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Geminos filios in ventre.

Plautus, Curculio: GÄ•mÄ­nōs | Ä«n vÄ“n|tre hăbÄ“|rÄ• vÄ­dÄ•|ōr fÄ«|lĭōs. I look like I’m pregnant with twins. No comment.

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2011 12 14 Muke Latin Comments (0)

About 24,800 results for ‘manure into gold’

Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura: Stercus unde facias: stramenta, lupinum, paleas, fabalia, acus, frondem iligneam, querneam. You can make manure from straw, lupin, chaff, beanstalks, husks, and boughs of oak and holm-oak. The short glosses of palea and acus both tend to be ‘chaff.’ Here, however, they are distinguished. Pliny describes the difference: Acus […]

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2011 09 17 Muke Latin Comments (0)

Abhinc – Terence

Terence, Hecyra 5.3: Nam mÄ•mi|ni abhÄ«nc | mensÄ«s | decÄ“m | fere ād | me nōc|te prÄ«|mā confÅ­ge|re anhÄ“|lantÄ“m | domÅ«m | sinÄ• co|mitÄ•, vi|ni plÄ“|nÅ«m, cum hoc ănu|lo. ————— Because I remember, about ten months ago, that he ran up to me at my house early one night, out of breath, all alone, full […]

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2010 04 14 Muke Latin Comments (0)

Regum rex regalior.

Today’s dictionary work, for acies (Cicero, Ad Atticum 10.7): Mea causa autem alia est, quod beneficio vinctus ingratus esse non possum, nec tamen in acie [me] sed Melitæ aut alio in loco simili [oppidulo] futurum puto. My case, though, is different, because I’m bound by a favor and can’t be ungrateful, but nevertheless I’m not […]

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2010 04 08 Muke Latin Comments (0)

A pox on parasites.

Plautus (Captivi 4.4): DÄ­Ä“s|pÄ­tÄ“r | tÄ“ dÄ«|qu(e), Ä’rgăsÄ­|lÄ•, pÄ“r|dānt Ä“t | vÄ“ntrÄ“m | tÅ­Å«m, părăsÄ«|tōsqu(e) ōm|nÄ«s, Ä“t | quÄ« pōs|thāc cÄ“|nām pără|sÄ«tÄ«s | dăbÄ«t. May Jupiter and the gods destroy you and your belly, Ergasilus—and all freeloaders—and whoever from now on offers dinner to freeloaders! I think I’ve gotten the hang of scanning these Plautine […]

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2008 10 08 Muke Latin Comments (0)

Haven't done one of these in a while.

Plautus (Mostellaria, 490–5). ―Ăĭt vÄ“|nÄ«ss(e) Ä«l|l(um) Ä«n sōm|nÄ«s ād | sÄ“ mōr|tŭōm. ―NÄ“mp(e) er|g(o) Ä«n sōm|nÄ«s? ―Ĭtă. |SÄ“d āus|cÅ«ltā | mŏdŏ. Ä‚Ä­t Ä«l|l(um) hōc pāc|tō sÄ­bÄ­ | dÄ«xÄ«s|sÄ• mōr|tŭōm. ―Īn sōm|nÄ«s? ―MÄ«|rÅ«m quÄ«n | vÄ­gÄ­lān|tÄ« dÄ«|cÄ•rÄ“t, qu(i) ăbhÄ«nc | sÄ“xā|gÄ«nt(a) ān|nōs ōc|cÄ«sÅ«s | fŏrÄ“t. ĪntÄ“r|d(um) Ä­nÄ“p|tÄ“ stÅ«l|tÅ­s Ä“s. | QuÄ«n tÅ« | tăcÄ“s? “He said a […]

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2008 10 06 Muke Latin Comments (0)

Scanning Plautus

Plautus (Casina 39-42): Īs sÄ“r|vōs, sÄ•d ăb|hÄ«nc ān|nōs fāc|t(um) Ä“st sÄ“|dÄ•cÄ«m, quōm cōn|spÄ­cā|tÅ«st prÄ«|mÅ­lō | crÄ•pÅ«s|cÅ­lō pÅ­Ä“l|l(am) Ä“xpō|nÄ«, ădÄ­t | Ä“xtÄ“m|pl(o) ād mÅ­lÄ­|Ä•rÄ“m, qu(æ) Ä«ll(am) Ä“x|pōnÄ“|bāt: ō|rāt, Å­t Ä•|ām dÄ“t | sÄ­bÄ­ This servant—now, this happened sixteen years ago, when he managed to see a little girl being abandoned, at first light—immediately went up to […]

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2008 08 08 Muke Latin Comments (0)