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When to use cum + subjunctive and when cum + indicative
So I have never, ever, ever been able to grasp fully any explanation in any textbook of when to use "cum" with the subjunctive and when to use it with the indicative, because the examples they give always seem to contradict the explanations. (To me…
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"Mind the gap!"
I am currently in London, and the Underground has been kind enough to repeat this warning numerous times:
Please mind the gap between the train and the platform!
Having heard the same phrase over and over again, I couldn't help trying to translate…
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How do I address an email in Latin to my Latin professor?
How do I address an email in Latin to my Latin professor? How is the greeting supposed to look?
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What is the name of the separator dots between the words?
Consider the following photo of the Westminster Cathedral:
What are those separator-dots called? I see them on many inscriptions. Why is it there?
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A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando
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I want a Latin motto conveying the idea that you have to ask God for something while at the same time pursuing it.
I have two Spanish sayings that work pretty well
I have a couple of Latin cites, that are a bit of an overkill
I'd like…
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Why is Imperative used here in Alexander Lenard's translation of Winnie the Pooh?
Currently doing some beginner practice with Alexander Lenard's translation of Winnie the Pooh. It says, "Ecce Eduardus Ursus scalis nunc tump-tump-tump occipite gradus pulsante post Christophorum Robinum descendens."
'Occipite' is in the imperative…
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Is there a Latin word for "respectively"?
I am looking at some English translations of Latin texts (direction which I think is important to highlight), and I'm not sure there is an equivalent word in Latin.
Example 1:
English:
These organs are placed against it but under it, on the…
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Was elision specific to verse in classical Latin?
The rigid poetic meters used by ancient poets strongly indicate that elision is done (almost) every time one word ends in a vowel and the next one begins with another — with the usual exceptions regarding h- and -m.
In prose there are no clear…
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General principles for translating non-Latin names into Latin
I am engaged in several translation projects on the side which often involve translating names that do not have a Roman equivalent.
Certain names obviously come from or have obvious equivalents in Latin (often through Greek):
Julius:…
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How does one say "the will to live" in Latin?
Obviously, I don't trust Google translate, or I wouldn't be here.
Just to clarify:
By "The will", I mean "a deliberate or fixed desire or intention".
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"All the more so"
How, in classical Latin, did one say "all the more so" or otherwise indicate that a proposition harder than you're trying to prove has just been
proven, so your proposition must be at least as certain?
In English, we sometimes say a fortiori to…
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How would you say "cafe" in Latin?
I would like to say, "I'm going to the cafe" in Latin, but the best I can come up with is "Eo ad cafe." What would be a good choice for "cafe"? I'm not sure if a similar concept existed in Ancient Rome (e.g. with other food/beverages), so there's a…
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What declension is the name, Aeneas?
How would you decline this noun? It can not be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd declension. Also, how would you say "of Aeneas", which is genitive case?
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Do we know how 'ng' was pronounced in classical Latin?
How was 'ng' pronounced in classical Latin and how do we know?
I believe metric considerations strongly indicate that it was not a short consonant (/ŋ/ or other), but I can still think of two reasonable (and many unreasonable) options: /ŋg/ and…
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Beaver and Pollux?
Castor and Pollux are famous mythological twins.
Castor is also the genus of beavers.
This makes me wonder two things:
Are these two Castors related in any way?
Was this double meaning observed in antiquity?
(Were beavers known to Romans and did…
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