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Meaning and etymology of ūrīnor and ūrīna: “to dive” comes from “pee”?

Causatives in Latin

Generic use of Italian “fare”: analogue in Latin?

What does this bit of papyrus say?

About Sappho Edmonds 89 Campbell 48

What is the “economy principle” in papyrology exactly?

Did P.Oxy. 2288 contribute in any way to our knowledge of Sappho's hymn to Aphrodite?

Two unfindable words from Sappho Edmonds 12, Edmonds' version

How are P.Oxy. numbers chosen?

A few questions about a Lobel-Page critical note

About Sappho's epigram for the little girl Aithopia: first line (manuscript tradition and experts' take), and authorship

Identifying corrupted Sappho fragment or mention of Sappho found in just-newly-found-online Spanish edition of Sappho

About Sappho Edmonds 69 Lobel-Page 54 Campbell 54: why the emendation of the participle?

About scribal abbreviations and diacritics in digitalized book titles

Two possible translations of a hymn: which is most likely right?

About l. 13 of Sappho 31 Campbell / 2 Edmonds

What is this extra source for Sappho 31 Campbell / 2 Edmonds?

Where does this (Sappho?) fragment come from

Identifying papyri

Hesychius quote: where are those words from?

Quintilian's name in Ancient Greek

ἔερθαι: valid verb form? What verb?

What are our sources for Longinus' De sublimitate?

Genitive of Sappho: Sapphonis or Sapphus?

Puzzling grammar in a Sappho line

About the “Gongyla poem”: who proposed the perfect imperative?

About P.Oxy. 1787 fr. 9

Does a form “spiritum”, second declension neuter, exist?

On what basis does Campbell put P.Oxy. 1231 fr. 12 together with fr. 15? And why does Edmonds not? And why does C read more than Grenfell and Hunt do?

Tracing mysterious line ends in a combination of Sappho fragments found in an Italian anthology