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Are there Latin angry oaths like the English “damn it!” or “for God's sake!”?
Nowadays (I guess) every language has both vulgar and non-vulgar ways to express anger, frustration and/or exasperation , in response to some nuisance. Looking e.g. at Catullus, it seems unlikely that ...
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How to translate “sexy”?
How would one translate “sexy” into Latin? In particular, I’m looking for a word or phrase that has a similar “slangy” feel to the English version.
I’ve considered a few possibilities: Catullus 10 ...