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)
Hodie est...
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
NOTITIA! NOTITIA! NOTITIA!
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."
As Yoda would say, "Latin One...young, they are...but...wise."
NOTITIA! NOTITIA! NOTITIA!
Hey...look below where the slideshow from last month's Homecoming Float/Applied Knowledge Construction is. I added more photos. There is one young lady I don't recognize because she's not in any of my classes. Help me caption her properly!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
LATIN EXPRESSION
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Title of a poem, WWI, by Wilfred Owen
Quoting Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Odes iii 2.13
Title of a poem, WWI, by Wilfred Owen
Quoting Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Odes iii 2.13
Monday, November 10, 2008
LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION
Thursday, November 6, 2008
LATIN EXPRESSIONS
bona fide :: et cetera :: i.e. 'id est' :: per :: via :: vis-a-vis
These phrases are from the 'scandal' lately in the British press surrounding the 'ban' of Latin phrases in some local councils. See the following news reports and blogs:
BBCNews 3 November 2008 'Councils ban use of Latin terms'
Daily Telegraph blogs 3 November 2008 and forward 'Local council cretins ban Latin as 'elitist', pro bono publico'
These phrases are from the 'scandal' lately in the British press surrounding the 'ban' of Latin phrases in some local councils. See the following news reports and blogs:
BBCNews 3 November 2008 'Councils ban use of Latin terms'
Daily Telegraph blogs 3 November 2008 and forward 'Local council cretins ban Latin as 'elitist', pro bono publico'
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