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What governed or influenced or selected which prefix is used to intensify a verb?
In addition to their (usual) meanings as prepositions, many common prefixes ad-, com-, de-, ex-, re-, etc... serve as intensive prefixes; but for a given verb, what governed or influenced or selected the prefix used? Was a prefix chosen…
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Descriptions of aurora borealis
I saw a nice show of aurora borealis (or northern lights) last night, during the last two hours of 2016.
Such shows are more common up north, and should be a rare occurrence in the Mediterranean.
This makes me wonder:
Are there Roman accounts of the…
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"M. Cato Censorius, quem tam e re publica fuit nasci quam Scipionem"
In Seneca Moral Letters 87
M. Cato Censorius, quem tam e re publica fuit nasci quam Scipionem, alter enim cum hostibus nostris bellum, alter cum moribus gessit, cantherio vehebatur et hippoperis quidem inpositis, ut secum utilia portaret.
I don't…
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Why is the inflection of supellex so weird?
The noun supellex takes the stem supellectil- in declined forms. The -il- part seems related to the suffix -ilis as in fragilis, but it disappears in the nom. sg. form.
(By the way, the expected nom. sg. form supellectilis is also…
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What's the most effective method to learn Latin?
After having successfully learned one modern foreign language within the shortest amount of time - given the amount of time I had, methodologies I applied, and materials I used, I went on to learn another one, and I can already see positive results.…
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What is the exact translation of 'solummodo'?
What is the exact meaning of 'solummodo'? I take it is an adverb, perhaps? Encountered this in new Latin, more precisely in Spinoza's Ethics. It is translated as 'only', but it is not in my dictionary, so I would like to know what the exact meaning…
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What's the logic behind "eritque Israel in proverbium" (Vulgate bible)
In the Vulgate bible, I encountered the sentence,
Eritque Israel in proverbium, et in fabulam cunctis populis.
And Israel will be a proverb, and a story for all people.
(1 Kings 9:7)
I'm curious to know if this construction with "in" is common.…
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Formation of participles from deponent verbs
Here I have the deponent verb
persequor, persequi, persecutus sum, persecutum. Following standard deponent rules, I am able to form the following (apparently these active participles are active in both form and meaning):
Present active participle:…
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Deciphering Latin words from a very old book (printed in 1544)
I'm trying to decipher the text in a paragraph from an old Latin book (De facultatibus partium animalium, Basileae, 1544) and it's very difficult.
This is my result of the first line and I would like to know if it's correct or not (then according to…
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Can conjunctions be used to join prepositions with the same object?
It is a characteristic of a certain kind of academic writing (or amateurish misconceptions thereof) to join prepositions by conjunctions with only one object. Some examples:
The realization of the good of all in and through the act of each is the…
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Why "quod" and not "quo" is used here?
In chapter XXII of Lingua latina per se illustrata: Colloquia Personarum, I have read the following sentence (emphasis mine in the word I find difficult to understand):
Hic anulus ex auro puro factus est, anulus tuus ex ferro, quod tenui auro…
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Both 'masculus' and 'vir' mean man/male: what's the difference?
In Latin, masculus means male.
Noun masculus m (genitive masculī); second declension
a male (of humans or other animals)
In Latin, vir also means male.
Noun vir m (genitive virī); second declension
man in the sense of "adult male human":…
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Comparing verto and vertor
Here I have two words:
verto, vertere, verti, versum (versus)
vertor, verti, versus sum, — (I assume it's deponent)
They both mean "turn" according to the Cambridge Latin Course Book V, but a quick search on wikitionary of vertor…
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Can we substantivate gerundives?
Many participles in Latin are "substantivated": that is, they effectively become nouns - using the neutral gender either by plural of singular like secretum or apertum. Do we have examples of gerundives - which are also types of participles - become…
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Expressing the relationship "his" in latin
So I have the following sentence which I have to translate into Latin:
The farmer gives his daughter water.
The parts which I found easy: Agricola ... aquam dat.
I don't know how to express "his" because I never really learned it at this point.…
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