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Would a cat be considered a "bestia"?
Going off the L&S entry for bestia, I think the answer is more subtle than "yes" or "no." Bestia can signify different things in different contexts.
More generic sense
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What is the meaning of audio?
It's worth noting, first, that the phrase audire missam goes back at least as far as St. Ambrose (AD c. 339-397).
Moneo etiam ut qui juxta Ecclesiam est, et occurrere potest, quotidie audiat missam. (...
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What is the meaning of audio?
From the examples I have read the fundamental meaning of audio is to hear. For example:
qui audiunt audita dicunt, qui uident plane sciunt (Those who hear say things which are heard, those who see ...
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Would a cat be considered a "bestia"?
Yes, a cat (feles or faelis) is a bestia. For example:
(walls of enclosures should be high) ...ne faelis aut maelis aliave quae bestia introire possit ("...so that the cat, the marten or other ...
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How can I express "to make a wish"?
The existing suggestions are probably better, but there is yet another option optare votis with several hits:
stulte, quid haec frustra votis puerilibus optas (Ov.Tr.3.8.11) [Fool! why pray in vain ...
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How would you properly translate "of the Gods" into Latin?
One other way is simply deum, which you can see in formulaic phrases like deum hominumque.
You can also find the archaic spellings divom/divum, such as in Vergil's ast ego, quae divom incedo regina.
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How would you properly translate "of the Gods" into Latin?
The answer depends on the genders of the gods.
Latin has three grammatical genders — masculine, feminine, and neuter — and some words have different forms for different genders.
If the group of gods ...
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