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@AntigoneJournal4 Dec 2023
You have three hours to say something intelligent about one of these massive topics, including the Mediterranean, how history should be written, what political points Plato would argue with Lenin about, and the United Nations. Oh, and you have to write your essay in Latin:
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λειόγλωσσος, ον (leioglōssos) —smooth-tongued, i.e. flattering
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Latinists, can you tell me why 'pater familias' is often taken as a single word, when this presumably could not be determined from space-less manuscripts?
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φρύγανον [ῡ], τό (phryganon) —dry stick; mostly in plural, firewood
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καββαλικός, ή, όν (kabbalikos) [Spartan for καταβλητικός] —'good at throwing,' said of wrestlers —metaphorical, more ready to trip up oneʼs neighbour
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καββαλικός, ή, όν (kabbalikos) [Spartan for καταβλητικός] —'good at throwing,' said of wrestlers —metaphorical, more ready to trip up oneʼs neighbour
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καθαρουργός, ὁ (katharourgos) —baker of fine bread
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καθαρουργός, ὁ (katharourgos) —baker of fine bread
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δυσάγγελος, ον (dysanggelos) —messenger of ill
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γαλακτοφάγος, ον (galaktophagos) —'milk-fed,' said of men
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πωγωνοτροφέω (pōgōnotropheō) —let the beard grow
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νωδογέρων, οντος, ὁ (nōdogerōn) —toothless old man
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νωδογέρων, οντος, ὁ (nōdogerōn) —toothless old man
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νωτοπλήξ, ῆγος, ὁ, ἡ (nōtoplēks) —'with scourged back,' said of slaves
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βαθυγένειος, ον (bathygeneios) —with deep, full beard
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κωρυκοβολία, ἡ (kōrykobolia) —exercise with punching-bag
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γλισχρολογέομαι (glischrologeomai) —squabble about trifles
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γνωμοτυπικός, ή, όν (gnōmotypikos) —clever at coining maxims
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Carla Hurt@FoundnAntiquity7 Nov 2023
The gap between a Latinist's level at the end of schooling and their readiness to read authentic texts has been growing with each generation (due to successive curriculum time cuts). At the same time we've been focusing on only publishing school-oriented Latin texts. 1/10
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ἡμιμόχθηρος, ον (hēmimochthēros) —half-evil, half a villain
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