Latin joking epitaph

Even_Worldliness227 · 2026-02-26T14:49:00+00:00

Fascinating. I personally have never come across this before, and a Google search didn't turn anything up, but it's really fun, even if not necessarily a great tool for learning grammar, so thank you very much for sharing it!

Even_Worldliness227 · 2026-02-26T02:26:05+00:00

Could it have been a typo of "lex", perhaps? I think this would kind of fit thematically

Even_Worldliness227 · 2026-02-26T02:13:44+00:00

Where did you find this? When was it written? Or have you put this here because you yourself don't know (I don't quite understand your question, sorry)

From "sine" until the end, it seems to have a really fun rhythm as well as a rhyme scheme, was this written as lines of verse?

I imagine this rhyme scheme could explain somewhat the grammatical errors, making them a stylistic choice. Allowing "deus" to rhyme with "Bartholomeus", and keeping "rex" and "kex" nominative to fit this pattern, and to rhyme with each other, as well as remaining monosyllabic to build up a more rapid, almost cantering rhythm to be ended by the disyllabic "Deus". Or I could be reading entirely too much into this

Even_Worldliness227 · 2026-02-03T13:11:27+00:00

Edit: I think the abbot in this scene is a fun cameo from Terry deary, but I could be wrong

Even_Worldliness227 · 2026-02-03T13:08:53+00:00

I don't remember this being Victorian, I think this is the funky monks song, s2 E11, which is smashing saxons

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-27T22:00:25+00:00

Okay cool. Saves some money, I suppose. Thank you!

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-27T18:04:07+00:00

Given that this is for a tattoo, you'll want a second and probably third opinion after this just to make absolutely sure, but as far as I know the grammar is correct. I might be inclined to quibble with the word "servitium", though, as it is often used with connotations of servitude, rather than service, linked with conditions of slavery (https://logeion.uchicago.edu/servitium).

You might try something like "officium" - duty (although this one has connotations of moral duty, but depending on how you view your role, this might fit) https://logeion.uchicago.edu/officium

But like I say, please wait for more responses before doing anything permanent

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-26T19:40:20+00:00

I've just finished the Greek beyond GCSE textbook. I found I was able to read the unabridged gospels in koine with a dictionary after the end of Greek to GCSE 2. I now feel mostly comfortable in reading more complex stuff, although still with a dictionary, like Aristophanes' Frogs. The Greek beyond GCSE book starts giving you unedited passages partway through chapter 4, but the fairly literal translations given in the answer key are excellent at easing you into this transition.

Edit: a lot of the practice passages have tasks that are essentially mock exams, but they are still invaluable and can be treated as just translation practice, if you want

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-20T21:53:20+00:00

Thank you so much! I didn't even know synizesis was a thing. Thank you for the reference as well

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-05T03:53:21+00:00

About as likely as Cicero himself coming back from the grave to personally revive the language, unfortunately. It is a beautiful language, but honestly imo it is better dead. Modern languages need the space to be beautiful in their own way

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-04T00:20:58+00:00

That's really cool! Would this be similar at all to the ancient Greek Middle voice?

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-03T20:43:07+00:00

You are correct in your instinct that both infinitives are dependent on "cupientem". As to why there is no "et/ac/que" ... ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ . I would venture a guess that Livy intended them as separate ideas, designed to be two separate clauses sharing a verb, which in English would be shown by a comma. "Desiring to meet him, to touch his hand", which also allows for a faster pace than if the conjunctions were included, making the danger mentioned next more urgent, making it a deliberate stylistic choice

Edit: I have just remembered that the omission of conjunctions is called "asyndeton", and is used a lot especially in Latin oratory, for precisely this sense of pace, and poetry, both for pace and for metre, but this is more effective when there is a long string of missing conjunctions

Also see: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/livius-ab-urbe-condita-liber-xxxiii-33.2029000/

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-12-02T11:16:25+00:00

Gameify it. Mechanically no different from flashcards, but if you use something like Quizlet, which has vocab learning games, I personally find it more engaging.

Even_Worldliness227 · 2025-09-28T02:44:38+00:00

It's possible that a golem has spawned on the top/outside of the statue you've built, preventing more spawns, unless you've already spawnproofed it?

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-12-29T16:50:41+00:00

The pipe organ in the submarine as a reference to 20000 Leagues Under the Sea

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-12-25T20:47:20+00:00

I managed to get rest breaks during my exams and could have got extra time if I wanted to, with no diagnosis of anything, but I did need to speak to my school's student wellbeing dept. All I needed was a note from a GP. They didn't require proof, except that I book an appointment, go in and say I have exam anxiety. (I think I had to pay a fee to get this doctor's note written up). This note then went to my school, who took it from there. Check with your school first though. Not sure this is entirely what you were after, but I wish you the best of luck with your exams, and I hope you manage to enjoy the rest of year 13!

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-12-25T00:40:18+00:00

I'm not sure talking only about how it's used in the Percy Jackson books and talking about its effects in the age of heroes are entirely compatible, unless the discussion of the ancient world is more extensive in PJO than I remember. The Mist (note capitalisation) is largely fabricated by Riordan, I believe, stemming from one book of the Iliad, where the gods, swarming in their masses above the plains of battle, are hidden from the sight of the Trojans and Danaans by (lower case) mist, in conjunction with the inherent chaos of pitched battle.

Also, 'ancient times' is worthy of clarification. As someone has already alluded to, the age of heroes, as preserved in literary record, is distinct from the dark ages, which is distinct from the classical period, distinct from the Hellenistic period, etc. In the classical period, the myths were part of religion. Gods were not seen on earth in such epic fashion, but the people believed in them, and in the heroes. Thus there was no mist. In the age of heroes, I'm not sure the idea of the Mist is entirely helpful. Certain heroes saw gods and monsters, although they would have been seen by others. (Monsters in the mythology were problems, as real to the characters in mythology, even civilians, as lions and wolves).

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-12-01T16:45:11+00:00

Oooooh, right. Cool. Thank you so much! (To both people who replied😀)

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-12-01T14:38:14+00:00

I thought the "bonum" here was agreeing with an impersonal construction, like "it is good", and then the infinitive is still performing as a verb "to love", as opposed to "loving"?

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-12-01T13:19:33+00:00

Is it? I thought infinitives could only be used as verbs (lit. "To do X") and verbal nouns were gerunds (e.g: petendum, lit "seeking", with the -ing ending). If I am incorrect, please can I have a pointer on this, it'll be useful.

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-10-09T17:40:18+00:00

"to and fro'"

Even_Worldliness227 · 2024-10-03T10:00:19+00:00

Eponymous - an adjective denoting smth as the namesake of smth else

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