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What is "ratio clausularum"?
On Aeneid II.1(Conticuēre omnes intentique ora tenebant), Servius notes:
conticvere omnes quia supra dixit "fit strepitus tectis". 'conticuere' autem pro conticuerunt: quod metri causa fit ...
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Inscriptions on the frame of a stone door
This is a stone door extracted from the ruins of an old church (which was located in the city of Mardin-Turkey). The inscription was carved on the frame of the door. I think it's Latin but I'm not ...
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Does communis = co + munus?
Does communis = co- + munus (and related words like communicare and communio), as though that which is shared/common "with" (co- < cum) involves a shared obligation/duty (munus)?
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Direct object(s)? of "excutit" in Aeneid 12.470
What is the direct object of excutit in this sentence (Aen. 12.468–470)?
Hōc concussa metū mentem Iuturna virāgō
aurīgam Turnī media inter lōra Metiscum
excutit et longē lapsum tēmōne relinquit.
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Dactylic hexameter composition
proveniam ut segetis lege amice haec semina magne.
stercora lascive iaciebant humo comites de
flaminibus missis caelo lustrato comites haec
facti volcano erant et aspiciebant aquas e
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Translation: "Time is the only currency"
I am trying to translate a motto into Latin: “Time is the only currency.”
With this phrase, I would like to emphasize that time is the only thing we are born with, and that ultimately other currencies ...
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How common is the caesura in Latin hexameter?
What percentage of classical Latin hexameter verses have a caesura?
Any kind of partial answer, as in the percentage for the third book of the Aeneid, would be very welcome.
In fact, I suppose the ...
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Dactylic hexameter composition feedback
I was writing dactylic hexameter and was wondering if this sentence classified as dactylic hexameter. If somebody could check it that would be greatly appreciated. I think it would be "DDDSDS&...
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"O fortunati, quorum iam moenia surgunt!" -- why the indicative mood?
Aeneas' observation of Carthago (where he sees the industrious energic landscape of the City and its dwellers.) culminates in a very known verse: 'O fortunati, quorum iam moenia surgunt!' (Aeneid I....
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About the ancient words for China: Sinae/Σῖναι
The word Sinae (or alternatively Chinae) is not rare in post-Classical Latin texts, and it is the standard word for modern China in New Latin, along with the derivative adjective form Sinicus (e.g. ...
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What is the proper way to express the phrase "light even in darkness?"
I'm trying to figure out the correct way to say "light even in darkness." I've been looking at the phrase "lux et tenebris" and am curious if that phrase means "light and ...
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Should month names take capital letters?
In most modern European languages, months and days are not capitalised, thus there is lunedì and gennaio in Italian.
English is an exception to this, and thus there is "January". In Latin ...
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In Latin the left ear tingling meant bad discussion about a person who was not there, and the right ear tingling the opposite
This from the English language stack exchange:-
“ one is being talked about. A tingling or burning sensation in the ears supposedly means that a person is being discussed by others. The origin of this ...
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Capitalism with the Gloves Off
Wars are rarely fought over noble causes: money, land, power--three corners of the same triangle, at the centre of which is CAPITALISM.
A similar thought to this may have been in the mind of the ...
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What is the the “_, ” sign at the end of lines in some Latin printed books, and how should it be transcribed?
While reading Philosophia Thomistica by J. Espinosa Medrano (Roma, 1688), I noticed that many lines end with a small sign that looks like “_, ” — a short underscore followed by a comma or dot.
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