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Term for urban planning?
So while there is a plethora of words regarding features of urban planning in Latin, is there an actual term or phrase for the act of planning a city? "Urbs designans" and "inventio urbica" seem like poor fits to me, and I feel like a culture with…
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What's the best translation of "vindice" in Met. 1.89?
I was translating this verse, and although I came up with several candidates for translating vindice, I am still not sure about the intended meaning.
Aurea prima sata est aetas, quae vindice nullo,
sponte sua, sine lege fidem rectumque colebat.…
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Usage of "Have to" before The Middle Ages
Medieval-esque phrases like "habeo abire" and "is habet scire" do not break the rules of Classical Latin, but I know that they were much more common afterward. This construction interests me greatly, because it's yet another "weird English thing"…
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What does the Latin abbreviation "Form." stand for?
I came across a medal commemorating the coronation of Charles XV in 1860. The inscriptions on the medal are all in Latin. I am aware of a few latin abbreviations centered around the creators of medals like these:
FEC. = fecit
SC. = sculpsit
DIR. =…
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Are there movies or subtitles for movies in Latin?
First and foremost, I am looking for films mostly spoken in Latin (not just a few scenes). My search so far has been fairly unfruitful. Most of the "films" available seem to be amateur (by students of Latin) or very low-quality, low-budget films.…
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English "Master" vs. "Mister" translated in Latin
I'm writing a novel in which Latin-speaking students at Oxford in 1560's are talking. In English, they'd be referring respectfully to gentlemen who weren't noblemen as "master," and noblemen as "lord." If I use Dominus (Domine in direct address)…
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De mortuis nil nisi bene or bonum?
I was surprised to see that several (Hungarian) sources claim that De mortuis nihil nisi bonum is an incorrect version of De mortuis nil nisi bene, but I could find nothing supporting this theory in English. Can anyone shed some more light on the…
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"Nil virtus generosa timet"
The phrase "NIL VIRTUS GENEROSA TIMET", sometimes also found as "Nihil virtus generosa timet", was, supposedly, the divise or motto of Bertrand du Guesclin, French knight during the Hundred Years' War.
I have not found any English translation of…
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Was there ever dual conjugation in Latin?
Latin effectively lost its dual number.
It left behind some remnants, most notably duo and ambo.
However, all examples or relics of the dual number in Latin I have seen are in declension.
I would assume the grammatical number to be present in…
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A is for... Latin examples
Are there any ancient—or modern, if not—examples of a learner's alphabet that mirrors the modern "A is for..."?
I'm not really looking for poetry that has an alphabet acrostic or any other playfulness, but specifically for a standard construction of…
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How to say "suit yourself"?
How to translate "suit yourself"? I'm curious as to how it translates to Latin. In certain contexts, it can come off as rude or sarcastic, even though, it's used in formal conversations and is not intended to be offensive.
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What if...? (Interrogative conditionals)
In English, "what if...?" is a succinct way to ask what would happen if some counterfactual happened to be true.
Is there an idiomatic equivalent in Latin? The sequence of tenses gives plenty of options for expressing different types of…
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Attack From All Sides
Is there a term in Latin for an attack from all sides, similar to the English gauntlet? I need the translation to be as short-and-sweet as possible, as it's for a short title: The Gauntlet (that's it). A singular word for this would be much better…
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Can the supine ablative be used for motion?
I came across an Asterix translated into Latin.
In the first story page the village chief notices that Asterix and Obelix return from a hunt and says: Asterix atque Obelix venatu redeunt!
My question concerns the word venatu.
I see two ways to parse…
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A verb for networking
What would be a good Latin verb for networking?
I don't mean the study of computer networks, but the verb "to network" in the sense of making new acquaintances for business or other purpose.
In Finnish one would use "verkostoitua" (roughly "to make…
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