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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:21 PM Original message |
People who speak/read Latin--help? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. My dear oktoberain... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Screw the translation; that's a damn nice turn of phrase in English; |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Well it's not done yet--I only have just a little |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. amazing work! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. As I said, I'm not big on poetry...but I LIKE that. I like it a lot. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Thank you Redstone. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Vel Deus wept. Vel Deus. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Apparently it couldn't find a translation for "wept" |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "Wept" = "flevit," for 3rd person sing. perfect. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I think a form of lacrimo would be better |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Eh, perhaps. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It really depends on intensity I think. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. HAHA. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Found it! |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. "flevit" is "wept" in the 3rd perfect singular, I think. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thank you! |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, "vel" is also a conjunction. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I really should take Latin myself |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm in my third year of it, and it is endlessly amusing. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. In high school, the only choices I had were |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Do so. Also, check your PM--I replied to you. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Got it! |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No problem. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Etiam is another world for 'even' in that usage. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. Mongo et Candygrammus. Et Candygrammus. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. ... |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. Incidentally, this is a great translator online, though it only works if you know how to understand |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Thanks for the great link, WIMR. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. Okay, don't get me started. |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Try this for meter and economy. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. This is all Greek to me ... |
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