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I want to get “Praesul Meorum” tattooed but I am not sure about the meaning. I intend it to mean "leader of mine" or "guide of mine" (my people). Is that correct?
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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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I'm looking to get a memorial tattoo for my brother and would like to use the phrase "time of death" in Latin, which will be followed by the time and date. Google says "tempus mortis&...
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In the song It’s Easy, M’kay, featured in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Soundtrack (1999), there is a line that goes: Step three: with bitch, drop the 'T' 'Cause "Bich" is Latin ...
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I am trying to read Euler's "De Numeris Amicabilibus" (to disambiguiate I mean the paper with Ennestrom number 152: he wrote three papers with this name). http://eulerarchive.maa.org/backup/...
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I've been teaching myself bits and pieces of Latin from Wiktionary and a few other free resources. I like to try and translate interesting concepts (in English) into comparatively concise Latin, ...
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I've searched on the web and haven't found a meaning for it, Most websites assume it is a German word. I saw it on the phrase: Eine ego ut adverser? This phrase is from an example in the book "...
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I recall seeing "esse absens" on Google books, but I can't remember who was the writer. Anyway, is this correct in Latin? The verb "absum" already exists, and it means "to be ...
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On the title page of The Works of James Wilson, there's a Latin inscription saying, "lex fundamentum est libertatis, qua fruimur. legum omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus": What ...
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In this line "ne ego homo infelix fui, qui non alas intervelli" what did he mean by "intervelli"? I understand that he's saying he's unlucky because he didn't cut his wings. I ...
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Gradus and passus both have multiple meanings. Passus, as in its meaning related to feet, is also described as a unit of measurement, of five Roman feet. Gradus also has distinct meanings, including ...
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Oxford Latin Dictionary says that damno (tr. condemn) was derived from damnum (n. loss; waning). How is sense "loss, waning" related to and derived from sense "condemn"?
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To be precise, I'm aware labore is generally translated as work, but I'd like to know if it's to be understood as physical work, intellectual work or any kind of work in the following passage of Hugh ...
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I tried Google translate and got praeteritum est cogitatio A friend who studied Latin 30 years ago said correct to the above or praeteritum memoria est However, he wasn’t sure if memoria should ...
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Does "Hispan te Ind Rex NG 8R P" mean something like "King of Spain and the Indies"? What would be a more accurate translation? Thank you! "PLATO BRONCE ESCUDO HISPAN TE IND ...
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