Questions tagged [politeness]

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How to say "you are welcome"?

If someone thanks me in Latin, how should I respond? I have been taught to reply sodes, but L&S does not seem to mention such use at all. Did the Romans have any idiom for replying to "thank you"? A direct translation of the English "you are…
Joonas Ilmavirta
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