Questions tagged [vocabulary]
This tag is for questions concerning the meaning and usage of individual words or a few words in conjunction with each other.
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Can you spell memento as mement?
I recently ordered a shirt because the design was cool and it's from a game I liked. I just got it in the mail yesterday, and when I looked further, it seems like the design says 'mement' instead of '...
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How would I say "even", as in, "Do you even [verb]"?
For example, if you have a conversation that goes like: "I'm going to drive to the gym tomorrow." "Do you even have a car?"
How would the word "even" in this context be ...
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What is the meaning of these Greek words ἵπποπείρην and ἐπεμβάτην?
Recently I have come across this short poem of Anacreon, which I give below in its totality for the sake of context:
Πῶλε Θρῃκίη, τί δή με
λοξὸν ὄμμασι βλέπουσα
νηλεῶς φεύγεις; δοκεῖς δέ
μ’ οὐδὲν ...
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Suntne viva entia quae spirant per suam pellem (et non pulmone) "animalia"?
Vocabulum "animal" venit ex "anima" quod significat "spiritus". Ergo, potestne "animal" significare viva entia quae non habent spiritum, sed spirant per suam ...
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Why does "regina" primarily mean "filia regis" and only secondarily mean a queen?
Du Cange gives this for the primary definition of regina:
Regis filia : nam is olim titulus attributus Regum filiabus. Scribit enim Suidas ex Aristotele, apud Cyprios, Regum filios ἄναϰτας appellatos,...
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How does "regina" derive from "rex"?
How does regina derive from rex?
Related question: "Are there feminine and neuter versions of 'professor'"?
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Why isn't "principix" the feminine of "princeps"?
What's the feminine version of princeps? Why isn't it "principix" (along the lines of auctor → auctrix, bellator → bellatrix, etc.)?
Related question: "Are there feminine and neuter ...
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Constructed Sentence Coherency
I've been teaching myself bits and pieces of Latin from Wiktionary and a few other free resources. I like to try and translate interesting concepts (in English) into comparatively concise Latin, ...
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How to understand "excusare Baeticis contra unum hominem advocationem"?
Pliny writes letter 1.6 to Octavius Rufus, who has asked him to appear in court against the Baetici, which he declines to do:
Etenim, sicut fas est mihi, praesertim te exigente, excusare Baeticis ...
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Why is the E in 'collega' long?
Lewis and Short inform me that collēga means "one who is chosen at the same time with another", citing Varro for collegae, qui una lecti.
If it is about choosing, then the base verb seems to ...
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Translation for "envy"
The most common sense of the word envy is
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others. (from Wiktionary)
e.g.
His new car excited their envy.
If we look for a translation for envy ...
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Did the Romans have anything artificial? Which words did they use to describe it?
I am looking for a word or set of words to describe artificial items or materials.
Maybe my shoes are made of artificial leather instead of the real thing, or maybe a crown is made of fake gold.
What ...
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What does the word "Eine" mean in Latin?
I've searched on the web and haven't found a meaning for it, Most websites assume it is a German word. I saw it on the phrase:
Eine ego ut adverser?
This phrase is from an example in the book "...
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Syntax of *heptaplomeres*
The title of a book by 16th century writer Joannes Bodinus, Colloquium heptaplomeres de rerum sublimium arcanis abditis, which Wikipedia translates as "Colloquium of the Seven about Secrets of ...
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how to say the adjectival "one-time" / "non-recurrent" in Latin
say to say "one-time expense" i.e., not-regular.
I hoped we could find a conversion of the adverb semel into an adjective.
for recurrent I thought frequens could work as well as assiduus. ...
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What is the difference between gradus and passus as a step or pace?
Gradus and passus both have multiple meanings. Passus, as in its meaning related to feet, is also described as a unit of measurement, of five Roman feet. Gradus also has distinct meanings, including ...
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How many steps in mille passus?
One definition given by Wiktionary for passus is "step". Another is "pace", which I understand to be two steps: the distance from where a single foot touches the ground at the ...
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How were those shrine niches originally called?
A recent excavation in Pompeii revealed a rather rare blue (caeruleum?) shrine. In this there are 3 niches of red color. How those are called in Latin?
(Image taken from here - pompeiisites.org)
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What are the meaning and function of -ne in superne and pone?
What are the meaning and function of -ne in superne and pone? Oxford Latin Dictionary seems to say that the senses of -ne is related to making questions, and it is hard for me to relate its senses ...
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What is the full word of clitic -ce?
Oxford Latin Dictionary says
-ce particle. Deictic particle, usu. enclitic (cf, Osc. iuc, nom. sg, f. = ea); added to demonstratives and in classical L,
reduced to -c (hic, iliic; hinc, ...
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Clean the house
A friend of mine put a reminder to clean his house before going out, in the inner-facing side of the front door. As a humorous note, he wrote it in Latin, attached to a well-known quote:
Memento mori....
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Translate phrase from Stephen King novel
In Stephen King's novel Song of Susannah, aka Dark Tower book 6, he has the phrase:
In the Kingdom of Ago, the clocks tick... but their hands never move.
I am translating this to Latin but find some ...
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ūro vs adūro in Ritchie's Fabulae faciles (Hercules, §22)
I read in Ritchie's Fabulae faciles ([Hercules, §22], macrons are mine):
(Hercules is about to attack the hydra)
Mox mōnstrum inuēnit, et quamquam rēs erat magnī perīculī, collum ēius
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Examples where a derived noun and a passive form in '-or' are unrelated
It recently occurred to me that rigor is both a noun ("stiffness") and a verb form ("I am moistened").
Are there other similar examples of pairs in Latin with a noun and a passive ...
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Having a hard time finding classical examples of eo (the verb)
I am having a hard time finding examples of the word eo (to go). For example, I searched Perseus for both it and isse in multiple plays of Plautus like Pseudolus, Menaechmi, Miles Gloriosus, and a lot ...
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Can facio be used to express visiting someone?
In Duolingo's Latin course, they have examples like the following:
Cliens patronum facit.
The answer they expect you to choose is, "the client visits the patron". Can facio be used to mean ...
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Differences between φρονεω and νοεω
What is the difference between the meaning of these two words? How is it different when I φρονεω vs when I νοεω?
So far as I understand it, νοεω is from the νους or καρδια, and φρονεω is from the φρην....
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Why is computatorium considered to be a better word than computatrum? (For the English word "computer")
I was watching a Luke Ranieri video in which he mentioned that computatrum isn't a very good word for computer, and that computatorium is much better, and that people should stop using computatrum. ...
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Introduction in Latin
I want to find the proper correlative/translation for the phrase "introduce yourself" in latin. Can you think of the phrase?
Thanks in advance.
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Reading latin texts as a beginner
I am a beginner in Latin. I don't have a lot of vocabulary. I am trying to read a book and learning the basics at the same time. With this method, I except to have a greater vocabulary. But the ...
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Incomplete word
This is in an astronomy book from 1672. I would need help please identifying the word that ends the second line and begins the third. There seems to be a misprint and a word missing its beginning but ...
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On the function of dignus
Usually, when we say Marcus dignus amictiā we mean that Marcus is entitled to or worthy of friendship. Keeping the direction but increasing volume we can say "Marcus (On account of his character) ...
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"Ghost", as in the noun
I would like to know how to say "Ghost" properly, as in I am a ghost. All I have been able to find is "Mares";"Marium";"Spectare"...etc. I would prefer if ...
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What does POSSVit mean in this latin inscription that appears in a novel?
What does POSSVit mean in this latin inscription that appears in a novel?
hi. does anyone know in machen's "great god pan" the latin inscription that is supposed to appear on a Roman ...
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What's the Difference Between αχρι and μεχρι?
This is a question about ancient Greek language. I thought this would be the best place to post the question as there are other Greek questions here and stack-exchange doesn't have a Greek forum. If ...
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How to say "relation" (as in diplomatic relation between parties)
How to term the connection between two entitles whether between countries or between individuals. How to say something like: "The relation between the brothers were once tense, but now they are ...
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Greek/Latin lexical or compositorial correspondences
I'm always intrigued by lexical correspondences and kinships and the underlying etymology (where it is not completely obvious, of course), such as between English town and German Zaun, English war and ...
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Is there any difference between "Benedicat tibi" and "Benedicat te"? Which is the correct translation for "Bless you"?
I find that the Vulgate shows "benedicat tibi Dominus" and I read online that there are posts saying "Benedicat te" as well. I have not found that "benedico" has to go ...
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"Friendless" in Latin?
I am looking for a general strategy for translating adjectives like "friendless" into Latin.
My interest is general, but for concreteness I will discuss my thoughts in light of this example.
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What is the meaning of audio?
Sometimes people use the term "hearing Mass". For example, it is used in the Six Precepts of the Church where it is a translation of the Latin "Missam audire":
To hear Mass on ...
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How would I say something along the lines of "no kicks no glory", "no kickstart no glory"
The intention is to point out that there is no glory in starting your motorcycle with electricity. Starting up your engine by kicking your kickstart is the one true and pure way. I tried to figure it ...
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Is there an antonymous phrase to dies mali?
"dismal" in English was originated from Latin dies mali ‘evil days’.
Is there an antonymous phrase to dies mali?
If yes, is there an English word originated from that?
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How to interpret "tertio" in the context of dates?
I often see dates expressed as, for example, tertio idus maias where idus is the feminine accusative plural and maias is the adjective agreeing with idus relating to the month of May. So, the question ...
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Questions on reading the prologue of Aesopus Latinus via LLPSI
Duplex libelli dos est: quod risum movet
et quod prudenti vitam consilio monet.
Calumniari si quis autem voluerit
quod arbores loquantur, non tantum ferae,
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(Line 3~6)
Dos is explained as a ...
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Why is the name of Athens (Athenae) plural?
The Latin word for Athens, Athenae, is plural. Why is this?
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Why is the Latin word for plum so close to the name of Damascus?
The Latin word for plum is damascena, and the capital of Syria is Damascus.
Are these names related? Why is Latin word for plum so close to the name of Syrian capital? Did Damascus have good plums in ...
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What does "nosse" mean?
What does nosse mean? I cannot find it in Lewis & Short. For example (Cicero, Philippicae 6.1.6):
Quam ob rem, quod quaesivit ex me P. Apuleius, homo et multis officiis mihi et summa ...
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How would you properly translate "of the Gods" into Latin?
I am trying to translate the phrase "of the gods" into Latin. Google translate says it would be deorum, however I am skeptical of the accuracy of Google translate, other sources say it is ...
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Quidquid vs quæcumque
Both quidquid and quæcumque are ways of translating English whatever or all things that [sth.], but is there any difference in meaning in that specific context?
I have a vague notion, not based in ...
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The feeling of home
I believe there is an idiom in English that says:
It feels like home
Or
something [about it] felt [somehow] like home
This means when you’re at a place where you feel comfortable and as if it was ...
