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Virtus post nummos.

Horace, Epistulae 1.1.53-56: “ÅŒ cÄ«|vÄ“s, cÄ«|vÄ“s, quÇ£|rÄ“ndă pÄ•|cÅ«nĭă | prÄ«mum Ä“st; vÄ«rtÅ«s | pōst nÅ«m|mōs!” HÇ£c | JānÅ«s | sÅ«mmÅ­s ăb | Ä«mō prōdŏcÄ•t, | hÇ£c rÄ•cÄ­|nÅ«nt jÅ­vÄ•|nÄ“s dÄ«c|tātă sÄ•|nÄ“squÄ•. “Hey, citizens! Citizens! Seeking money should come first – virtue after dollars!” This is what the Janus teaches from end to end; the young and […]

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2011 12 22 Muke Latin Comments (0)

The cranes of Ibycus.

I was working with the Lexicon Universale and ran across the story of Ibycus, a Greek lyric poet, as cribbed from a Latin version of Plutarch‘s Περὶ ἀδολεσχίας (De garrulitate): Ibycus cùm in latrones incidisset iam occidendus, grues fortè supervolantes obtestatus est. Aliquanto pòst tempore, cùm iidem latrones in foro sederent, rursumque grues supervolarent, per […]

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2010 06 06 Muke Latin Comments (0)

Arrogance!

Ovid (Metamorphoses 15.871–2): Jāmqu(e) ŏpÅ­s | Ä“xÄ“|gÄ«, quōd | nÄ“c JŏvÄ­s | Ä«ră nÄ•c | Ä«gnÄ«s nÄ“c pŏtÄ•|rÄ«t fÄ“r|rÅ«m nÄ•c Ä•|dāx ăbŏ|lÄ“rÄ• vÄ•|tÅ«stās. And now I have completed a work that neither the wrath of Jupiter nor fire nor the sword nor gluttonous Time can do away with. Because just being ære perennius is underachieving. […]

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2008 10 08 Muke Latin Comments (0)

More fun with stress accent.

Horace (Epistulae 1.15): Ä€d mărÄ• | cÅ«m vÄ“|nÄ«, gÄ•nÄ•|rōs(um) Ä“t | lÄ“nÄ• rÄ•|quÄ«rō, quōd cÅ«|rās ăbÄ­g|āt, quōd | cÅ«m spÄ“ | dÄ«vÄ­tÄ• | mānÄ“t Ä«n vÄ“|nās ănÄ­|mÅ«mquÄ• mÄ•|Å«m, quōd | vÄ“rbă mÄ­|nÄ«strÄ“t, quōd mÄ“ | LÅ«cā|næ jÅ­vÄ•|nÄ“m cōm|mÄ“ndÄ•t ă|mÄ«cæ. When I go to the sea, I need a smooth [wine] with a good lineage, to […]

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2008 08 29 Muke Latin Comments (0)

'Abhinc' in Horace.

Horace, against time hallowing all things (Epistulae 2.1): ScrÄ«ptŏr ăb|hÄ«nc ān|nōs cÄ“n|tÅ«m quÄ« | dÄ“cÄ­dÄ­t, | Ä«ntÄ“r pÄ“rfÄ“c|tōs vÄ•tÄ•|rÄ“squÄ• rÄ•|fÄ“rrÄ« | dÄ“bÄ•t ăn | Ä«ntÄ“r vÄ«lÄ«s | ātquÄ• nŏ|vōs? Ä’x|clÅ«dāt | jÅ«rgĭă | fÄ«nÄ«s. The author who passed away a hundred years ago—should he be placed among the perfect and the ancient, or among the […]

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2008 06 16 Muke Latin Comments (1)