User Joonas Ilmavirta

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What is Google Translate good for?

Jul 19 '18 at 12:26 Community♦ 1

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Which online Latin dictionaries should I use and why?

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Nov 2 at 10:42 Community♦ 1

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Are there exceptions to the Latin stress rules?

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Aug 22 '17 at 17:45 Joonas Ilmavirta♦ 83.2k

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How can I study Latin on my own?

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Jun 24 at 17:54 Adam 1,876

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What's the difference between vel, aut, -ve, et cetera?

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Mar 20 '18 at 11:07 Community♦ 1

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How different were high medieval Latin dialects from different parts of Europe?

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Nov 14 '18 at 5:52 Alex B. 9,472

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Why hippopotamus instead of potamohippus?

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Sep 21 '17 at 11:19 Community♦ 1

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What are the classical names of the letters of the Latin alphabet?

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Why do ablatives of the 3rd declension sometimes end on -e, at other times on -i?

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Mar 10 '17 at 21:30 Nathaniel is protesting 10.2k

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What did Romans call their language?

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May 18 at 13:31 Community♦ 1

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

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Mar 13 '19 at 4:59 Community♦ 1

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

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Jun 20 '16 at 12:46 Community♦ 1

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Are there any complete Latin inscriptions written in boustrophedon?

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Apr 29 at 14:44 Alex B. 9,472

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What have we learned about Latin in the last century?

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Apr 24 '17 at 0:11 Cerberus♦ 15.9k

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Where to find ancient mathematics in Latin?

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Jul 16 '16 at 15:31 Matt F. 201

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What colours did different colour words mean, exactly?

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Dec 27 '16 at 13:11 Tatjana Heuser 171

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How does forem compare to essem?

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Sep 26 '17 at 7:55 Joonas Ilmavirta♦ 83.2k

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Are there dictionaries that translate profanities profanely?

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Apr 16 '16 at 16:04 Nathaniel is protesting 10.2k

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What was a language for the Romans?

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Jun 18 '17 at 10:56 Community♦ 1

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Where to find an online Latin text corpus and what can I do with it?

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May 16 '17 at 4:46 Joonas Ilmavirta♦ 83.2k

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Research or other reliable statistics about Latin proficiency today

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Sep 8 '17 at 17:18 Joonas Ilmavirta♦ 83.2k

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What is the earliest known word borrowed from Latin to Greek?

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May 4 '18 at 22:13 Jasper May 1,104

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Where does our knowledge of the ancient poetic meters come from?

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Feb 18 '19 at 9:32 Glorfindel 434

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What do animals say in classical Latin?

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Apr 19 at 12:37 Joonas Ilmavirta♦ 83.2k

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How to tell when an inscription is post-classical?

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Mar 7 '17 at 14:15 Community♦ 1

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What is the vocative of Gnaeus?

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May 10 '16 at 10:00 Joonas Ilmavirta♦ 83.2k

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How to express a time exactly on the hour?

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Jul 15 at 20:58 d_e 1,665

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How to work around the missing cases of vis?

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Where does Pliny, or any ancient author, write about a stilus plumbeus?

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Oct 18 '18 at 12:07 Penelope 7,306

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What is Google Translate good for?

Which online Latin dictionaries should I use and why?

Are there exceptions to the Latin stress rules?

How can I study Latin on my own?

What's the difference between vel, aut, -ve, et cetera?

How different were high medieval Latin dialects from different parts of Europe?

Why hippopotamus instead of potamohippus?

What are the classical names of the letters of the Latin alphabet?

Why do ablatives of the 3rd declension sometimes end on -e, at other times on -i?

What did Romans call their language?

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

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

Are there any complete Latin inscriptions written in boustrophedon?

What have we learned about Latin in the last century?

Where to find ancient mathematics in Latin?

What colours did different colour words mean, exactly?

How does forem compare to essem?

Are there dictionaries that translate profanities profanely?

What was a language for the Romans?

Where to find an online Latin text corpus and what can I do with it?

Research or other reliable statistics about Latin proficiency today

What is the earliest known word borrowed from Latin to Greek?

Where does our knowledge of the ancient poetic meters come from?

What do animals say in classical Latin?

How to tell when an inscription is post-classical?

What is the vocative of Gnaeus?

How to express a time exactly on the hour?

How to work around the missing cases of vis?

Where does Pliny, or any ancient author, write about a stilus plumbeus?

A complete family tree