Questions tagged [reference-request]
Questions requesting a specific reference to a word, grammatical construct, or other language element, such as in the writings of a particular author.
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Carpe diem, perditus posterum
Is this a valid translation of the phrase
"seize the day, there is no tomorrow"
I know no latin, I just used dictionaries, and tried to find words in the right form
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Does the phrase 'custos agri' in 17th century manorial court rolls refer to the reeve of the manor?
I am translating some late 17th century manorial court rolls. As standard, these list various people who did/did not attend, and their roles (eg the lord of the manor; the seneschall; the homage etc). ...
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Meaning of "ultima Calendarum"
Thuanus wrote
the following
regarding the death of the physician and mathematician Girolamo Cardano:
tandem cum tribus diebus minus septuagesimum quintum annum implevisser, eodem, quo prædixerat anno ...
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What ancient Greek (or Roman) sources refer to shell games?
A shell game is a game (or more often a scam) involving three shells or cups. One has a marker underneath, and the person running the game mixes the cups around, while the player tries to keep track ...
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Origin of "De gustibus non est disputandum"
The origins of the phrase De gustibus non est disputandum do not seem to be well documented.
Some references say "an ancient Roman adage"; some say "of medieval origin"; others say ...
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What is the Correct Edition of Baluzius' Commonitory of St. Vincent Lerins?
Fr. John Shanahan's 1833 translation of The Commonitory contains the following:
QUESTION: What is ``the Correct (Latin) Edition of Baluzius''; and (if possible) where may I find it?
Thank you.
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How to say "Game Changer" in Latin
How can we describe the disruptive influence of a new factor/invention/information to a sphere of life? as the English idiom "game changer"?
In particular, it would be great to have a ...
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Looking for the source of Cicero quote
I'm looking for a source of a quote for my statistics article. The English-translated quote is found in the 1911 British Encyplopedia. From what I understand Sextus Empiricus quotes Cicero as saying:
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"Bene docet, qui bene distinguit."
Where does the phrase "Bene docet, qui bene distinguit." ("He who teaches well distinguishes well.") come from?
James T. Bretzke in Consecrated Phrases says this is a
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Learning Latin through Aeneid (or another text)
Could you recommend courses/textbooks for learning Latin via a text ?
More specifically: there are exist courses like Reading Course in Homeric Greek teaching one (Homeric) Greek through selected ...
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How to translate Ἀγαθῶν ἓνεκα οὐ γίνεσθαι
How should the following (highlighted) quote of Socrates be translated?
Here's the relevant sentence:
Thus Socrates said of the Civil law, Ἀγαθῶν ἓνεκα οὐ γίνεσθαι.
I came up with the following in ...
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What are classical examples where prepositional ad phrase is inside ad purpose clause
This question is triggered by another question about wheatear the "ad" is prepositional or purpose.
In theory, we should see examples where something like this happens:
Discipuli Marcum ad ...
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Reference for "divide et impera"
The motto "divide et impera" is often attributed to Caesar (I don't want to spam here some low quality references, simply made a Google search). Wikipedia says that
The maxim divide et ...
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On the etymology of Lacedaemon
King Lacedaemon was the son of Zeus and of nymph Taygete. He married Sparta, daughter of King Eurotas of Laconia.
I would like to know more about the etymology of Lacedaemon. The daemon part is easy. ...
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Determining the etymology of words in Latin
I am interested in the etymology of words in Latin. Is there a resource available that could help me determine if a word is specifically from Old, New or Vulgar Latin etc. according to a time it is ...
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