Questions tagged [inscription]
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Are there any complete Latin inscriptions written in boustrophedon?
The Wikipedia entry for Lapis Niger mentions that the inscription was written in boustrophedon, alternating reading direction between every line.
This inscription is far from complete.
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How to search Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum for words?
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) is a large corpus of Latin inscriptions.
The Wikipedia page contains some links, but none of the tools linked there seem to allow me to make a text search.
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Understanding a reference to Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
On page 33 of Companion Animals & Us, there is a line:
I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own hands fifteen years ...
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What is this letter?
I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this ...
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Abbreviation "D. O. M." on tombstones
To finish my Maltese question series before boarding a plane off the island, here is another question about Latin inscriptions in tombstones in St. John's co-cathedral at Valletta.
In many tombs, ...
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Heic instead of hic in a Maltese tomb
Continuing my series of questions about Malta (locative vs. in and monumentum/monimentum), I would like to ask about an inscription I saw in St. John's co-cathedral in Valletta.
The floor was tiled ...
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Trying to translate "Best Man, True Friend, Bad Influence" into latin for an inscription
I'm trying to translate "Best Man - True Friend - Bad Influence" into Latin for a gift inscription for (unsurprisingly) my best man.
So far I've got to "Optimum Vir - Verum Amicus - Malum Auctoritas." ...
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Trouble with the adjective "my"
Was looking to do an inscription on a ring for my fiance (engagement ring)
Mei Uxor animusque
My (plural m) wife (f) and soul(m)
The -que implies that these things are close together by making ...
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