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reading a letter that pliny wrote to his wife calpurnia while she was away from home and on its face it's very sweet (he talks about walking to her room out of habit and then remembering she's not there and how he feels like he's a jilted lover) but also it's extremely funny to imagine a guy getting paraclausithyron'd in his own house

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Wiktionary wrapped. that's it, that's what I need.

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now live - libellus: a classics tumblr zine in aid of operation olive branch: available here

get your ancient greek and roman fix from 10 of classics tumblr's blogger-scholars, all for a great cause! in this little book (or libellus, in Latin), you'll find short fiction, art, translations, and other reflections on what we love the most about the classical worlds. each download includes a digital copy of the 32-page zine, with contributions by: @est-pulcher, @poeticsoup, @plasmapop, @quidam-sirenae, @hortensius, @en-theos, @literalliterature, @strugglingclassicist, @sidelys, and more! featuring the beautiful editorial design stylings of @hhorror-vacuii!

all proceeds go to operation olive branch, a grassroots organization that collates and amplifies fundraisers for gazans in need. oob also collaborates with palestinian community partners in direct aid initiatives, such as the construction of a humanitarian encampment in gaza to provide food, shelter, water, medical treatment, electricity, wifi, and other necessities to 300 individuals. funds from this zine will be donated specifically to support this encampment initiative, which you can read more about here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/operationolivebranch.

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How do we know/guess how Latin was pronounced?

I can't find the post where I talked about this before, but basically there are two ways.

1) Because Latin transitioned from a living language (in the Roman Empire) to the language of scholars and clerics (in the Middle Ages) without a gap, the pronunciation was passed down from teacher to student. It almost definitely shifted a bit over time though, due to human error and the lack of recording devices. This handed-down version is called Ecclesiastical Pronunciation.

2) In the early 20th century (iirc) scholars attempted to compensate for shifting pronunciation by reconstructing how Latin might have been pronounced in Ancient Rome. The version they came up with is called Classical Pronunciation.

There are valid reasons for choosing either pronunciation, and you'll meet latinists hotly in favour of each. 😜

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nonne cognōvistī dictiōnem Anglicam verbō 'buffalo' factam?

'sē ēdet, sed et sedet'

estne hoc aliquid?

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Sentiō altam tristitiam, vacuus sum. Circumvēnior ā malibus, incolens inter crūdēlēs. Haud credō hoc iterum actum. Ōrō libertātēs omnium permānsūrās, et

mīrāculō quōdam vivamus et melius crēscamus. Contra omnia, credō nobis

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Such an amazing program! Ditto for Thesaurus Linguae Latinae and Lewis & Short 'A Latin Dictionary'

dear whoever created william whitaker’s words (now known as latin-words.com),

I love you

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We're doing Plautus' comedy "Menaechmi" in my Latin class, and we will probably do a rappresentation of it, and, I'm in charge of the changes in the script, (to make it more 2024-ish) and I'm so happyyyyyy

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I'm not crazy, right? this is an awful translation? am I missing context Why is this still being propagated??

There are so many tags being like 'wow that does sound cool' or 'i want to get this tattooed' dī bonī...NŌLĪTE!!!

@volumina-vetustiora weigh-in?

do it scared do it weird do it alone. holy trinity

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Since people were mentioning Latin pronunciation in my notes, I feel the need to proclaim

❗❗❗THIS IS A CALABRESE PRONUNCIATION BLOG❗❗❗

I just think the [ɪ] sounds wrong and yes this is a personal opinion/hot take of sorts but I will defend it!

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intuēns īnfantem puerum meum: mm, ita...faba

amāns uxor: quid?

tenēns corpus eius parvum rotundum: eum nōminā faba

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WikiHow to the rescue with an insane way to practice Latin vocabulary:

'Ah unfortunately I have to care for my infans today'

'David was a real scelestus today'

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obsessed with the fucked up drawings from my latin textbook

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reblog if you wear glasses. too many mutuals don't know they have glasses wearers in their midsts

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I really hate when stuff like this happens, totally throwing away trust for something easy and meaningless

it's hard to choose of course, but I think my least favourite casual use of ai art is for "illustrative purposes", particularly when talking about history

like let me use the lies machine to teach people facts, it definitely won't sway their perception of the past even further in the direction of the most prevalent misconceptions and stereotypes

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Here's the long-promised Latin resources masterpost! Resource recs are always appreciated and I'll try to update this post from time to time. :)

Study and fluency tips, plus my review of a few different Latin textbooks here

Free online resources here

Suggestions for if you've studied Latin in the past and want to brush up/re-learn here

Tips for expanding vocabulary here

Links for Latin literature and suggestions on which works to start with here

Salvete!