Questions tagged [grammar-identification]
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Direct object(s)? of "excutit" in Aeneid 12.470
What is the direct object of excutit in this sentence (Aen. 12.468–470)?
Hōc concussa metū mentem Iuturna virāgō
aurīgam Turnī media inter lōra Metiscum
excutit et longē lapsum tēmōne relinquit.
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quamdiu with subjunctive?
Lots of materials assert that quamdiu is used with the indicative.
Quam diū, as long as, takes the Indicative only. (A&G's New Latin Grammar, 555.)
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Can someone identify this accusative + infinitive idiom?
I'm reading Ανάβασις, 4th book.
Could someone please explain how this present middle particle works to mean what it does?
"οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου ὁρῶμεν εἰ μὴ ὀλίγους τούτους ἀνθρώπους, καὶ ...
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"... qui si iuvissent, se eodem loco quo Helvetios habiturum."
From De Bello Gallico, Book 1, Chapter 26:
Caesar ad Lingonas litteras nuntiosque misit, ne eos frumento neve
alia re iuvarent: qui si iuvissent, se eodem loco quo Helvetios
habiturum.
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Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri
This is a famous sentence from Horace's Epistle, if I can believe Wikipedia. It's first person speech in a letter.
I'm trying to understand the grammar and produce a translation that is a bit more ...
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Does this phrase makes sense: "hanc ego viam si asperam atque duram negem, mentiar"
I was wondering if the following phrase makes sense: "hanc ego viam si asperam atque duram negem, mentiar"
To my understanding this means: If you don't admit that
this journey is difficult, ...
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Meaning of "οἱ" in a passage from Xenophon
Reading Ανάβασις Ξενοφόντος. Here Xenophon is talking to Χειρίσοφος about what to do about some lurking non-Greeks (i.e. Persian adversaries) because the Greeks are in a bit of a tight spot.
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Why is 'piscem' wrong here?
I was asked to translate the English sentence
I throw fish onto the floor.
into Latin in Duolingo.
I answered
Piscem in pavimentum iacio.
But the correct answer was
Pisces in pavimentum iacio.
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What is the explanation for this apparent non-matching inflection? [duplicate]
I'm reading Ανάβασις, 4th book.
"καὶ ἀριστῶντι τῷ Ξενοφῶντι προσέτρεχον δύο νεανίσκω•"
To me this seems to be a mistake: shouldn't the inflection of προστρέχω be 3rd dual imperfective active ...
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translating exhibenda est
The words exhibenda est occur in Pliny's Letter XIX from book 5: cui tanto maior humanitas exhibenda est. I'm very rusty and I'm struggling with this verb. Is it passive, subjunctive, gerund?
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Why is the title of the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament "Novum Testamentum Graece" rather than "Novum Testamentum Graecum"?
The widely-used Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament is titled Novum Testamentum Graece. My understanding is that Graece is an adverb, but it is modifying a noun; shouldn't it be Novum Testamentum Graecum?...
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Naupactus xantographus
Naupactus xanthographus is a weevil that goes by the common name South American fruit tree weevil. Here is a photo:
Naupactus xanthographus
My question is about the specific name xanthographus. It ...
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Can someone explain this case?
I'm reading Ανάβασις Ξενοφῶντος (slowly). This is where the Greeks are lost at the wrong end of Asia Minor and wondering what to do and Xenophon himself (according to his account at least) gets up and ...
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What is this accussative doing with a passive verb?
In the Pseudo-Ovidian Metamorphosis Flaminis in Gallo, we find this hexameter:
Induitur plūmās simul et vittāta sacerdōs.
And at the same time, the fillet-wearing priestess was wrapped(?) in feathers....
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Grammar of the incipit of the papal bull "Antiquorum habet fida relatio"
On 22 February 1300, Pope Boniface VIII published the bull Antiquorum habet fida relatio, declaring 1300 the first jubilee year of the Catholic Church, encouraging pilgrimages to Rome and promising a ...
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