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Questions concerning Latin of the classical era, approximately 75 BCE to 300 CE
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"Furthermore, I believe our salary should be abolished"
In imitation of Cato's famous saying:
Ceterum censeo salaria nostra abroganda esse.
'Furthermore, I think that our salaries should be abolished.'
Cato's saying is often paraphrased as Carthago …
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Why do fear clauses invert the meaning of ut and ne?
The simple answer is that they don't.
Here ut and ne introduce something akin to a purpose clause:
timeo ut veniat!
Literal: 'I fear so that he may come!'
Idiomatic: 'I fear that he may not come!'
ti …
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Time as a Measure of Separation
The verb disto, distare 'stand apart, be distant, be different' may be used this way, with an accusative of extent to show how far away one is, either in time or in space:
Caesare adhuc multas hebdom …
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