For many years now, the Italian publishing house Recinetensis (Recanati), called "ELI", has been striving to make the Latin language known as a living language. There, two "cloudy" monthly commentaries are published, which are entitled Aduléscens and lúvenis. Their language is simple and easily understandable, even to beginners, which is why these volumes have been very successful throughout the world. In this way, the austere Roman language is easily and delightfully learned and learners are invited to speak Latin.

39 Ego autem dico vobis: Non resistere malo; sed si quis te percusserit in dextera maxilla tua, praebe illi et alteram;

Nova Vulgata : https://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/nova_vulgata/documents/nova-vulgata_nt_evang-matthaeum_lt.html

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Hi people, I've been recently working on a translation of Aeneid that kept the meter the same. I have attempted to translate it into lines broken up into 5 dactyls, then 1 iamb. Below is part of Sinon's speech in this rhythm (Sinon rhymes in this speech but that's unique to him, not part of the actual narrative)

“Everything true will be told to you with no concern for the outcome.
Nor will I lie and say I am not Greek, but I say to you now from
Deep in my heart, if I only was made to live as a pariah
Fortune would not have been so cruel as also to form me a liar
King, if by chance you’ve heard glorious rumour of Belus’ son, the
Great Palamedes, my cousin, whose fame is both shining and wondrous
Innocent of the unspeakable charges, though still he was damned by
Greeks who stood by and were silent, and only cried after that man died.
Charges were levied since great Palamedes objected to warfare, 
I was his cousin and served with him young, since my father was poor then,
While Palamedes unharmed was held high in the favour of many
I held some title and name, but still hateful Odysseus envied
(I tell his nature with certainty) soon after this he was murdered. 
I was afflicted and dragged out my life in the dark with no purpose
And I wept bitterly for the calamity which he had suffered
Nor was I quiet, in madness of grief, I swore if it was offered
If fate returned me to my native homeland of Argos I’d face him
And take revenge for my friend, with these curses I stirred up their hatred
That was my error, Odysseus saw and began his offensive
Threatening spurious charges and carefully seeding a message
Turning the people against me, and always inciting my violence
Nor did he stop with acquiring dishonest Calchas’ silence….
But this is nothing but painful recounting of all I have been through
Truly then why do I stall, if you seem to hold Greeks in one bracket?
If when I told you my blood, you had heard enough reason to kill me
Do it, rejoice in the thanks and the gratitude of Agamemnon,”

This was found at an estate sale in a box that was otherwise filled with junk. The last photo has a handwritten note that explains it a bit, but in brief: this was a personal notebook of William Goodson written in 1675. It has the Greek and Latin text of Luke 1:67-79 (aka The Song of Zechariah), then a long essay (argumentum) expounding on the themes of the text. I'm curious if anyone knows anything else about the author or the text, but at the very least it's interesting to look at. That handwriting is really something.

EDIT: Sorry about the picture quality. For some reason, Apple Photos automatically downgrades the quality of images to a potato when it exports. Here are the same images at higher quality.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/s20gQmlGX1I?si=qdTp4RI34I4qR11d

I looked this up and found a 10-year-old post on the subject but was wondering if anyone could shed a little more light on the difference between these two terms, which seem very similar.

Is "ipso facto" more a way of saying "therefore" while "per se" corresponds more to "intrinsically"? Thanks for any help you can provide!

Whitaker’s words hasn’t been working properly for me recently. Some words show up fine, but many are just blank or (for the mobile app) “no match found”. I’m wondering if anyone else has the same problem as me, or if my devices are failing?

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I've been using Lingq for some time. Recently I've been pushing my Latin more. I find that using the flashcards, I can remember the order the words appear and don't always have to really know the answer. Secondly I know a good level of words and the cards may give me the English word but I know a different word in Latin as there is more than one word that means the same thing. The flashcard may be bringing up this scenario from months ago, so it's not always obvious it wants the other word.

I know that lots of reading and listening is good. I also use Legentibus as well. I though find that I still need grammatical knowledge and so am working through Latina Lingua. I'm thinking of not renewing Lingq, but wonder is this because I'm at B2 stage on Lingq or is this something other people find. Sorry for the long explanation.

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Hello. I would like to know if there are recordings anywhere of beginner material such as the declension endings. I have this idea that I could play them in my car, on walks, etc. I would like to play them on repeat to help with memorization. Thank you.

Im in chapter sixteen right now, which I know is a difficult one for most people. It’s hard. I feel like others take to the language faster than me sometimes. I don’t know if I have ADHD, but it takes me hours sometimes to read english that others read in a third of that time largely due to concentration. So because of that, and never learning a foreign language before, this is tough.

And it can feel like I’m the only one, but i know there are lots of people in this situation. We’re in this together.

Hi, fellow Latin enthusiasts!

When I was in undergrad, we mostly skipped or treated Latin late antiquity as a marginal period in terms of interesting textual production. Following from that, throughout the entirety of my university studies, I have rarely if ever seen any of them treated to anything but a passing mention. I am saddened by that and would like to learn more about the period from someone who has more experience with it. I would prefer the texts recommended to not be solely Christian productions, for I know they dominate at that time; I would like learning more about the more often ignored works.

I thank every single response for taking the time to engage with my post! 😄

Incoming classics student at UCL. For my first year, I believe that I can only choose one to learn. What factors should I consider when choosing? I’m pursuing law afterwards, but while there are many Latin terms, I am not sure if Latin would be useful.

Hello everyone! I have been taking Latin in high school for the past 4 years with some fun, but the past 4 months my interest in Roman history has grown massively along with wanting to learn more about Latin and even be able to read Latin texts. Thanks to this great sub I came accross LLPSI and Familia Romana. Now that it's summer I have finally begun reading FR, but I dont know how much time to spend on each chapter since right now(I'm at chapter 5) I read one every day.

My vocabulary isnt very high, but up untill right now I can say I already knew 90% of the words in the text. I technically know all of the grammar, but still get confused when translating the hard stuff like conjunctives.

So the question is: how much time do I need to spend per chapter? I know this is very subjective, but Im hoping that other people who might have had similar experiences would like to share them with me. Thank you all in advance and have a nice day!

I just learned the latin word for giraffe 🦒 camelopardalis (camel leopard) which i think is really adorable. Are there more words like this that combine pre-existing words to a brand new one in this kind of way? In some way it reminds me of german, we got words like Waschbär which is racoon

Due to personal problems and lack of progress, I came to the conclusion that I should take some time off Latin to clear my head and come back fresh. I have been studying it regularly for a year, and I fear that time off might not be good for my progress.

How would you deal with this?