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I need a little help with the expression quantitas terminata. I stumbled upon it in a sort of preface to Schott's Cursus Mathematicus dealing with the etymology of the name of mathematics and its nature. A little bit of context:

Merito mirantur nonnulli, cur inter omnes humanas divinasque scientias, sola illa, quae circa quantitatem terminatam, tanquam circa proprium, ac sibi peculiare objectum versatur, communiterque a primis jam saeculis Mathematica appellatur, hoc sibi nomen, ...

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I was quite astounded when I heard earlier today that the current pope of the Catholic church, Benedict XVI, had announced his intention to resign by the end of February. I was even more surprised when I learned that he had done so in Latin. I am certainly not a big fan of his ideological positions, but I still find it quite endearing that someone still takes Latin seriously enough to use it for ...

I have found Exercitium 5 Cap XXXVIII in LLPSI Pars II confusing in parts. Now I recall from Book 1 of LLPSI about indirect speech and subjunctive tense. Accusative + infinitive and where an 'ut' clause is used then ut + subjunctive. But I'm unclear about some of what follows.

My problem may be partly due to the fact that Orberg uses single quotation marks for a reported event: something which in English is never ...

L&S for mensura,
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... %3Dmensura

B. Trop., measure, quantity, proportion, capacity, power, extent, degree, etc.:
sui, one's own measure, i. e. capacity, Juv. 11, 35:
“submittere se ad mensuram discentis,” to accommodate one's self to the capacity of the learner, Quint. 2, 3, 7:

Can the meaning "power" or "capacity" in mensura be used in any context, or only in limited contexts as in the sample sentences ...

Hoc responsum meum ad Q. viii in LLPSI Exercitia Latina:

8. Quid prohibuit ne Troiani in Creta considerent.

In somno Aeneae Di Penates ad stare ei visi sunt et monuerunt ut eum et socii sui e Creta egrederentur.

From Chapter 2 of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: "Quam ob causam quis suspectam habeat omnium rerum mutationem et in partes dissolutionem?"

This is translated "Why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all the elements (making up all living beings)?"

My tentative literal translation would be: "On account of what cause would anyone be apprehensive about the change of all things and their dissolution into their constituent parts?"

If someone wants ...

Hi. I am a new student of latin. I am trying to write this phrase in English but i kinda get confused.

"justice be our shield and defender"

someone please help me translate it to latin correctly. Is it

"justitia nostrum scutum et defensor"

I'd like to clear a couple of things up from Orberg's LLPSI Cap XXXVIII.

1. Quae postquam Helenus vates divino ore fatus est, dona magnifica ad naves ferri iussit.

Quae is neuter nominative plural - after which (things / events).??


2. Praeterea hoc unum ante omnia te moneo: semper Iunonem primum adora atque illi deae potenti maxima sacrificia fac!

What is 'Praeterea hoc unum ante omnia' ? I think it means Besides, one thing above ...

Hi there,

This is my first post so if I violate some unwritten norm in this forum, please be lenient.

OK, here is my question. It is pretty simple. I've seen other cases where grammarians impose categories that are adequate for their languages on the languages they study even if they might not be the most appropriate ones for those other languages.

Could this be going on with the so called "perfect passive"? Let me ...

Orberg has this sentence in LLPSI Pensum B:

Saxa fluctibus pulsata fragorem edunt.

I'm not clear what role 'edunt' or, for that matter, 'fragorem' plays in this sentence:

Rocks, pounded by waves, ....???