... looking in OAL (english dictionary), i found the solution, i.e. the problem in english language, not in latin language: awake: - (cause a person or an...
Hello, I'm new to this wonderful forum, and I would like to say hello to everyone here. I also have a simple question (please notice that I'm just a beginner ...
Martin, I read on the Lewis and Short dictionary page that there is an ACTIVE verb laetare which means "to gladden" almost the same as laetificare. The...
... could be - same as delectare; delectari (=gaudere =laetari) but in most dictionaries there is no "laetare" (e.g. Langenscheidt (Menge-Güthling-Pertsch),...
... excitare=expergefacere excitari=expergisci = expergefieri With some verbs you can do it like this, but not with all, e.g. verbero -> verberor (i beat...
Salue Martin, Aliquid quod mihi uidetur tuo nuntio superiori addendum est - Quamvis deponenta verba maiora sit, reuera in medio aeuo scriptores eadem continue...
Martin, Thanks for your informative reply. I now have a question about paticular deponent verbs. Do you know anything about the deponent verbs nasci (to be...
I feel really stupid for having to ask this, but I haven't actually been able to confirm the right answer in the grammar books.... There are a few nouns of the...
Salve, Si vales, gaudeo. ego valeo recte. There is no need to feel stupid. Agricola Bonus is correct. Agricola magnus Agricola stultus Nauta malus Nauta iratus...
Dear Bonus Marcus Albus Scotus: Salve! AGRICOLA BONUS: is correct! ...you remembered me at JOHANNES DUNS SCOTUS... philosofus and theologus medioevalis! Vale ...
I used Latin years ago to fulfill one of two research skill requirements for a Ph.D. in communication studies. But I only really used Latin during my junior...
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I like the language, I just do not like the Classical Literature much. I find Virgil absolutely dire. I simply dont enjoy that sort of stuff, in English,...
So one service we can render each other on this list (I am a lurker, usually) is sharing interesting authors that break out of the Virgil mold- I too am...
Brian Drayton
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Feb 7, 2007 3:09 pm
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Ovid is better. Depending on your level, Cambridge Latin Anthology is pitched at GCSE students and has extracts in which are usually used as set texts for...
I enjoy Seneca's moral essays; also Erasmus's colloquies. Seneca is not as hard. "Liz Parkinson" <parkinsonliz@...> Sent by:...
Brian Drayton
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Feb 7, 2007 4:01 pm
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I know what you mean about Vergil---there's government propaganda woven into the stories; reminds me of the films made during WWII. Maybe you should try...
I will give APelus a try. But really, I prefer the Medieval stuff Liz ... _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News,...
thank you, I will try them - never heard of Erasmus Liz ... _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and...
Liz, is there any particular Medieval literature that you are concentrating on in your studies? I tried to translate Vergil's Aeneid at a time when I was not...
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Feb 7, 2007 6:21 pm
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Hi David At the moment I am using a book called Reading Medieval Latin by Keith Sidwell, and I would recommend it to anyone. I have also had a go at ...
Seneca is indeed great. Few are the people who seem to like him, though. He's nowdays usually referred to as a boring moralist. His Opus Magnum, Epistulae...
Hi Liz, Your interest in the coverage of mental health issues in the writings of Medieval England sounds like it would be a fascinating study. I can see ...
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Feb 7, 2007 8:56 pm
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HI ANdre I learnt using Cambridge Latin Project, which is fairly modern in its outlook, we learn to read and translate a piece and then the grammar follows -...
HI ANdre I learnt using Cambridge Latin Project, which is fairly modern in its outlook, we learn to read and translate a piece and then the grammar follows -...
HI It is fascinating, I translated one piece, from The Miracles of Henry (cant remember which one IV I think) about the madness suffered by the wife of a ...
