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Saying 10 but meaning 10,000 in Latin
In Petronius we find reference to a cloak which they say literally costs 10 sesterces but I think what they're doing is the same practice in English where if I ask you how much did your car cost and your respond 15, the listener is expected to…
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What is the meaning of _voci populi_ in this quote?
There is one quote by Victor Klemperer that reads:
But there is no vox populi, only voci populi.
which seems to be a bit puzzling.
On a wiki-talk page the translation speculation runs with the possibility derived from machine translation that both…
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How can we say "Merry Christmas" in Latin?
I was wondering how can we wish people today a "Merry Christmas" in Latin?
I figured one could say
felicem natalem Christi
but it's not a literal translation or could be interpreted differently.
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How to translate this active participle?
I'm in Latin III and my teacher recently provided us with this example sentence to translate:
Poetā ad mensam vocante, versus scribentur.
Because the participle "vocante" is active the sentence seems to mean "With the poet calling to the table,…
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Why are descriptive subjects in the genitive?
I notice that in the De Naturis Animantium of Suetonius, he uses the genitive to describe the subjects of behavior. So, for example, he writes est [...] anatum tetrissitare ("it is of ducks to quack"). I get the sense of this, but is there a name…
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What is the gender and singular declension of the scientific Latin suffix -idae?
The scientific suffix -idae is used to form names of subclasses of plants or families of animals, e.g. Bovidae. In scientific writing (in English and German), the resulting words are treated as plural nouns. Also, it appears to be a regular first…
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Is there a root word for -scendo?
There are various words that involve the stem -scendo. For example:
ascendo
inscendo
conscendo
descendo
escendo
transcendo
However, there is no root word that I can find. Scendo itself does not seem to be a word. Is there some root word for these…
Tyler Durden
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How do I save money in Latin?
How do I say "saving money" in Latin?
Ideally I would be looking for a verb (possibly with an object), as it could be used similarly to other languages I know, but a noun or an adjective will also do.
By saving money I simply mean putting some money…
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How to say that a mathematical curve contains a point?
What would be the suitable Latin verb to express the idea that a curve (e.g. a circle, a parabola) contains/includes a point?
My first thought was
parabola punctum continet
but it seems that contineo and includo are closer to bound, restrain, etc.…
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Dominus vobiscum / omitted `esse' in subjunctive mood (sit)?
In Catholic liturgy, there is this ubiquitous expression used to join or precede important prayers where the priest salutes the assembly by wishing (or so I think) that the Lord be with them:
Dominus vobiscum.
(To which people respond Et cum…
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Is there an English word derived from τάσσω, with a similar meaning of arranging/organising?
Apologies if this is the wrong site to ask this on.
I am looking for an English word that is derived from Ancient Greek τάσσω, meaning I arrange, I draw up, or I order. I would like a word that evokes this Hellenism, with a similar meaning in…
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Understanding the spelling deviation from the scripture in the title of a sundial nearby a Catholic church in Moscow
In Moscow, nearby the Church of St. Louis of the French,
a parish church of the French Catholic community in Moscow,
embedded into the wall of the building that
back in the day was the church’s orphanage home,
there is a sundial entitled…
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Is it grammatically correct to attributively use nominative forms of nouns in New Latin?
There are some muscle names in New Latin that seem to be nouns as far as I can tell, such as flexor and extensor. However, according to several Wikipedia articles for these muscles, they behave as if they are attributive nouns with a nominative…
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Montes nec non vorticum timores... - is this correct Latin?
MONTES NEC NON VORTICUM TIMORES METUSQUE VICERUNT ATQUE MUNIFICI CATENARUM ADMINICULA FIERI FECERUNT
I found this (Latin?) inscription on a commemorative plaque in the mountains.
My questions:
Is this correct Latin?
If so, what does it…
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Parsing "oblita carmina"
Vergil wrote (Eclogues IX.51–4), quoted by Draconis in this answer:
Omnia fert aetas, animum quoque. Saepe ego longos
cantando puerum memini me condere soles.
Nunc oblita mihi tot carmina: vox quoque Moerin
iam fugit ipsa.
This passage is spoken…
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