Questions tagged [new-latin]
Questions regarding Latin in the modern era, approximately 1400–1900
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Translation of the game hide-and-seek
According to Wikipedia, a kind of hide-and-seek-like games is attested in Ancient Greek as apodidraskinda.
Are there attested similar games in Ancient Rome? If not, are there any good options for the ...
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What's the story behind "vernepator cur"?
NPR and many other sources on the Internet say that vernepator cur is Latin for "the dog that turns the wheel." Apparently, the phrase vernepator cur was really in use in England at one time ...
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John Owen's poem: Umquam or numquam?
I happened to see one of John Owen's poems, Horologium Vitae, which writes:
Latus ad occasum, umquam rediturus ad ortum,
Vivo hodie, moriar cras, here natus eram.
and it is translated poetically as: ...
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How would you understand this sentence from Karlstadt's commentary on Augustine's de Spiritu et littera?
In his Augustinkommentar, Karlstadt attacks the opinions of many Catholic "scholastic" theologians. In this passage, he seems to attack both the Thomists and Gabriel Biel, but I lose the ...
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How did 15th century Dutch “Van Lanckvelt” correspond to neo-Latin “Macropedius”?
The 15th-century Dutch humanist Georgius Macropedius was originally named Joris van Lanckvelt, and his adopted Latin name is generally described as a direct Latinisation of that, without further ...
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Which quotation marks should I use when writing Latin?
What is the most common punctuation used by Latin authors from the Renaissance to the present day to indicate a quotation? Ørberg uses “”, while «» is more common in countries where a Romance language ...
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Feedback on my Latin note on the story of Admetus and Alcestis
I’ve written a little précis of the story of Admetus and Alcestis, and would appreciate any corrections or comments. I’m mostly concerned about whether I got the tenses of the subjunctive verbs right,...
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Can 'superiore' mean 'previous years' (plural)?
Under the year 1558, George Buchanan writes (Rerum Scoticarum Historia, 1582):
Hoc anno et superiore etiam, caussa religionis quodam modo iacuisse videbatur, quod morte...
In the standard English ...
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Is there a way to say "download" and "upload" in Latin?
I checked neolatinlexicon and Google and I couldn't find anything
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Best modern translation for "Emperor"?
The word "Emperor" seems a bit hard to pin down in Latin when looking for a constant expression to use, because of its multiple synonyms that seem to have been employed frequently throughout ...
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Any idea what's going on with the middle term of this dedication?
So I think the words are clear enough—Nobilissimo Principi FREDERICO GEORGII ffilio Celsissimi, GEORGII Nep: Augustissimi, CAESARI destinato, M. BRITANNIAE spei, Delicijs, Animaq. desideratissimae, ...
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Indeclinables: What are the strategies good Latinists use to deal with them?
I have read that the modern tendency is to translate a modern person's personal name into Latin but not his surname. So John Doe would be translated as Ioannes Doe. This seems sensible at face value, ...
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Are there any Neo-Latin Sci-Fi or Cyberpunk (original or translation)?
Salvete omnes!
I was wondering if anybody knew of any Neo-Latin original sci-fi or cyberpunk story. If not, are there any good translations for modern sci-fi or cyberpunk classics in Latin? If you ...
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What is going on with the symbol in the weight here?
So this is an image from William Musgrave's account of the Southbroom Hoard discovered outside Devizes, Wiltshire, in England in 1714. They seem to be some local's cache hidden away around the reign ...
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Is there a modern edition of Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum Libri?
The text Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum Libri Sex (Latin translation and commentary on the ancient work of Diophantus) has had a considerable impact on the history of mathematics.
I was ...
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Latin translation of "model"
"model", when meaning "a pattern for imitation", is expressed by Latin exemplum, exemplar, forma, proplasma, according to the dictionary. "model" comes from modulus, ...
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Feedback on my Latin note an a passage from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
In Metamorphoses 10.728-731, just before Venus causes a flower to spring from Adonis’ blood, Ovid hints at, but doesn’t describe in detail, another metamorphosis: Mint sprouting from the crushed limbs ...
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How would you say "root locus" (in robotics) in Latin?
"Root locus" is a diagram showing where the poles of a closed-loop system are depending on the amplification (gain) in the open-loop system. How would you say that in Latin? My attempt would ...
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What do you think is the best way to say sharpshooter in Latin?
I'm imagining a scenario where the Roman Empire lasted a little longer through the development of firearms, and would want a word to describe the concept of a sharpshooter.
I'm not sure if this sort ...
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So what *is* the Latin word for “chocolate”?
Obviously, the Romans didn’t know anything about chocolate, since they had no access to any of the places cacao grew naturally. By the time Europe did learn of its existence, even ecclesiastical Latin ...
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Looking for a translation of "end credits"
End credits are a namelist shown at the end of a video work.
I am looking for an expression for it that is short enough for lyrics.
I wonder if index finalis ("final list") is accurate and ...
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Popcorn in latin
In Portuguese, popcorn is "Pipoca" from Old Tupi pi'poka pira(skin) pok(burst)
Since latin has borrowed some words(not to mention greek) Could we have it as a borrowed word?
Pipoca is a ...
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What is the best translation for "livestreaming"?
I am looking for a brief and accurate expression to say "livestreaming" in Latin. Classical or New Latin style, or coined word are all okay. Are there any options?
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I want to get a tattoo but I need help with translation. How would you say “for myself” in Latin? Would you say “pro/per ego/memet”?
I want to get a tattoo but I need help with translation. How would you say “for myself” in Latin? Would you say “pro/per ego/memet”?
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Is *Moscovia* a latinists' invention?
Quoting this article on Grammatica Russica by Heinrich Wilhelm Ludolf:
The Russian city of Novgorod (literally ‘new town’) becomes (in the ablative case) Novogorodio. Moscow is Moscovia, though it ...
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Help with more neo-Latin: making sense of a Hebrew calque
Hello: I am back again with more neo-Latin from Lawrence of Brindisi. This time, it's his Latin rendering of Psalm 45:13-14
"tota gloriosa filia regis intrinsecus propter intertexturas, induta ...
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Use of the subjunctive in a quod-clause in Renaissance Latin
I am translating this sentence from Lawrence of Brindisi:
"quod autem omni gratia plena fuerit Maria, Spiritus Sanctus, qui fons est totius gratiae, multis ostendit in Cantico Salominis. Primo ...
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What does ut mean in this sentence
I'm struggling to find the right translation for 'ut' in the sentence below. For context, it's part of a property transaction in a Manorial Court Roll from circa 1700.
Willelmus Taylor dedit Domino ...
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What is the meaning of praeprimis?
I came across the word "praeprimis" when reading some 17th century Latin (Experimenta nova, Otto von Guericke, b. 4 ch. 15 ). To my best guess, it's a combination of "praecipue" ...
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What were the typographical rules for the title pages of New Latin books?
Many New Latin book title pages look like the following:
What are the rules or at least the habits followed for which part of the title is either italicized, capitalized, etc.?
I guess it has ...
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Meaning of "pro temperiei diversitate" in Guericke's Experimenta Nova
Otto von Guericke, in Experimenta Nova (1672), is describing how a feather floats above a globe of sulphur. In this quote, I'm interested in the phrase "pro temperiei diversitate", which I ...
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What does “per se praeclarissima videtur” mean when talking about a difficult problem?
I am translating De numeris primis valde magnis by Leonhard Euler and I am somewhat puzzled by the following phrase on the second page: “per se praeclarissima videtur”.
Ac profecto natura numerorum ...
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What numbers (e.g. 0, -1, or 1.0) are plurals in Latin?
The basic question is: With which numbers should I use a plural form of the noun?
Background: English
In English it seems to me that the only singular number is 1 (and maybe -1), but everything else ...
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What does 'spatio pollicarir emotius' mean in Otto von Guericke's Experimenta Nova?
In Otto von Guericke's Experimenta Nova (1672) he says (in reference to experiments showing how a feather floats above and sometimes is reattracted to a globe of sulphur):
Filum lineum, si acumini ...
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Why "absolute" instead of "absolutam"?
There's a famous piece of mathematics by János Bolyai, originally published in Latin, under the title Scientiam Spatii Absolute Veram Exhibens: A Veritate Aut Falsitate Axiomatis XI Euclidei, A Priori ...
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What is the modern day pronunciation of v in Latin as in van or as a w? And is the c soft as in cellar or hard as in cat?
What is the modern day pronunciation of v in Latin (as in van) or as a w sound? And is the c soft as in cellar or hard as in cat?
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Gender of Street Names and Village Locations
I can find references on the gender of countries and cities, but nothing on street names or small locations (say within a village). Transcribing Manorial Records of the late 17th century, I have a ...
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Transcribing Latin with or without ligatures -- is there an agreed convention
I'm working on the transcription of some late seventeenth century English Manorial Court Rolls in Latin. They're heavily abbreviated.
In some places the scribe has visibly written a ligature in e.g. ...
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Synchronization primitive in latin
I want to translate in to latin some of the names for the synchronization primitives I am programming.
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/os/sync.html
Semaphore was quite easy, since it means a ...
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Neolatin and contemporary Latin dictionary
What are some good, reliable English–Latin dictionary of Neolatin and contemporary Latin.
The best one I've found so far is Morgan's Lexcon of Neo-Latin and Contemporary Latin Usage on the Paideia ...
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Identifying a Latin abbreviation/symbol
While transcribing and translating some late 17th century Manorial Court rolls I have come across a frequently recurring symbol. I've referred to Capelli's The elements of abbreviation in medieval ...
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Unde orta est sententia "Simplex sigillum veri"?
A little googling reveals that Simplex sigillum veri—"Simplicity is the seal of truth" or "The simple is the mark of the true"—is best known as the motto of Dutch physician ...
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Translating words in a Manorial Court Roll of 1699
The proceedings in Manorial Courts in England before 1733 were recorded in Latin. I'm currently transcribing and translating a set of such documents dated 1699 (to the best to my ability -- I last ...
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What does "arcularia" mean in the species name "Nassarius arcularia"?
I encountered the species name Nassarius arcularia and I'm very confused about its construction.
Per Wikipedia, this name refers to a species of "nassa mud snails" or "dog whelks". ...
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What does the word "recusus" mean in book titles?
A bit of a mystery here (for someone not very well-versed in Latin at least).
I often encounter the word recusus in book titles of the post-classical period, usually but not always in conjunction with ...
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What is the subject of "venit" in this sentence from Naufragium?
Reading Naufragium by Erasmus (1523), I came across this sentence. I include the whole sentence for context, but I'm only asking about the part in bold:
Circumspicienti tandem venit in mentem de ima ...
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the kiskis and kankan debate: primary sources
There's a very famous story about how in the middle of the sixteenth century the Sorbonne University filed a legal claim to the Parlement de Paris re: the correct pronunciation of qu- in Latin, viz. ...
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What are the verb conjugation names called in Latin?
What are the terms in Latin for the Latin verb conjugations? I would like to also know the Latin for the mixed conjugation (or if preferred that known as the io sub conjugation) and any term for verbs ...
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Is it grammatically correct to attributively use nominative forms of nouns in New Latin?
There are some muscle names in New Latin that seem to be nouns as far as I can tell, such as flexor and extensor. However, according to several Wikipedia articles for these muscles, they behave as if ...
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Latin for "ground meat"
Trying to translate a cooking recipe into Latin, I stumbled upon the ingredient “ground meat” and wondered how to best render this in Latin. Since ground meat is not actually, well, ground (molita, ...
