Questions tagged [grammar-identification]
Use this tag when asking about a grammatical structure you cannot name and want explained.
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Is anyone having trouble with Perseus?
I started learning Ancient Greek about a year ago.
I discovered that Wiktionary is pretty useful for this, although pretty often it doesn't find the word you're looking for.
Then someone here pointed ...
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How do I properly state that “the time has come to be bolder”?
I am working to poetically convey that “the time has come to be bolder,” and I’ve written “tempus advenit audacius.” I am beginning to question whether a preposition belongs and whether “venit” should ...
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Can someone explain this unexpected construction?
I'm reading Ανάβασις by Ξενοφών. I came across this sentence:
ἐν δὲ τούτῳ ἧκε Τισσαφέρνης ἔχων τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν ὡς εἰς οἶκον ἀπιὼν καὶ Ὀρόντας τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν: ἦγε δὲ καὶ τὴν θυγατέρα τὴν ...
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What does "quod" refer to in Vulgate in Matthew 26:75?
In Vulgate:
Et recordatus est Petrus verbi Jesu, quod dixerat : Priusquam gallus cantet, ter me negabis. Et egressus foras, flevit amare.
https://www.bible.com/bible/823/MAT.26.75
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What does "Tris dies" mean in "Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles"?
From Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles:
Tris dies per totam insulam matrem quaerebat; tandem quarto die ad templum Dianae pervenit.
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ritchie.html
What does "Tris dies"...
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Is there any potential ambiguity in this phrase from Xenophon?
I'm (still) reading Ανάβασις by Ξενοφών. I came across this sentence:
οἱ μὲν οὖν πρῶτοι ὅμως τρόπῳ τινὶ ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντο, οἱ δὲ ὕστεροι σκοταῖοι προσιόντες ὡς ἐτύγχανον ἕκαστοι ηὐλίζοντο, καὶ ...
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Reason for ablative case in "praesidioque decorique parentibus esse"
In Lucretius II 641–643
"aut quia significant divam praedicere ut armis
ac virtute velint patriam defendere terram
praesidioque parent decorique parentibus esse."
I am not very comfortable ...
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What is this grammar and how should I interpret this?
εἰσὶν δὲ οὗτοι οἱ οὐδὲν ἄλλο οἰόμενοι εἶναι ἢ οὗ ἂν δύνωνται ἀπρὶξ τοῖν χεροῖν λαβέσθαι, πράξεις δὲ καὶ γενέσεις καὶ πᾶν τὸ ἀόρατον οὐκ ἀποδεχόμενοι ὡς ἐν οὐσίας μέρει.
I don't understand the bold ...
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Absurdum est, affirmare, re credendum esse non judici
I have trouble understanding the grammar of this sentence, especially re:
Absurdum est, affirmare, re credendum esse non judici.
It is absurd to affirm, that we must not give credit to a judge.
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Does studeo take the dative?
In their Latin course, Duolingo likes to use the post-classical meaning of studeo of "to study". Does this meaning usually take a dative rather than using an accusative?
The course regularly ...
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Grammar of motto "Sancte et Sapiente"
The motto of King's College is "Sancte et Sapiente", which is translated "With Holiness and Wisdom". Am I correct in understanding that two of the three words are adverbs, so a ...
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What is μέγεθος referring to in Jewish War 3.4
In the Jewish War chapter 3.4, it says:
μόνον [οὖν] εὑρίσκει Οὐεσπασιανὸν ταῖς χρείαις ἀναλογοῦντα καὶ τηλικούτου πολέμου μέγεθος ἀναδέξασθαι δυνάμενον
"He found only Vespasian a match for the ...
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Deceptum is the ablative singular?
I saw a paradigm of the adjective deceptus -a -um (which is the participle of decipio) in which the neuter single ablative form is deceptum rather than decepto as we would expect. So, if this is true, ...
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Is it permissible to use "dum" with the pluperfect subjunctive?
Is it ever permissible to use dum with the pluperfect subjunctive?
Here is an example of this construction from Victor of Vita's Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae:
qui lapides dum ...
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What is the difference between me and mihi?
I'm studying Latin on Duolingo and am trying to find out more about parts that I don't understand. One of those words is me and mihi because Duolingo and any other sites I check says they both mean &...
