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Translating "Hic fortissimus, primus inter pares" into English
I am currently studying Latin in high school (third year), so I do have a mild understanding of how the language works. But I would like to know whether this translation is correct. For various reasons, I can't ask my Latin teacher.
Hic…
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Does 'noel' really have its origin in Latin?
This arises from the question by @brianpck about the meaning of ‘noe’ in the context of Christmas, which he ended with a speculation about noel/nowell being shortened from the Hebrew emmanuel (God is with us) — which I had heard before and am…
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Is there any way one could say "Hardcore Gamer"?
I know it’s a bit silly since I don’t think there was a concept of a gamer back then but just curious if it’s possible to make something close to that phrase?
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Did the Romans have a definition for a species of organism?
In today's taxonomy animals, plants and other organisms are organized in species.
Defining a species is no simple task for modern biologists, but we have a fair understanding of what a species typically means.
In case of sexual reproduction, a…
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Is there a Latin parallel to the TLG website?
The TLG (=Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) is an incredibly helpful tool for understanding how an author uses a certain word. For example, if I wanted to learn how the word ἀνάπαυσις was used by Clement of Alexandria, I could start by doing a TLG search…
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“FactUM est vespere et mane”: Cur singulare?
Genesim 1:8 Hieronymus traducit ita:
Vocavitque Deus firmamentum, Cælum: et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.
Cur “factum”, non “facta”? Nonne subiectum est "vespere et mane", et nonne illud est plurale?
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What are the types of hair in latin?
What would be the adjectives to describe someone's hair?
The only I know is "crispus" "curled"
Could i just translate the adjectives in English into latin?
Straight hair= capillus rectus
Wavy hair=capillus undulatus
Long/short hair=capillus…
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Should the phrase "I often saw" use the imperfect or the aorist in Greek?
I'm translating a sentence in my textbook from English to Greek, and that sentence uses the phrase I often saw. For copyright reasons, I'm going to create a new sentence using this phrase.
On this road, I often saw the children who had been hurt by…
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How is Conradus de Mure's Latin poem on parchment-making to be understood?
In a few different sources, I have found this poem on parchment-making attributed to Conradus de Mure. It is mostly intelligible, but several parts are obscure to me, either because of the language or because of my own lack of knowledge of…
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Are there suggested cases that Latin poets deliberately sometimes used stress (accent) to induce certain effect?
Latin Hexameter poetry, like Greek, is quantity based. When we consider the rhythm, we have ictus at the beginning of each of the six feet. However Latin is also a stress-based language which fact naturally adds another dimension to the…
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What would be the appropriate translation for "Dedicated to my father, may he rest in peace"
I have a translation question. Normally, I would use Google, but I am hoping immortalize it in my M.S. thesis, so I wanted to be sure about the correct translation for "Dedicated to my father, may he rest in peace." or, if it sounds more appropriate…
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A medieval scribal abbreviation missing from Unicode?
Placita de quo Warranto is the 1806 printed transcription of latin legal texts from around 1300 written on vellum. There are many abbreviations. The 1806 document in its preface gives an example transcription page with the same page printed from an…
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How to say "patience" in latin in the modern sense of "virtue of waiting or being able to wait"?
Despite its similarity, the latin word patientia doesn't have the meaning of "patience" as the virtue or ability of waiting, but means more the virtue or ability of suffering r bearing something. How can I say in latin "have a little patience"? Is…
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Burn this Shirt
I'm looking for a good 3 word (2 word would work as well) translation for:
Burn this Shirt
The idea for the expression is to set fire to the shirt or tunic that you're currently wearing and make that action into a latin motto. I am new to Latin so…
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How do I scan the hexameter "faunique satyrique et monticolae silvani"? (From Metamorphoses I, 193)
I was wondering if anyone knows how to scan this hexameter (complete source here https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Metamorphoses_(Ovidius)/Liber_I). Something that is usually short definitely needs to be lengthened for it to work (maybe the first…
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