May 2012
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In a strange bit of synchronicity, my spiders this week seem to have found several examples of the Classical World making appearances in American courtrooms. Earlier this week we mentioned a decision wherein justices decided (while citing Robert Fagles!) that translation is not interpretation (Honored Justices, We Respectfully Disagree). Next, they brought back an abridged…
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epitome (Merriam Webster) ventose (Dictionary.com) … latinitas: vulnus: wound: noun. Example sentence:Haec omnia vulnera belli tibi nunc sananda sunt.Translation:All these woun… http://t.co/O0piYqKc — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 27, 2012 āla, ae, f. for axla, contr. from axilla, (Hesych.) = shoulder = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel. Lit., a wing, as of a bird —…
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ante diem vi kalendas junias 189 A.D. — birth of P. Septimius Geta, son of the emperor-to-be Septimius Severus and Julia Domna and brother of the emperor-to-be Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla) 270 A.D. — martyrdom of Restituta at Sora (?) 302 A.D. — Martyrdom of Julius at Durostorum 1265 — birth of Dante Alighieri
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Abnormal Interests: Quotation Of The 5th Century BCE. [pondering some Herodotus quotes]
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Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Without Latin: Themis, Suada, Minerva.
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