Questions tagged [grammar-choice]
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meaning of ἂν in Phaedo I.57b
I read in Phaedo (I.57b) :
(Ἐχεκράτης)
Αὐτός, ὦ Φαίδων, παρεγένου Σωκράτει ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ τὸ φάρμακον ἔπιεν ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ, ἢ ἄλλου του ἤκουσας;
(Φαίδων)
Αὐτός, ὦ Ἐχέκρατες.
(Ἐχεκράτης)
Τί οὖν ...
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Why "praemiīs mē dōnant" and not "praemia mihi donant"?
In the book pons tironum, the sentence
Convīvae quoque nōnnūllīs praemiīs mē dōnant.
differs in construction from the example in my dictionary https://gaffiot.org/46374:
alicui immortalitatem
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How do I properly state that “the time has come to be bolder”?
I am working to poetically convey that “the time has come to be bolder,” and I’ve written “tempus advenit audacius.” I am beginning to question whether a preposition belongs and whether “venit” should ...
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Is "necesse est tibi esse placidus" valid classical Latin?
Say we want to say: "you should be calm", could we use "necesse est tibi esse placidus" -- at first it sounded little odd, but on a second consideration perhaps that's fine? I was ...
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Complex Sentence Translation Help
I was trying to translate this sentence:"The favorable opinion of the hunting games makes it necessary for the earth to have been searched to find many wild beasts which are to be killed and ...
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'Modus': takes an infinitive or a genitive gerund?
I asked ChatGPT (bold face not in original):
Does this have good Latinitas?
Quam beātus modus diem incipiendī!
It replied:
The phrase "Quam beātus modus diem incipiendī!" attempts to ...
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Can the subjunctive alone form a conditional's protasis?
The usual form of a Latin indicative sentence predicated on a condition is "Si V-ind, V-ind." The "Si V-ind" is the protasis and the "V-ind" is the apodosis. There is ...
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What is the declension for nemo?
I have seen different ways to decline nemo.
Nemo neminis nemini neminem nemine (I am not including the vocative)
or
Nemo nullius nemini neminem nullo
Which one is correct? Has it changed ...
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On the function of dignus
Usually, when we say Marcus dignus amictiā we mean that Marcus is entitled to or worthy of friendship. Keeping the direction but increasing volume we can say "Marcus (On account of his character) ...
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“Flow of knowledge”
I recently created a company called Scientiflux.
It should suggest something like “Flow of knowledge”, but what would be the grammatically correct way to express this in Latin?
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Why "fiat lux" and not "sit lux"?
The Vulgate reads:
Dixitque Deus: fiat lux. Et facta est lux.
But I would have expected:
Dixitque Deus: sit lux. Et fuit lux.
This is based on scientific texts, where "let x" be is ...
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Being amazed at an adverb: subjunctive necessary?
Which is correct for "I am amazed at how fast it moves"?
Miror quam celeriter movetur.
or
Miror quam celeriter moveatur.
I'm thinking that since the movere verb is finite and subordinate ...
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Is "fatigando" a Gerund or a Gerundive in this Quote from Sallust?
Sallust, Jugurthine 3. 3-4:
"frustra autem niti neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere extremae dementiae est; nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet potentiae paucorum decus ...
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Why is this indirect command not expressed with "ut" + subjunctive?
In chapter XXVII of Lingua latina per se illustrata. Familia Romana I've learned that indirect commands are expressed with ut + subjunctive. For instance, in lines 109–110, we find
Colōnō imperat ut ...
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Haud sciō an ego ita dīxerim
In the line 84 page 264 of Lingua Latine per se illustrata, Gubernātor says
Haud sciō an ego ita dīxerim, sed pro
fectō lībertās mihi vītā cārior est. ...
The part I am interested is
Haud sciō an ...
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