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How do you write dates in Latin?
I have read a little about the history of the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Julius Caesar introduced the twelve-month Julian calendar in 46 BC, and Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian ...
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How to express a time exactly on the hour?
I would like to express the following times in Latin:
"at four o'clock sharp"
"every hour, on the hour"
I want to emphasize that the event takes place exactly on the hour.
My dictionaries do not ...
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How to phrase "it took two hours"?
In English or Finnish I can express the time it took to complete something in two ways, but in Latin only one:
E: "I did it in two hours."
F: "Tein sen kahdessa tunnissa."
L: Duabus horis id perfeci.
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What is "old" in the age of a wine?
If I were to say "this man is 40 years old" in Latin, I would say hic vir 40 annos natus est.
That is, I would use the participle natus instead of any adjective meaning "old", and it is my impression ...
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Spatial equivalent to extemporalis/intempestivus?
The term extemporalis refers unusual events in time, such as an exceptional snowstorm in spring time. I was wondering if there is an equivalent term which refers, not to a temporal aspect of an ...
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How to distinguish Julian and Gregorian calendars in Latin?
In some contexts it is important to express whether a given date (for example October 25 and November 7 in 1917) is according to the Julian or the Gregorian calendar.
Are there established Latin ...
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Times at the end of daylight saving
I had to wake up before 3 am this morning (on a Sunday!), and I had to worry about the start of daylight saving time.
(It always starts on the last Sunday of March in Europe. Other areas have other ...
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