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compass and straightedge in ancient Greek?

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Cosmas Zachos

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"A specific type of solution for a specific type of problem"

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Is there a New Latin word for Cyborg?

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DaG

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What's the correct way to say, in Latin, "creation within God" & "creation through God"?

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can "postquam" and "cum" have the same meaning?

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What semantic notions connect 'fold' with 'plight' = predicament?

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Using "sānē" v. "certē" v. "profectō"?

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Cairnarvon

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Books of reading medieval Latin manuscripts

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Geremia

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Are "-que" and "et" equivalent?

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How did the Greek word "oikonomia" get the meaning of "thrift"?

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What punctuation was used in Classical Latin?

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Arkh

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What are the most important scholarly resources for Latin and Greek historical linguistics?

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GaiusPetronius

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Non-typographical evidence of V being pronounced as [w]

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FlatAssembler

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What was the classic term for "damnatio memoriae"?

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Adam

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How did Roman babies talk?

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Sebastian Koppehel

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Same ending of "Mediolanensis" in "Archiepiscopus Mediolanensis" and "Archidioecesis Mediolanensis"

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apaderno

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What evidence is there for the classical pronunciation of zeta?

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TKR

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nu + apostrophe at the beginning of Homeric verses?

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Graham Asher

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Why is the Greek definite article τη duplicated in this sentence?

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MickG

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What are the key classic philosophical/religious texts in Latin?

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Tsundoku

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I am looking for the correct translation of love for the phrase "in this sign love"

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Would this make sense?

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Ignoramus Philomathum

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A variation on Caesar (Veni Vidi Vici)

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tony

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Two unfindable words from Sappho Edmonds 12, Edmonds' version

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Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine

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Seneca’s Epistula Moralis XLI: "God" or "a god"?

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C Monsour

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Quippe+quod (Early Modern period)

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Figulus

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How do you say "yes" and "no" in Classical Latin?

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Quidam

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Which online Latin dictionaries should I use and why?

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Vladimir F Героям слава

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Why nominative instead of accusative with verb "sum"?

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psmears

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How did the Romans say "good night"?

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lejonet

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How to make a deponent passive in meaning?

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Ben Kovitz

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Which online Latin dictionaries should I use and why?

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Where does our knowledge of the ancient poetic meters come from?

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Hogwarts Motto from J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series

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grooveplex

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Deciphering Latin text in an illuminated musical manuscript

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What determines the conjugation of verbs borrowed from Greek?

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Is there any connection between "ave" (as in Ave Cesar) and "aveo"?

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Alea iacta est, plural version?

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luchonacho

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How to say protect & conquer in Latin

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Rodia

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Can the gerundive be used like an adjective?

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Asteroides

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Conflict between form and content in ancient literature

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Draconis♦

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The syntax of swearing

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Sam K

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What underlying notion connects "roll" (in "volvere") to "leap" (in "*volvitare")?

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Latin word for "code" or "program" (the verb)

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The best way to say *interesting* in Latin

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Nathaniel is protesting

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How did 'ad' + 'hūc' compound to get its meanings?

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cmw♦

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What (if anything) does the prefix 'op-' mean in 'operīre'?

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Good travel literature written in medieval Latin?

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Middle School Historian

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Why "impressa" in Æneid IV.659–60?

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