Questions tagged [meaning]
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Can we use the verb "sum" with the present participle "absens"?
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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What's the meaning of "lex fundamentum est libertatis, qua fruimur. legum omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus"?
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":
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What did Plautus mean by "intervelli"?
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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What is the difference between gradus and passus as a step or pace?
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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How was damno derived from damnum?
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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Correct Latin Translation of "Problem Solver"
I have searched high and low for the best way to translate "Problem Solver". Obviously the first thing that is suggested is "quaestio solver" but I feel that might be incorrect. I ...
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What does "labore" mean in this passage of Hugh of Saint Victor?
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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What is the Latin translation of ‘The past is a thought’?
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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PLATO BRONCE ESCUDO HISPAN TE IND REX NG 8R P
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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Shouldn't adducti in this sentence be feminine?
This is a Ceasar's sentence:
Hac oratione adducti inter se fidem et ius iurandum dant et regno occupato per tres potentissimos ac firmissimos populos totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant.
Hac = ...
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What is the exact translation of "Frusta me natum"
This is a popular Cicero's sentence from the book de Senectute, chap. 23:
ita vixi ut non frusta me natum existimem
whose translation is accepted as something like "I lived in such way that I ...
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Meaning of a present participle in a verse of Vergil's Eclogue 8
I'm reading Vergil's Eclogue 8, 17–42 in the book Beginning Latin Poetry Reader by Gavin Betts and Daniel Franklin. The first verse is (I write only the long vowels macrons):
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Both 'masculus' and 'vir' mean man/male: what's the difference?
In Latin, masculus means male.
Noun masculus m (genitive masculī); second declension
a male (of humans or other animals)
In Latin, vir also means male.
Noun vir m (genitive virī); second ...
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Haud sciō an ego ita dīxerim
In the line 84 page 264 of Lingua Latine per se illustrata, Gubernātor says
Haud sciō an ego ita dīxerim, sed pro
fectō lībertās mihi vītā cārior est. ...
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Haud sciō an ...
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¿Qué significa "quoniam igitur"? / What's the meaning of "quoniam igitur"?
En la pagina 262, linea 16, de Lingua latina per se illustrata, la linea empieza con
Quoniam igitur ...
Según el diccionario ilustrado Vox, quoniam significa puesto que o después que, y igitur ...
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