 July 7 (entry 2)

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There's a restaurant in the South of Market called Sitio. I originally thought it was a bar, and I thought it was a terribly fitting name for a bar.

This is, of course, because sitio means "I am thirsty". It's famous as one of the "seven last words of Jesus Christ". The original would more likely have been Aramaic, and the original written version is Greek --

Meta touto eidôs ho Iêsous hoti êdê panta tetelestai, hina teleiôthê hê graphê, legei: dipsô. (John 19:28)

Postea sciens Iesus quia omnia consummata sunt, ut consummaretur scriptura, dixit: sitio. (John 19:28 (Vulgate))

Afterward, knowing that all these things were accomplished, Jesus said, so that what was written might be accomplished: I am thirsty. (John 19:28 (my translation))

The "seven last words" are the subject of a musical composition by Hayden, as well as other works by other people.

(It turns out that this restaurant is actually named in Spanish, and its name is supposed to be translated "site" or "location". Oh well.)


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