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Quaestionem habeo:
Quid est mos melior latine dicerndi "If only it were so."
Fortasse "si modo sic esset?"
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Quomodo dicere?
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Quomodo dicere?
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Re: Quomodo dicere?
hi, i would use VTINAM plus imperfect subjunctive. see woodcock pgs 88-89, s116 (in particular at the top of pg 89, paragraph (b) (referring to the present)):
http://books.google.fr/books?id=WmT6mS5v4dAC&pg=PA88
cicero said something very close to your sentence above (“QVOD VTINAM ITA ESSET!”) in his letter to atticus in book 11, letter 12, s3:
http://books.google.fr/books?id=fcurWFgaTXcC&pg=PA36
cheers, chad
http://books.google.fr/books?id=WmT6mS5v4dAC&pg=PA88
cicero said something very close to your sentence above (“QVOD VTINAM ITA ESSET!”) in his letter to atticus in book 11, letter 12, s3:
http://books.google.fr/books?id=fcurWFgaTXcC&pg=PA36
cheers, chad
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Re: Quomodo dicere?
I might also suggest using a gerund for your question.
'quid est mos melior dicendi Latine...'
The use of the infinitive seems a bit off to me...
I know that's nothing to do with your query, but it might help nonetheless.
BTW I agree with cb about utinam.
'quid est mos melior dicendi Latine...'
The use of the infinitive seems a bit off to me...
I know that's nothing to do with your query, but it might help nonetheless.
BTW I agree with cb about utinam.
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