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Quōmodo verba "in my opinion" Latīnē loquī?

In colloquial English (particularly in online discourse) the phrase "in my opinion" (often abbreviated as "imo/IMO") is quite common. I am wondering how one might express this in an idiomatic manner i …
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Idiomatic phrasing of "to the [cardinal direction] of [something]"

I am currently writing a small geography of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent (in the year 117 AD, under Emperor Trajan) in an effort to practice my composition skills. So far everything has bee …
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12 votes
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Ūtāturne linguā Latīnā aliquis adverbō «ferē» velut linguā Anglicā verbō «almost» ūtimur?

Linguā Anglicā, saepe cum multīs adverbīs atque adiectīvīs, plūrima quōrum significātiōnēs absolūtās habent (exempla sunt «always» vel «everything» vel «nothing» vel «never», et cētera), adverbō «almo …
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What is the meaning of the phrase "solitō māiōre"?

Google (and other search engines) yielded no fruitful results either, with the only meaningful information gained being the knowledge that it was likely an epigram or idiom of some kind (which was often …
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