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How would you ask "Why should I get vaccinated against a disease that I don't know if it is real with a vaccine I don't know is safe?" in Latin?
How would you ask "Why should I get vaccinated against a disease that I don't know if it is real with a vaccine that I don't know if it is safe?" in Latin?
My attempt would be: "Cur ...
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Translation of "Fluctuat nec mergitur"
Hello fellow native speakers,
For a tattoo with my sisters I wanted to translate the Latin motto “Fluctuat nec mergitur”, used by the city of Paris, into English.
Searching for the correct translation ...
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How would you say "I can't help but wonder whether..." in Latin?
I am trying to translate the lyrics of the Eric Bogle's song "The Green Fields of France" to Latin. The first two verses of the last stanza of the song are:
And I can't help but wonder, oh ...
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How would you say "The older a rabbit gets, the more it behaves like a dog."?
How would you say "The older a rabbit gets, the more it behaves like a dog." in Latin? The literal translation from English would be "Senior cuniculus sit, plus agit ut canis.", ...
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How would you say "for the longest time" in Latin?
"For the longest time" is a name of a song by Billy Joel. And ReasonTV, a libertarian podcast, modified the lyrics of it to parody the Traveling Security Administration. George W. Bush ...
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How would you translate "join", as in "join us" or "join the dead heroes" (i. e. "die in a war")?
I am trying to translate the lyrics of the Eric Bogle's song The Green Fields of France. In the first stanza, you have:
I see by your gravestone, you were only nineteenwhen you joined the dead heroes ...
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How would you translate "too" and "to" as in "The science is *too* bookish and nerdy *to* understand, oh no!" to Latin?
So, how would you say "The science is too bookish and nerdy to understand, oh no!" in Latin? My attempt would be "Scientia ita litteraria et incircumscripta est, ut non possit ...
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Use of reflexive pronoun in passive periphrastic constructions
As I understand it:
the reflexive pronoun is used when the object of a sentence relates to the subject e.g. puer cor suum sequitur - the boy follows his (own) heart.
to convey a meaning of ...
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Can There Be Multiple Subjects in a Clause Where One Is the Subject of Another Clause
I want to construct "I like learning, but learning from a book only can be boring": "Discere amo, sed discere a libro ipso sit taediosum."
I was wondering if you can omit "...
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Stacked/Consecutive Genitives
For example, the way of the cross in Latin is via crucis, but how would one go about saying the beginning of the way of the cross? Would both via and crux be in the genitive, yielding principium viae ...
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Can a gerund stand alone?
In response to a question e.g. "How will you maintain order?" (= "quomodo tu disciplinam sustentabis?"), the answer could be, "By ruling." In Latin, an ablative of the ...
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Which Case is Governed by Verb Obsto/ Obstare?
Continuing from Q: What is the Role of "Quid" in "ne quid obstet"?, with Livius (9.8.6):
"ne quid divini humanive obstet quominus iustum piumque de integro ineatur bellum.&...
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How is "as...as" to be Expressed in Latin?
In expressions e.g. "A change is as good as a rest."; "He was as good as his word."; how is the "as...as" part to be translated?
I've found quid sicut bonum ("Word ...
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Can a predicate nominative ever be a different gender from the subject?
I want to say "My favorite animal is..." and then give the animal. But "animal" is neuter, so I'll end up with a predicate nominative that doesn't agree in gender with the subject! "Meum dilectum ...
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Confusion between Direct Speech / Subordinate Clause(s) / Indirect Speech
In the 2011 re-make of "Ben Hur" Pontius Pilate (Hugh Bonneville) advised a colleague that Caesar was not about to return a job to him, to which he is unsuited, which he cannot do.
The first ...
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