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Quo viso, ignorantes quid esset, Deo se commitentes, inde ad oppidum
I am trying to translate from Bartolf of Nangis, Gesta Francorum expugnantium Iherusalem. This sentence is below:
Quo viso, ignorantes quid esset, Deo se commitentes, inde ad oppidum quod Marescum dicitur profecti sunt, ubi mora et quiete tribus…
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Phrasing "it remains to"
The phrase "it remains to" is pretty common in mathematics.
It can be used in other contexts as well, but let me restrict my question to the abstract realm for concreteness.
For example, this would not be an unusual phrasing of a proof:
To show…
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Did the Romans have a Valentine's day?
The ancient Romans had many festivals, but did any of them celebrate friendship or love?
Wikipedia mentions similarity to Lupercalia, but I consider love to be very different from fertility.
I'm asking if there was a Roman festival (fully or…
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What is the difference between Ob and Propter?
I am new to learning Latin, and I read on some random Latin site that "ob" means "on account of" or "because of". But, I thought that "propter" meant "on account of". Is there a difference in meaning that I don't understand? Are they just…
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Can a subjunctive verb ever be modified by οὐ? (Greek)
I'm working on an exercise where I translate this Greek sentence to English.
οὐ θαυμάσῃ εἰ θεός τις φανεῖται ἀπὸ τῆς μηχανῆς;
My translation:
Won't you be amazed if some god will appear from the machine?
According to the Greek Word Study Tool on…
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Latin declension of a proper name, especially a city name
How can I figure out the Latin declension of a proper name, especially a city name?
For example, consider the city of Marash in Turkey.
It appears in various forms in medieval Latin sources: Marasim, Mariscum, Marasiam, Maresiam, Maresc, Maresch,…
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John 3:16 In Latin
I know that there exist many Ecclesiastical Latin and Medieval translations kept by professors and most catholic churches, but I decided, just to test my vocabulary, to translate John 3:16 into Classical. I need an alternative point of view on my…
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Etymology of "Fenni" in Tacitus
Tacitus mentions the people Fenni in Germania (46), and this people lived somewhere near modern Finland.
I am interested in the etymology of this word.
Do we know where Tacitus got the word Fennus?
Is this a first appearance, or does it have written…
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What nuances distinguish "minor" and "ínstó" when they mean "threaten"?
The prefix of ínstó seems to suggest pressure or movement in a way that minor doesn't, but is that suggestion borne out in their actual use? Quí minátur quasi fíxus est, quí ínstat in aliquem movet?
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Words that unexpectedly but consistently scan long
I learned from TKR's answer to this question about neuter endings that the neuter pronoun hoc is pronounced like hocc, causing it to be scanned long despite having a short vowel.
I had never heard of this before, but I want to understand…
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Why is -d used instead of -m for most neuter pronouns
There is a notable set of pronouns that use -d for the neuter nominative and accusative:
iste > istud
ille > illud
quis > quid
is > id
Other pronouns do not:
hic > hoc
ipse > ipsum (though L&S lists once instance of ipsud)
My question is more in…
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Do we know which Latin word the Italian term "andante" comes from?
Wiktionary says that the Italian verb "andare" might come from suppletion of "vadere" with another Latin verb. But it goes on to say that another possibility is the dissimilation of "ambulare". I think it gives even more possibilities.
Could anyone…
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What is the difference between present and perfect conjunctive in hesitation?
I recently said this in our chat room:
Ita crediderim, sed certus non sum.
A brief discussion ensued about my choice of tense.
I wanted to express hesitation, and my gut feeling says that the perfect conjunctive is best for that.
I was far from…
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Is there a difference between -vis and -libet?
The pronouns quivis and quilibet both mean "anyone", and utervis and uterlibet both mean "either one".
The suffixes -vis and -libet seem to have a pretty similar effect.
(I am not sure if there are other pronouns than qui and uter that can take both…
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Passives Without Accusatives
(Split off from my previous question about gerundives of deponent verbs.)
For a transitive verb, it's fairly simple to convert a sentence from active to passive:
X-nom VERB-active Y-acc = Y-nom VERB-passive [ā] X-abl
For instance:
egō canō virum…
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