Learning Latin

Oath of the Night's Watch

Third post from me in as many days, I know. Please don't think I'm just spamming the board or anything, this is just something that's foremost in my mind right now, hence the multiple posts. You have all been wonderful so far, so here's more ...

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Post by DWBrumbley

Learning Latin

Knowing Grammar vs. Knowing how to read...

....plus, a specific question, which I'll start with first.

What is the use of the ablative in this sentence?

Italiae incolae prīmī Aborīginēs fuērunt, quōrum rēx Sāturnus tantā iūstitiā fuisse dicitur ur nec servīret quisquam sub illō nec quidquam suum proprium habēret, sed ...

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Post by Rindu

Learning Greek

Plb. 6.10.7

ἵνα μηδὲν αὐξανόμενον ὑπὲρ τὸ δέον εἰς τὰς συμφυεῖς ἐκτρέπηται κακίας, ἀντισπωμένης δὲ τῆς ἑκάστου δυνάμεως ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων μηδαμοῦ νεύῃ μηδ᾽ ἐπὶ πολὺ καταρρέπῃ μηδὲν αὐτῶν...

so that none of the principles should grow unduly and be perverted into its allied evil, but that, the force of each ...

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Post by pster

Homeric Greek and Pharr's Homeric Greek - A Book For Beginners

Body language in Homer and today

In Homer κατανεύω means "nod in assent" or the like e.g. Il. 1.514 (νημερτὲς μὲν δή μοι ὑπόσχεο καὶ κατάνευσον / ἢ ἀπόειπ’) while ἀνανεύω means the opposite, "nod in refusal" e.g. Od. 9.468 (ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἴων, ἀνὰ δ’ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ, / ...

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Post by Paul Derouda

Composition Board

Lost quote

Hi!

I have studied Ancient Greek and Latin at school, aeons ago. I remember that once a sentence popped up in a translation, and it was something along the lines of TODAY'S YOUNG PEOPLE PREFER LISTENING TO A DISC RATHER THAN TO A PHILOSOPHER (a throwing disc was ...

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Post by Lidia

Open Board

Short introduction: I am new

Hey fellow classics fans,

I am Thomas, 21 years old and study Greek and Latin Languages and Culture in Amsterdam.
Next year I will live in Venice for half a year (doing my 'minor' there) and therefore, I am also following an intensive course on ...

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Post by GJCaesar

Learning Latin

Translating a popular phrase from English into Latin

So, I have a slight problem. My sister-in-law asked me to translate "All you need is love" into Latin. I told her it would not work literally in Latin, but I would ask other Latinists for their opinion on the matter.

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Post by holmarholm

Learning Greek

Accent in Νηπία

Shouldn't the accent in ἡ νηπία be on the penultimate? Why then Perseus gives νήπια ?
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Post by bedwere

Learning Latin

The Litany Against Fear // Litania Contra Timorem

I’ve wanted to do this particular bit of translation ever since I started working with Latin, and I hope I’ve come somewhere close to being correct. This exists in a number of tiny pieces scattered across the internet, but I wanted to ...

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Post by DWBrumbley

Learning Latin

parte mūrōrum dēstrūctā (translation?)

Could someone help me with unwinding the meaning of a sentence in Lingua Latina Pars II (p.32) which reads:

Ergō parte mūrōrum dēstrūctā māchina illa hostibus armātīs plēna magnō labōre in urbem trahitur fūnibus, dum puerī puellaeque carmina sacra canunt et fūnem manū contingere gaudent.

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Post by sunhawk43