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How to say "not safe for work" in Latin?
A friend of mine and I are trying to create a Latin language equivalent of the English acronym "NSFW", meaning "not safe for work". So far we have:
Non tutus ad officina
I don't know if this is proper Latin, but it is supposed to mean "unsafe at…
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Is Thomas Hobbes' translation of "nosce te ipsum" as "read thyself" valid?
In the introduction to the original, English version of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes says:
… there is another saying not of late understood, by which they
might learn truly to read one another, if they would take the pains;
and that is, Nosce…
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How to express a time exactly on the hour?
I would like to express the following times in Latin:
"at four o'clock sharp"
"every hour, on the hour"
I want to emphasize that the event takes place exactly on the hour.
My dictionaries do not contain such time expressions, so I don't know if…
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Why doesn't Caesar use the subjunctive consistently?
In the Commentaries, Caesar writes:
Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important
So,…
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Latin for clockwise/anticlockwise?
I'm trying to express 'clockwise' and 'anti-clockwise' in Latin, for which there are not likely to be classical precedents.
Other languages generally seem to lack such brief and simple expressions : in German and French, for example, it's necessary…
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Where does Pliny, or any ancient author, write about a stilus plumbeus?
Researching the history of the pencil the German speaking web is full of quotes that attribute to Pliny the mentioning of a stilus plumbeus as the historical and etymological source for the word Bleistift which is "lead pencil" in English.
However,…
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Deciphering Latin text in an illuminated musical manuscript
I'm trying to decipher this text, or find at least part of a sentence so I can find the complete text online. I believe it's Latin, but stand to be corrected. The primary reason is I wanted to see if there is a recording of this. I suspect it's…
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Did the Romans ever distinguish long vowels in writing?
In most modern writing of Latin, long vowels are distinguished from short vowels by using macrons (e.g, āēīōū). As far as I know, however, ancient authors rarely, if ever, distinguished long vowels from short vowels in writing. Even texts as recent…
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Joke variant of US motto
As a joke, I'm imagining someone being confused about the US motto, and thinking it was "e unum pluribus", which hypothetically might mean "out of the one, many" or similar. But I bet that isn't grammatical. So (just as info) what would be…
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Evolution of the meaning of sacramentum
I am interested in the development of the word sacramentum, from the classical to the current ecclesiastical usage. The Lewis & Short entry lists the following meanings:
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A. Jurid. t. t., the sum which the two parties to a suit at first deposited,…
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Which grammatical format is the double-perfect system as found in the Vulgate?
Question: Please show me a grammar resource that explains what the following construction is:
John 1:24 "missi fuerant"
John 1:40 "secuti fuerant"
John 2:10 "inebriati fuerint"
John 3:3 "natus fuerit"
John 3:5 "renatus fuerit"
John 3:24 "missus…
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What is the quantity of the "a" in "maxime"?
When I come across the word maxime in macronized texts, it usually lacks a macron over the first vowel. In Ørberg's Lingua Latīna series, however, in which the macrons are (from what I understand) very reliable, it's always macronized māximē. At…
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What era of Latin does Vox Populi come from?
I noticed there is a Vox Populi badge. Which era of Latin does Vox Populi come from? I only know a very little bit of classical (I'm starting the second unit of the Cambridge course), and from that, my guess is it could be popular voice, or speaking…
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Comparison of omnes, cuncti, and universi
The three adjectives omnis, cunctus, and universus appear to be essentially synonymous.
They are often used in the plural.
The entries in L&S suggest very strong similarity, but I find it unlikely that they would be exactly identical in all…
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Why is there no word meaning firearm in contemporary Latin?
I noticed that there is no word meaning firearm according to this site.Why is this? I've tried synonyms such as gun and pistol but none work. Has no one gotten around to making one?
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