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Difference between super and supra?
Is there a difference in meaning between super and supra (both with accusative)? Would one indicate motion and the other one position?
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Parsing "quae cum audisset"
I'm having trouble parsing the phrase "quae cum audisset," which I've seen translated as "when [subject] heard" or "and when [subject] heard" in the latin vulgate. For instance, Joshua 11:1, 2 Kings 19:1, and Esther 4:1. Here is Joshua 11:1 for…
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Why is nominative instead of ablative absolute used in 'Ibi egressi Trojani'?
In LLPSI 2 'Roma Æterna', Chapter XLI 'Origines', it is written:
Ibi [Siciliâ] egressi Trojani, quibus ab immenso prope errore nihil præter arma et naves supererat, cum prædam ex agris agerent, Latinus rex Aboriginesque, qui tùm ea tenebant loca,…
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Translate "I listened to... and all I got was this t-shirt" into Latin
I have a musical project I've been working on called Instruments of Ruin (it's instrumental, so the name is a play on that). I want to make shirts for it that have the phrase, "I listened to Instruments of Ruin and all I got was this t-shirt".
I was…
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Differences between cano and canto
In Cap. X of LLPSI, Ørberg introduces the verb cano, having introduced canto in a previous chapter. The usage of both so far is just sing, but are there more nuanced differences between the two?
From the definitions of the two, it seems like canto…
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In Vulgate Lk 22: 62, "Et egressus foras Petrus flevit amare.", it says. How to understand "flevit amare"?
I know "flevit" means "wept" and "amare" means "to love", but the Greek text is "ἔκλαυσεν πικρῶς", which means "wept bitterly".
If I parse the Latin text literally, it'll be "wept to love". What is the relation between "to love" and "bitterly" and…
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Could one consider using Latin as a daily casual language these days?
I just saw a video asking like how would one say I just had an avocado toast and thought about some of the new stuff that didn't exist back then. How would we integrate new words into the Latin language.
For example, computer or a car or television…
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How do you say "notes" in Latin?
As the title says, how do you say notes in Latin? Originally I thought it would be nota, notae, but the online Perseus latin dictionary doesn't give the same sense of the word that I would like. Instead, I would like a word for the kind of notes I…
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Did the ancients or medievals have a word for the energy stored in plants?
If you spend a little time gardening, you soon become aware that plants store energy in their roots, which they collect from the Sun through their leaves. By the end of Autumn, perennials usually have thick roots—the best time for making them into…
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Deliberately ambiguous translation of "Songs of the wild dog"
I am translating the phrase "Songs of the wild dog" into Latin, and I have the following:
Canti Cantus Canis Feri
For context, this is the title of a music album I am working on. Aside from accuracy in translation, could this phrase mean anything…
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What does "angelorum planta agmini" mean?
I at least partially understand all the invocations in Litaniae in omni tribulatione, but one stays mysterious: "Angelórum planta ágmini" It's quite Google-proof, a quoted search for it returned only references to the litanies. The oldest surviving…
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Are "μπ" and "ντ" indicators that the word didn't exist in Koine/Ancient Greek?
I am learning Modern Greek on Duolingo, in the hopes that it will help me learn Koine and Ancient Greek, eventually. I have also watched a few other videos, like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xy7WahsS7I
It is mentioned that "μπ" and…
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What is the origin or significance of "-trio" in "septentrionalis"?
The word septentrionalis "northern" comes from septentriones, cf. Lewis & Short:
septentrĭōnes (septemptrĭōnes), um (sing. and tmesis, v. infra), m. [septemtrio; prop. the seven plough-oxen; hence, as a constellation]
But what does this -trio…
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Verbing in Latin
Do we have any cases where the Romans intentionally conjugated a noun or adjective into a verb? This is common in English and other modern languages, so I'm assuming it is a natural concept. However, it seems that the Romans didn't often think of…
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What is the earliest example of the monophthongisation of 'oe'?
Salvete amicae amicique,
I have read lots of sources that state that in the 3rd Century AD. people started pronouncing the diphthong 'oe' as /e:/. However, I can't find any evidence - what I am looking for is an inscription or text with some early…
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