Salve!
I’m sad to say I know very little latin. I took part of a Latin 100 course at my university, but my course load proved to be too heavy and I had to drop it as all my other courses were required for my major/minor program.
And… that was all a very long time ago now, it seems.
I’m trying to send my incredible classical studies professor a little joke note/picture thing.
I was planning on colouring an apple gold and writing “for the most epic” instead of for the fairest, then putting her name on it with a little note explaining that it was so inscribed to avoid any competitions that could spawn 10 year wars.
I don’t need all the last part in latin. I just really want to put “for the most… epic (or something like epic, as I don’t think the adjective exists in Latin)”.
I know it’s a Greek myth, but the prof also teaches Latin, and not so secretly supports the Romans of ancient times.
Any help? I found ‘epos’ as the translation for ‘epic’. But, I am almost sure that’s the noun… And I get lost in declensions and grammar faster than… I dunno… Something that gets lost incredibly fast. I can’t seem to sort the functions of words in English, let alone figure it out in Latin. I’m kind of hopeless, but I would love to be able to stick this note on my prof’s door as a thank you for a truly amazing semester.
Gratias tibi ago.
(Hope that was at least right).
-Freyja
–On a complete side note, has anyone read the Tour of the Merrimack series? It’s a science fiction series in which the Romans went underground and continued to exist in society, ensuring that Latin persevered in the church and in medicine, etc. And, when, in the future, space travel is discovered, they all band together and blast off for a new home world and become an incredibly advanced and Latin speaking civilization. Just saying it because it’s one of the reasons I wanted to learn Latin in the first place. It’s a great read, even if it’s told from an American point of view and the US and the Romans aren’t exactly friends. 