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Is "history" a male-biased word ("his+story")?

answered Mar 11, 2019 at 18:43

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What gender should a predicate adjective be to agree with a series of things with different genders?

agreement predicate gender adjective classical-latin

answered Feb 23, 2016 at 18:54

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Why hippopotamus instead of potamohippus?

vocabulary greek animals etymology scientific-names

answered Nov 10, 2016 at 20:53

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What is Google Translate good for?

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answered May 11, 2017 at 3:22

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ATM in Vatican City: "Inserito scidulam quaeso ut faciundam cognoscas rationem"

vocabulary contemporary-latin grammar-identification

answered Apr 14, 2021 at 22:20

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What is the most common classical Latin word that we don't understand?

classical-latin vocabulary text-corpus old-latin

answered Jun 29, 2017 at 20:41

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Why do Latin nouns (like cena, -ae) include two forms?

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answered Dec 23, 2016 at 14:38

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What does "Vivamus vel libero perit Americae" on Hannity's new book mean?

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answered May 19, 2020 at 14:30

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What is the vocative of Gnaeus?

classical-latin declension names vocative

answered May 9, 2016 at 16:32

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Is there a way to make a sentence ironic in Latin?

nuance

answered Mar 8, 2016 at 15:27

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Are there examples of passive imperative forms of non-deponent verbs in ancient literature?

classical-latin example-request conjugation deponent-verbs

answered Jun 2, 2016 at 16:17

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Can one translate ἀθάνατος as 'living' rather than 'immortal'?

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answered Mar 31, 2020 at 16:55

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Et cetera versus et alia

english

answered May 13, 2020 at 0:17

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Did the Romans derive verbs from names?

classical-latin verbs names derivation

answered Apr 23, 2016 at 14:38

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Is there a Latin version of "Quick brown fox..."?

alphabet

answered Mar 20, 2016 at 13:19

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How does forem compare to essem?

classical-latin word-comparison conjugation esse

answered Aug 4, 2016 at 21:39

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"Tu quoque, Brutus, mi fili?" Grammar question

syntax morphology grammar-identification

answered Jun 29, 2020 at 14:01

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A Latin adjective for New York?

adjective derivation place-names

answered May 19, 2021 at 12:00

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What did Romans call their language?

classical-latin vocabulary example-request

answered Mar 9, 2016 at 19:30

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How do you say "please" in Classical Latin?

classical-latin vocabulary idiom politeness

answered Sep 22, 2016 at 21:05

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How to say "not safe for work" in Latin?

sentence-translation

answered May 25, 2018 at 13:56

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What is bullshit in Latin?

vocabulary idiom

answered Apr 1, 2020 at 17:12

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In Romans 3:22, why did Jerome prefer to use crēdunt rather than fīdunt?

vocabulary greek vulgata word-choice

answered Jan 10, 2017 at 2:25

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What did the Romans consider the "basic" form of a verb?

classical-latin verbs infinitive grammarians

answered Nov 18, 2016 at 14:31

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Quem describit Petrarca?

idiom

answered Feb 29, 2016 at 19:32

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Ante urbem conditam

classical-latin time

answered Apr 11, 2016 at 21:31

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Does any historical Latin-based sign language exist?

language-evolution history

answered Aug 17, 2016 at 20:39

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Is "Jacob" genitive in "jubilate deo jacob"?

genitive

answered Sep 8, 2020 at 11:59

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Why is suus in the accusative feminine singular in this sentence?

declension pronouns lingua-latina-per-se-illustrata

answered Dec 2, 2016 at 19:07

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How to translate "Ceteris Paribus"?

idiom latin-to-english-translation

answered Jun 26, 2017 at 22:05

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Is "history" a male-biased word ("his+story")?

What gender should a predicate adjective be to agree with a series of things with different genders?

Why hippopotamus instead of potamohippus?

What is Google Translate good for?

ATM in Vatican City: "Inserito scidulam quaeso ut faciundam cognoscas rationem"

What is the most common classical Latin word that we don't understand?

Why do Latin nouns (like cena, -ae) include two forms?

What does "Vivamus vel libero perit Americae" on Hannity's new book mean?

What is the vocative of Gnaeus?

Is there a way to make a sentence ironic in Latin?

Are there examples of passive imperative forms of non-deponent verbs in ancient literature?

Can one translate ἀθάνατος as 'living' rather than 'immortal'?

Et cetera versus et alia

Did the Romans derive verbs from names?

Is there a Latin version of "Quick brown fox..."?

How does forem compare to essem?

"Tu quoque, Brutus, mi fili?" Grammar question

A Latin adjective for New York?

What did Romans call their language?

How do you say "please" in Classical Latin?

How to say "not safe for work" in Latin?

What is bullshit in Latin?

In Romans 3:22, why did Jerome prefer to use crēdunt rather than fīdunt?

What did the Romans consider the "basic" form of a verb?

Quem describit Petrarca?

Ante urbem conditam

Does any historical Latin-based sign language exist?

Is "Jacob" genitive in "jubilate deo jacob"?

Why is suus in the accusative feminine singular in this sentence?

How to translate "Ceteris Paribus"?