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How do you translate this sentence from St. Augustine?

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127 Questions

Why did Roman authors never feel a need for word spacing?

How do you write dates in Latin?

Why is the passive participle in Matthew 10:1 rendered as active in English?

What would be a “night owl” in Latin?

Does mentula (“penis”) derive from the same root as mens (“mind”), and if so why?

How would you say “cafe” in Latin?

How do you say “perhaps” or “maybe”?

Are there any subtle differences in the greetings, “Ave” and “Salve”?

How do the verbs do and δίδωμι come from *deh₃-?

Can you place “et” inside a prepositional phrase?

What Latin word could I use to refer to a grocery store?

How do you say “notes” in Latin?

How to translate the phrase “perfacile factu esse”?

How to write a sentence with two genitives describing one noun

How is Latium pronounced?

Use of the gerund in the Vulgate bible

Are there any Latin words with sharply contrasting meanings?

What's the best way to translate “de Hercule famam acceperat”?

Did the Romans have a word for “volcano”? How did they describe Vesuvius?

Does the verb “amare” come from the babble word for “mother”?

How to translate these few lines? Met. 1.94–96

How are εὔχομαι and voveo cognates?

What's the difference between fessus and defessus?

How do you translate this sentence from St. Augustine?

Can a subjunctive verb ever be modified by οὐ? (Greek)

Do singular nouns connected by “and” require a plural verb? (Greek)

Is the perfect participle in deponent verbs active or passive in meaning?

What is the most thorough description of Hades from Greek or Latin sources?

How did “status quo” get its meaning?

How do you translate the phrase “regnum obtinuerat”?