Questions tagged [politeness]
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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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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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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 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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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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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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