Pons Saxeus

Quondam Abes :: Nonae Martiae

2011-03-07T06:57:00.001-08:00

sententia scribenda: Write a "CAT"-tion ("caption") in Latin for the picture above.

Keep it simple! NB: a complete Latin sentence is a verb.

You do not have to "translate" the "LOLspeak" that this kitty is using -- you may develop your own idea and humor.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem quartum Idus Februarias, MMXI

2011-02-10T13:05:00.000-08:00

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Latin IV: discussion of res gestae divi Augusti

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. cognata: word-relatives; exercise 6.1. The verb for, fare, and its many word-relatives (fans & infans; fas & nefas; fatus "fate") p. 90; libertas, libertatis; liber, liberis; liber, libri; liberi, liberorum; libra, librae).

II. Using Etymology to expand Vocabulary: The American Heritage Dictionary and Latin and Greek roots; miser ("miserus, -a, -am"), avaritia, avaritiae (seven deadly sins); BISCUIT (bis + coctus).

III. Colossus of Rhodes; St. Elmo's Fire and maritime culture; the cult of Apollo in the near East.

On the Dock for Monday: Felix et fur, p. 92 & avarus, p. 95; third conjugation verb synopsis.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem sextum Idus Februarias

2011-02-08T12:45:00.000-08:00

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. pugna p. 90; The sign of the IMPERFECT tense is "-ba" plus the personal endings.

II. Boardwork and verb synopsis: 2nd Conjugation Verbs (sedeo, sedere, sedi, seditus-a-um is our model verb) and sum, esse, fui, [futurus]

III. Felix p. 91; The sign of the PERFECT is the Perfect Stem plus the personal endings.

On the Dock for Thursday: Felix et fur, p. 92 & avarus, p. 95.

FREE Screening: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2010-11-15T18:01:00.001-08:00

Tom Holland on the Paradox of Ancient Rome

2010-11-09T16:47:00.000-08:00

Legiō XX to Visit at 412 South King Street, Leesburg VA 20175

2010-11-01T18:00:00.000-07:00

In order to demonstrate Roman armor and a Roman groma (a road or building surveying tool).

WHEN: SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2010
WHERE: Dr. Matteo's, 412 South King Street, Leesburg, VA 20175 vox mobile 703.568.8663

RSVP Dr Matteo ChrisAnn.Matteo@lcps.org

Please volunteer to bring a potluck entrée, or a potluck sidedish/salad, or a potluck dessert. MULTĀS GRATIĀS TIBI AGŌ!

Vesuvius' Rabbit Hole

2010-10-25T05:00:00.000-07:00

Golden Sponge-Stick Contest

2010-10-09T04:08:00.001-07:00

Cycling Celebration

2010-10-07T03:49:00.001-07:00

Druidry Granted Religious Status in Britain

2010-10-03T04:54:00.001-07:00

Latin Composition Contest

2010-09-28T06:06:00.000-07:00

O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics :: Why Speaking Latin Makes a Difference!

2010-09-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

Vicki Leon tells us What Day It Is...

2010-09-24T03:18:00.000-07:00

Happy Harvest moon, birthday "boy" 2,073 and counting first Roman Emperor Augustus, autumn equinox, and!! the discovery of Neptune in 1846...plus Jupiter (the planet, not the god) is cuddling up to the full moon like mad.

A Lullaby, in Modern Greek

2010-09-23T01:51:00.001-07:00

Quondam Abes :: a.d. quint. dec. Kal. Oct.

2010-09-17T13:37:00.000-07:00

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. INCIPIT. Roman Date.

II. NEGOTIUM
A. Princetoniensis = College Jersey Day. The Princeton Shield and Motto. Yale, Harvard, Brown, &.c
B. Pomegranates and fertility myths.

III. OTIUM: Roman Mysteries 1.1 (Vesuvius)

Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. INCIPIT. Roman Date.

II. NEGOTIUM
A. Princetoniensis = College Jersey Day. The Princeton Shield and Motto. Yale, Harvard, Brown, &.c
B. Friday grammar. Participles, esp perfect passive participles. Stage XXI, p. 12/E # 1, 3, 5

III. OTIUM: Roman Mysteries 1.1 (Vesuvius)

Quarta (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. INCIPIT. Princetoniensis.

II. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Joan Baez, 1971 (cover of The Band, Robbie Robertson)

II. Exegesis. "Virgil Caine," Vergil & Cain - Abel; two songs of war -- patriotism or protest? Wonderful insights, esp Zach, Jeremy, Brianna. Incantations.

III. Guided Reading at the Promethean. Aen I.1-12.

III. OTIUM. La Boheme, Pente, Building the Colosseum.

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

To be updated.

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

To be updated.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem septimum decimum Kal. Oct et ante diem sextum dec. Kal. Oct.

2010-09-16T13:24:00.000-07:00

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. PAX. What is a Peace-Out?
II. Dove Giovanni Matteo? Giovanni Matteo e a Roma!
III. Pronto! Giovanni Matteo!
IV. Roman Pantheon. Think-Pair-Share. March and Fornatora are scriptores...notes will be posted.
V. Largo Argentina. Dove i Panteone? A. Major Transportation Hub. B. Four Republican Temples. C. Assination of Julius Caesar. D. gatti communi.
VI. LOLCATS Latin prose composition.

Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. PAX. What is a Peace-Out?
II. Dove Giovanni Matteo? Giovanni Matteo e a Roma!III. Pronto! Giovanni Matteo!
IV. Roman Pantheon. Think-Pair-Share. March and Fornatora are scriptores...notes will be posted.
V. Largo Argentina. Dove i Panteone? A. Major Transportation Hub. B. Four Republican Temples. C. Assination of Julius Caesar. D. gatti communi.
VI. LOLCATS Latin prose composition.

Quarta (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. PAX. What is a Peace-Out?
II. Dove Giovanni Matteo? Giovanni Matteo e a Roma!III. Pronto! Giovanni Matteo!
IV. Largo Argentina. Dove i Panteone? A. Major Transportation Hub. B. Four Republican Temples. C. Assination of Julius Caesar. D. gatti communi.
VI. LOLCATS Latin prose composition. Contest and voting. Winner shall be announced shortly.
V. Translatio Stage 35, p. 3, l. 1.

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. Returned Cerberus (CLC I Stage I); review Latin has no articles, and verbs have tense.

II. Clarification of grading--not by percentage.

III. Friday grammar. NOMINA et VERBA. Noun declensions, 1 & 2. Boardwork with Slides; circulated 4-page chart packet of Declensions 1-3.

LEVELS I-IV on the dock for Tuesday and Thursday: continue readings in stages, prepare for Q1 Stage Examinations (see rubrics).

LOLCATS

2010-09-15T12:11:00.000-07:00

Eric W: felis est in lapis ponit. --> revise
Ben T, Steven: felis dormit super columnam.
Sam M-S: felix celat colonnam.--> revise
Michael: cachinnat magno voce felis
Jeremy: avis abfuit.
Drake: felis in columnam firma terra tollit.
Zach: felis optimus maximus.
Phoenix: felis in pedem impressam dormit.
Matt: felis commodus.
Nia: ignavus felis dormit
Lexie: fessus felis
Caitlin: in pedem.
Garrett: contraherabam.--> revise
John L.: in servarum leo nocte dormit.-- revise
Timmy: hic sedes est perrrrrrrfectum.
Noah: felis est super colonnam.
Eric B: felis e a Roma
Tanner: felis super statuam recumbit.
CJ: nemo potest videre mihi
Brianna: quis petasatus requiret? habeo colonnam
Helen: felis dormiebat in Largo Argentina.
Mariah: ille in pedem dormiens.

Venite, venite ad Latin Club: first meeting Wednesay 15 Sept

2010-09-13T17:03:00.001-07:00

Latin Club First Meeting Wednesday 15 September 8:15 a.m. 212. If for some reason Dr. Matteo is late, the Officers will call things to order. Our slate of Officers is--

Co-Consuls: Jeremy Kim & Samuel Powell (NJLHS)
Praetores: Emma Reif & Megan Snyder (NJLHS)
Tribunus: Samuel Moore-Sobel (by committee appointment)
Aedile: Kyra Brower (NJLHS)
Quaestor: CJ Capace

NJLHS means that this student was inducted into the National Junior Latin Honor Society. She or he kept an 93% average or higher for three semesters prior to our Spring Induction, plus a couple of other requirements (enrolling in Latin 4, 5 or AP for example). They can wear honors cords at graduation...but I'm not rushing them out!

If for some reason Dr. Matteo is late AND 212 is locked, the meeting can proceed on the sunny landing at the 200 x 500 intersection.

NEGOTIUM:

I. T-shirts (carry over from last year)
II. Float--we win, traditionally. We also have a left-over volcano to work with (thx Powell family!)
III. Other new ideas.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem quintum Idus Septembres et ante diem quartum Idus Septembres et ante dies quartum Idus Septembres: Ludi Romani

2010-09-10T16:15:00.000-07:00

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.
II. Libri. CLC Blue / Stored in Classroom

III. Return Dracones. 5-point Rubric; Letter Grades and County Scales.

IV. Stage XIII: Model Sentences 1.

Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.II. Libri. CLC Green / Checked Out to Students

III. 5-point Rubric; Letter Grades and County Scales.

IV. Unseen Passage, "Portia and the Three Caskets.

A. Oral Presentation ll 1-7

B. Comprehension Questions, ll 1-3

C. Translatio ll 5-7 (final sentence of the paragraph)

V. Promethean Demonstration, "Reading with Anticipation."

A. quid video? ---> what do I see? (part of speech)

B. quid habeo? ---> what do I have? (function, parsing)

C. ergo, quid exspecto? ---> therefore, what do I exspect? (structure the possibilities of a
Latin sentence)

Quarta (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. Vigiles! We have our Fire Drill!II. Return Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 6: Arachne and Minerva "Change" prompts. Guided Reading of Latin text via Alpheios and the Latin Library had to be postponed.

III. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.

IV. Libri. CLC Purple / Checked Out to Students

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. Pons Saxeus. Quid ago? (What should I do...?) Quondam Abes Demonstration. Roman Calendar Review.
II. The Macron ὁ μακρόν Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū . Semi-vowels: Y (Υ υ); I before another vowel = "J"
III. Cerberus (CLC I Stage I)
IV. Reading with Expectation.

A. quid video? ---> what do I see? (part of speech)

B. quid habeo? ---> what do I have? (function, parsing)

C. ergo, quid exspecto? ---> therefore, what do I exspect? (structure the possibilities of a
Latin sentence)

LEVELS I-IV on the dock for Monday and Tuesday: be ready for syllabi, vocabulary building, OTIUM projects, Friday Grammar/culture weekly planning.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem septimum Idus Septembres et ante diem sextum Idus Septembres

2010-09-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

ante diem septimum Idus Septembres et ante diem sextum Idus Septembres

7 Sept '10

Secunda (2nd) / Latin II

I. Ave!
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Dracones
IV. sententia scribenda

Tertia (3rd) / Latin III

I. Ave!
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Colonnae
IV. Build the Colosseum! (5 min +...this is on film)
V. sententia scribenda

Quartia (4th) / Latin IV α (alpha)

I. Ave!
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 6: Arachne and Minerva
A. Listen to Mandelbaum translation
B. Graphic Organizer (this is on videotape)
C. Semantic Clustering
IV. sententia scribenda

Quinctia (5th) / Latin V β (beta) and AP Vergil

See latinstonebridge-advanced.blogspot.com

Octavia (8th) / Latin I

I. Ave
II. Nomen mihi/sibi est...
III. Pompeii & Vesuvius
IV. Familia Caeciliana :: mirabile dictū!

ALL LEVELS on the dock: be ready for syllabi, books, rules and guidelines and reading assignments on Thursday and Friday.

Golden Sponge-Stick Fiction Competition

2010-08-29T13:36:00.000-07:00

Remembering Vesuvius

2010-08-24T07:25:00.000-07:00

North of Rome, first major discovery of an Etruscan residence

2010-06-08T03:57:00.000-07:00

Roman Origins of St. Valentine's Day

2010-02-03T07:36:00.001-08:00

VITRUVII DE ARCHITECTURA

2010-01-30T16:22:00.000-08:00

A new blog that researches the built environment of the Roman empire and its conception of world's geography.

Ancient Roman "Swiss Army Knife" at Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge UK)

2010-01-30T12:52:00.000-08:00

Codicology

2010-01-27T16:47:00.001-08:00

Undecipherable code is at last pieced together...

Hellenistic Queen's Evidence of Cat-Worship: Berenike's temple to Bastet

2010-01-23T14:25:00.000-08:00

LATIN SIGHT TRANSLATION

2010-01-19T02:45:00.000-08:00

Spotted out in the public eye -- yes, it's a bona fide "Latin Moment"!...

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

2010-01-13T09:58:00.000-08:00

Scribenda sententia in lingua latina:

Caveat Emptor for Reenactors

2010-01-11T03:54:00.000-08:00

Legio XX warns would-be legionaires about poor investments in replica Roman armor!

Bummer!

2009-12-19T13:18:00.001-08:00

Caroling cancelled for Latin Club due to 18" + of snow. Good News: no school Monday or Tuesday, either!

Carolling :: Latin Club

2009-12-18T13:42:00.000-08:00

On Saturday 19 December 2009

4 p.m.

Meet at Jenni Sherba's
43392 Deepspring Ct.
Ashburn, VA

Jenni's home number: 703.858.5287
Jenni's mobile: 703.297.0105

Check the weather AND HERE to see if SNOW cancels today's activities!

Quondam Abes Friday 11 December 2009 :: ante diem tertium Idus Decembres: Septimontium Agonalia, Sol Indiges, Ianus

2009-12-11T08:06:00.000-08:00

Incipit (see last post, DICTATIO)

I. Review packet for Stage XXII Probatio

II. Introduction Deponent Verbs, for clarification of perfect active participles (this Stage, i.e. ingressus, locutus, conspicatus, &c.)

III. NB next week's assessments:

Block 8/ Monday 14 Dec 25-point Vocabulary Quiz Stage XXII (know your genitive singulars so you can classify nouns and adjectives by declension, and for verbs, know all your principal parts)

Block 2/ Tuesday 15 Dec 25-point Vocabulary Quiz Stage XXII (know your genitive singulars so you can classify nouns and adjectives by declension, and for verbs, know all your principal parts

Block 8/ Wednesday 16 Dec 50-point Probatio Stage XXII
i. Unseen passage (comprehendio LIII.1)
ii. de lingua latina (LIII.2) participles; datives with special verbs; genitives of quantity and of description.
iii. cultura (LIII.4) Aqua Sulis and defixiones.

DICTATIO

2009-12-10T10:44:00.001-08:00

LATIN Sight Translation

2009-12-09T06:15:00.000-08:00

S.T.T.L. = sit terra tibi levis

Found inscribed in marble in Rome, another epitaph:

Tu qui perleges vivas valeas amas ameris.

Prosperpina :: Qualis est?

2009-11-19T08:17:00.000-08:00

descriptio (cum nominibus adjectivis) scribenda:

qui est? cui nomen sibi est? qualis est? estne femina una dea? estne femina mortalis?--benigna?--maesta?--severa?--mystica?

cur hoc credatis? cum duo sententiis completis explicetis.

Quondam Abes

2009-11-05T11:51:00.000-08:00

We watched the Silent Monks and captioned it in Latin.

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

2009-10-16T09:21:00.000-07:00

sententia scribenda de figura:

XXXX

Latin Sight Translation

2009-10-14T10:55:00.000-07:00

errare est humanum

semper paratus

tempus fugit (redux)

Latin Sight Translation

2009-10-06T06:08:00.000-07:00

Roma Victor!

---quoted from Maximus, Gladiator (2000)

Latin Sight Translation

2009-09-28T06:05:00.001-07:00

sic semper tyrannis

Latin Prose Composition

2009-09-24T06:01:00.000-07:00

Develop (and sketch out a design if you like) a Latin slogan for the 2009-2010 Latin Club T-shirts, after you watch this video!

Celebrating last Saturday's "Talk Like a Pirate Day"

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=51655

You can't win if you don't enter! (The winner among all levels receives a free T-shirt.)

Piracy and Pompey the Great

2009-09-19T04:24:00.000-07:00

Latin Sight Translation

2009-09-18T06:03:00.000-07:00

esse quam videre

Quondam Abes Wednesday 16 September 2009

2009-09-16T12:04:00.001-07:00

* Block 1 Latin 2
* Block 2 Latin 3
* Block 3 Latin I

2009 A Cat Odyssey

2009-09-16T02:28:00.000-07:00

Watch this clip and give the story a title in Latin.

Quondam Abes Monday 14 September 2009

2009-09-14T12:27:00.000-07:00

INCIPIT (Warm-up): See latinstonebridge.blogspot.com; record the Roman date (under HODIE EST), and read the brief note I posted; take a couple of notes in your binder/journal/compbook, noting the names of Plato, "Greater Mysteries," and other things you'd like to know more about; then, click on the title that reads "Everyday Greek and Latin." Another document will appear, It should be p 181 in a book about Plato, by Ann Michelini (on Google Books). Read that first paragraph. Discuss

I. Greek and Latin word relatives: agrapha dogmata (un-written doctrines), dogma vs. karma, telos (goal), eudaimonia (good energy, productive “vibes”). "Alpha-privitive," Latin de+ , Germanic un+ (as in "uncool").

II. Greek alphabet: Chant and visual cueing.

III. Transition Grids: POIESIS and choices (there will be handouts shortly)

IV. Get to <3<3> your Text V. CLC Text

Latin II “coniuratio” p. 7 Blue Latin III “fons sacra” p. 6 Green Latin I “Cerberus” p. 7 Red

Oral/Visual cueing of Model Sentences; written translation, of passage cited in the line above.

Valeas! Dr. Matteo

Everyday Latin and Greek

2009-09-14T08:47:00.000-07:00

From Dr. Matteo: Today 14 September, is traditionally the day the ancient Greek celebrated the Greater Mysteries. Let's look at a passage from a modern scholar who studies Plato, and break it down for word relatives.

Latin Prose Composition, Latin 2, 3 & 1

2009-09-10T02:29:00.000-07:00

Sententia scribenda in linguā latinā, quaeso:

Tempus Fugit

2009-09-08T03:30:00.000-07:00

for John Thornton

Fellow fugitive
Forgive yourself
And me thereby
Thus we can live
Whatever's left
Of time for us,
Each day a gift
We take on trust

Samuel Menashe (Poetry 2009)

It's Monday 7 Sept, Labor Day: Bored and Nothing to Do?

2009-09-07T08:41:00.001-07:00

...I can use volunteers in 301 unpacking and organizing many exciting curricular projects for Latin Club. I plan to be here at least until 3 p.m., possibly later. You can vox mobile or text me at 703.568.8663 if you want to check-in before you drop by. There will likely be FOOD involved!
Yours, Dr. Matteo

Jupiter and Saturn in the Sky and in the Post

2009-08-30T03:17:00.001-07:00

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

2009-05-20T06:32:00.000-07:00

Scribenda sententia in lingua Latina:

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-05-18T11:00:00.000-07:00

Philosophia vitae magistra.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-05-12T07:23:00.001-07:00

Mars dubius nec certa Venus.

Ovid, Amores 1.9 line 29

and, can you scan it????.....

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-05-08T06:00:00.000-07:00

vivas posthac prosperesque

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-05-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

Cicada vocalior.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-04-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hic est meus cantus.

--- Neo-Latin epigrammist,
Karlyn Dunne, SBHS 2009

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-04-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Elephantem saltare doces.

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

2009-04-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

Use indirect statement or the passive voice in captioning this photograph:

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-04-16T07:00:00.000-07:00

Stultus in tenebris ambulat.

Stultus in tenebris ambulat.

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

2009-04-14T06:00:00.000-07:00

Sententia scribenda:

Caption this in Latin...you may transliterate the present caption or make up your own!

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-03-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

Vigilo et spero.

Vigilo et spero.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-03-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

sub pallio sordido sapientia.

sub pallio sordido sapientia.

adapted from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-03-19T06:00:00.000-07:00

Homo doctus in se divitias semper habet.

Homo doctus in se divitias semper habet.

LATIN COMPOSITION

2009-03-19T04:03:00.000-07:00

Sententia Scribenda:

Caption this--using your good humor--in Latin.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-03-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

Quod dei deo, quod caesaris caesari.

Matthew 22, Mark 12, Luke 20, Latin Vulgate Bible

Quod dei deo, quod caesaris caesari.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-03-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

Quae volumus, et credimus libenter.

Julius Caesar, de bello civili Book 2

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

dominus habet oculos centum.

[LINK] dominus habet oculos centum.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-02-24T06:00:00.000-08:00

Caesar non supra grammaticos.

http://audiolatinproverbs.blogspot.com/2007/05/caesar-non-supra-grammaticos.html

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-02-20T06:00:00.000-08:00

Cum vinum intrat, exit sapientia.

Cum vinum intrat, exit sapientia.

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

2009-02-13T06:00:00.000-08:00

Scribenda sententia:

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-02-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

Ut piscis extra aquam.

Ut piscis extra aquam.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-02-09T07:00:00.000-08:00

Sapientis est mutare consilium.

Here is the essay link: http://audiolatinproverbs.blogspot.com/2007/05/sapientis-est-mutare-consilium.html

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-02-05T07:00:00.000-08:00

Poma aut matura cadunt aut immatura leguntur.

The linked file:
http://audiolatinproverbs.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html target=_blank

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-02-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

Dicunt enim non faciunt.

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-02-01T07:00:00.000-08:00

Aqua profunda est quieta.

LATIN EXPRESSIONS

2009-01-30T07:00:00.000-08:00

Inter arma fratres

See this link: http://aesopus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ning-diary-dec-19-latin

Now, write your own motto and, if you desire, design your own body art (aka tattoo).

LATIN EXPRESSIONS

2009-01-14T07:17:00.001-08:00

panem et circenses

SPQR Senatus Populusque Romanus

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

post-mortem

LATIN EXPRESSION

2009-01-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

Iane bifrons,
qui calles
iam transacta et futura:
....quod forma hominem docet
circumspectum fuisse?

from Alciatus, Emblemata 1621

Podcasting and the Classics

2009-01-06T06:28:00.000-08:00

LATIN EXPRESSION

2008-12-19T06:00:00.000-08:00

Adeste fideles
laeti triumphantes
venite venite in Bethlehem.
natum videte regem angelorum.
venite, adoremus Dominum.

John Francis Wade (teacher of Latin at Douay, c.1743)

As sung by Bing Crosby

http://www.last.fm/music/Bing+Crosby/_/Adeste+Fideles

LATIN EXPRESSION

2008-12-17T07:00:00.000-08:00

IO SATURNALIA!

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

2008-12-17T03:51:00.000-08:00

From NYTimes Potlatch Article, 16 December 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/science/16tierney.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=potlatch&st=cse

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2008-12-15T06:00:00.000-08:00

Auribus oculi fideliores sunt.

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2008-12-15T05:50:00.000-08:00

Sententia scribenda de figuram:

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2008-12-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

Nemo ante mortem beatus.

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2008-12-09T07:00:00.000-08:00

Silentium sermonis magister est.

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2008-12-08T16:13:00.001-08:00

SENTENTIAE SCRIBENDAE:

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2008-12-05T07:00:00.000-08:00

Modus operandi.

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2008-12-05T06:18:00.000-08:00

Sententiae scribendae:

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2008-12-03T06:05:00.000-08:00

Quem Iuppiter vult perdere dementat prius.

James Duport (1606-1679), Dean of Peterborough 1664 (Cathedral near Cambridge UK), in his book Homeri Gnomologia , a collection of maxims from that ancient Greek epic poet, Homer.

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2008-12-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

Open Topic Prompt: compose a slogan for the Latin Club t-shirt contest. You may discuss ideas as groups but should compose /solo/, on your own. Latin I may write in English or Latin; Latin II, Latin preferably; and Latin II, Latin only.

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2008-12-01T06:00:00.000-08:00

Laeta venire Venus, tristis abire solet.

--John Owen (Iohannes Audoenus, 1564-1622)

Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi.

On today's convergence of Jupiter, Venus and the crescent moon, see:

http://www.physorg.com/news146849510.html

LATIN III PROSE COMPOSITION

2008-12-01T05:50:00.000-08:00

Scribete omnes sententiam de illa figura:

c.f. (='confer' for refer to...) Agenda per Diem for extension as group project.

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2008-11-24T06:00:00.000-08:00

Cui [Erotioni] comparatus indecens erat pavus,
Inamabilis sciurus et frequens phoenix...

NB on the dative: The addressee is a deceased young girl named Erotion, to whom the other animals in these two lines are 'compared'.

Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis) Epigrammata 243:12-13 (V.xxxvii)

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2008-11-20T06:00:00.000-08:00

Audacem reddit felis absentia murem.

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2008-11-18T06:00:00.000-08:00

Tempus est optimus iudex.

NOTITIA! NOTITIA! NOTITIA!

2008-11-14T19:45:00.000-08:00

GOOGLE EARTH ANCIENT ROME 3D is now working at SBHS. Multas gratias vobis agemus to Latin 1, who hacked through the kudzu growing everywhere in sight and FOUND OUT HOW TO DO IT. We can now do it on Promethean.

As Yoda would say, "Latin One...young, they are...but...wise."

Pons Saxeus

Quondam Abes :: Nonae Martiae

Quondam Abes :: ante diem quartum Idus Februarias, MMXI

Quondam Abes :: ante diem sextum Idus Februarias

FREE Screening: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Tom Holland on the Paradox of Ancient Rome

Legiō XX to Visit at 412 South King Street, Leesburg VA 20175

Vesuvius' Rabbit Hole

Golden Sponge-Stick Contest

Cycling Celebration

Druidry Granted Religious Status in Britain

Latin Composition Contest

O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics :: Why Speaking Latin Makes a Difference!

Vicki Leon tells us What Day It Is...

Happy Harvest moon, birthday "boy" 2,073 and counting first Roman Emperor Augustus, autumn equinox, and!! the discovery of Neptune in 1846...plus Jupiter (the planet, not the god) is cuddling up to the full moon like mad.

A Lullaby, in Modern Greek

Quondam Abes :: a.d. quint. dec. Kal. Oct.

Quondam Abes :: ante diem septimum decimum Kal. Oct et ante diem sextum dec. Kal. Oct.

LOLCATS

Venite, venite ad Latin Club: first meeting Wednesay 15 Sept

Quondam Abes :: ante diem quintum Idus Septembres et ante diem quartum Idus Septembres et ante dies quartum Idus Septembres: Ludi Romani

Quondam Abes :: ante diem septimum Idus Septembres et ante diem sextum Idus Septembres

Golden Sponge-Stick Fiction Competition

Remembering Vesuvius

North of Rome, first major discovery of an Etruscan residence

Roman Origins of St. Valentine's Day

VITRUVII DE ARCHITECTURA

Ancient Roman "Swiss Army Knife" at Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge UK)

Codicology

Hellenistic Queen's Evidence of Cat-Worship: Berenike's temple to Bastet

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Caveat Emptor for Reenactors

Bummer!

Carolling :: Latin Club

Quondam Abes Friday 11 December 2009 :: ante diem tertium Idus Decembres: Septimontium Agonalia, Sol Indiges, Ianus

DICTATIO

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Prosperpina :: Qualis est?

Quondam Abes

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Piracy and Pompey the Great

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Quondam Abes Wednesday 16 September 2009

2009 A Cat Odyssey

Quondam Abes Monday 14 September 2009

Everyday Latin and Greek

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Tempus Fugit

Fellow fugitiveForgive yourselfAnd me therebyThus we can liveWhatever's leftOf time for us,Each day a giftWe take on trust

Samuel Menashe (Poetry 2009)

It's Monday 7 Sept, Labor Day: Bored and Nothing to Do?

Jupiter and Saturn in the Sky and in the Post

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Fellow fugitive
Forgive yourself
And me thereby
Thus we can live
Whatever's left
Of time for us,
Each day a gift
We take on trust