Questions tagged [politeness]
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How to say "in all fairness" or "to be fair" in latin?
I am very new to Latin. I was wondering how you'd say something like "in all fairness" or "to be fair" in Latin. I have been searching for the answer for hours and I couldn't find ...
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Number of adjectives in polite plural address
This question concerns using the plural vos instead of the singular tu for polite address of a single person in Latin.
This is not a classical feature but arises later.
When using this address, are ...
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Requests with 'posse'
In English and many other languages, asking "can you close the window?" is not an inquiry on the ability to close the window but rather a request to do so.
Can the (classical) Latin posse be used the ...
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How to say "please pray for me" in ecclesiastical latin?
I know that ora pro me means "pray for me", but how would I express my request politely, such as in the English equivalent "Please pray for me" ?
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How do I address an email in Latin to my Latin professor?
How do I address an email in Latin to my Latin professor? How is the greeting supposed to look?
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How to say "you are welcome"?
If someone thanks me in Latin, how should I respond?
I have been taught to reply sodes, but L&S does not seem to mention such use at all.
Did the Romans have any idiom for replying to "thank you"?
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What's the most idiomatic way to say, "thanks, you too"?
We were discussing this question in the chat room, and came up with the possibility, gratias similiter, but we are not sure whether it's idiomatic. The context is this. Let's say a co-worker says to ...
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Saying "thank you"
I have only ever been taught one Latin translation for "thank you", and it is gratias agere (conjugated in a suitable way).
I just checked in L&S that this is indeed an attested use of gratia, ...
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How would one say "Pardon me," in the sense of not understanding or hearing, in Classical Latin?
Especially when speaking a second language, I am forced to frequently say something like "Pardon me?" or "What was that?" or "Excuse me?" when I fail to understand or hear what a speaker says. I'd ...
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How do you say "please" in Classical Latin?
I'm wondering how to say "please" in Classical Latin like "please" as in "can I PLEASE have that?" or "PLEASE go away" or something like that.
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