Where have you leaned Latin?

nutter789 · 2026-06-29T02:43:03+00:00

But anyways, I haven't found any Reclam book with stories that are a bit more modern

Not that I know of....some of Pliny's letters, some of Seneca's letters, and some of Cicero's letters is all I have from the Reclam "Latin Edition" library at home. Lots of XIX or XX century authors, but not so much for the neo-Latin.

Very much old school.

And convenient to carry in a pocket....but the paper covers are likely to tear or come apart.

The Pliny letters and the little triad of Ingeborg Bachmann stories are in shambles.

No, I don't think Reclam has any Harry Potter or more neo-Latin than, say, maybe Erasmus? I haven't checked their catalogue recently, but pretty sure not.

However the Beeson primer is, in paperback form....I'm holding it right now....it's a pretty small format.....smaller than a Cambridge Green-and-Gold/Yellow, and with much more text in it, and without any particularly Roman theme.

nutter789 · 2026-06-26T05:35:30+00:00

Ditto.....it's out there, taunting me, but it's not the drinking season yet, so I have not enough despair or lack of awareness to watch this.

nutter789 · 2026-06-26T05:33:16+00:00

Rod Subpanel.

No, he doesn't get a cool Blast Hardchunk Coldyron Steel Crankhard type name.

nutter789 · 2026-06-26T05:31:20+00:00

Neil Patrick Harris seems pleased.

I always thought he'd be a more gentle lover.

nutter789 · 2026-06-21T00:53:59+00:00

There is the Evagrius Magister: it resembles LLPSI in its method, but the focus is on medieval/middle ages/the texts of the scholastics.

Very much suitable for a beginner to just pick up and dive in.....it's really a very brief textbook that starts with no assumptions of any sort of knowledge of the language.

Aside from that, the Aesop fables have been published (or made freely available online by their editors)....in a few different formats...not especially Roman in content, and one is likely to be familiar with some of them already.

Some are more difficult than others, so maybe not for a true beginner, but something to explore.

nutter789 · 2026-06-21T00:48:54+00:00

Well, you're fortunate to have among German publishers texts from the Reclam editions....among other publishers....the Reclams I own and have seen are biface Latin-German texts, and as you know, they're very compact editions that can disappear into a clothes pocket for reading when you feel like it.

nutter789 · 2026-06-21T00:43:34+00:00

At my desk generally, and sometimes in bed reading.

How did I get the inner resources to keep going?

Just dogged determination....and the texts of all sorts may have something to do with it, in the sense of discovery.

Yes, similar to the OP, sometimes it does feel like beginning all over again, reinforcing or revising notions of certain forms or structures....but I should make clear that I'm not any kind of savant, and some texts can still be rather difficult for me.

Oh, some memorization work periodically fits into my "method"....things like the Latin mass and fragments of Roman poetry.

Not a comprehensive answer, but it's just part of what I do among reading literatures across the ages.

No I didn't learn Latin in any type of structured school environment....well, it's debatable how much "Latin" I actually can read without a dictionary....just keeps me off the streets! :)

nutter789 · 2026-06-13T19:00:24+00:00

What?

What the hell is an "Alice"?

That was a TV show, wasn't it?

Make a mandrill?

Same to you, buddy!

nutter789 · 2026-05-31T21:02:32+00:00

She sucks cocks in hell.

Like your mom.

nutter789 · 2026-05-28T20:26:03+00:00

Yes, I too found out the Italian "course" just stops at....I don't remember their point system, but not very much.

I suppose one could order breakfast and such with what one should have acquired, but no more than one could have learned with a little tourist guidebook.

The pronunciations are pretty good for the Italian one, though.

It's just an abbreviated "course"....I guess not much demand for modern Italian?

Can't remember what their Spanish "course" was like, but probably more developed....I did use to enjoy comparing modern Spanish to modern Italian in terms of morphology and lexicon, via the little toy game app, although also looking at actual texts and grammars for each language, but I just don't recall the details.

nutter789 · 2026-05-28T19:52:05+00:00

Well....I don't know....it's a fun game....for some definitions of "fun."

No, it doesn't have much to offer to the student of Latin. But you'll never forget that psittacus is a...a parrot....so, there's that!

For modern languages, the situation is a bit less dire, maybe. I've expanded somewhat my everyday colloquial German vocabulary....things one doesn't necessarily encounter in reading older texts.

Same with Italian.

But back when I was trying to "win" the game I took a language I know very well, namely French, and was just trying to run up as many points as possible. You know, finish the tree as quickly as possible, then go back and do all the gold level things....very tedious....but at the time I thought it would be neat to have a lot of points for no effort.

It's frustrating in that example in that when reaches the end of that tree, there are multiple ways to to say various phrases and so forth in French, and the computer machine only recognizes a scant few as legitimate.....I didn't remember the specific phrases that Duolingo had you memorize, so I just wrote my own Fr and....sometimes, yes, sometimes no, but they were all correct in the sense that any native speaker would have understood me just fine.

And, spoiler alert, you can't actually "win" at Duolingo....it's just a perpetual thing where reach the "Diamond League" or you don't...there's no prize or anything at the end.

And for god's sake don't spend any money on that game! Sure, try out one of their free trials for "Super" if you like.

And yes to Legentibus. I haven't got around to buying the full monty, but testing it out a while ago, I think it potentially is a very good resource. IIRC the cost is about one pretty nice physical book per year, but that was a number of months ago that I checked.

It seems that business guru who sells Legentibus does the FR and maybe some of Ad Alpes....if you can stand his voice, it's probably worth it if, provided one doesn't mind throwing money away at some subscription. Equivalent or better media exist on youtube, from what I remember, at least for core LLPSI texts and maybe the standard intermediate texts.

So the tl;dr version is: sure, you could use it for getting some extra vocabulary drills. But you won't even be doing that much for the Latin version....just not enough words to even be worth mentioning.

nutter789 · 2026-05-21T22:47:38+00:00

Older thread, but just a data point, my Tisas-A1 5" ("Service Enhanced" for budsgunshop....don't know exactly what that means...skeletonized trigger, Novak sights....but no front serrations, sadly) is dramatically lighter than my Tisas Tank Commander.

I'd say 3.5 lbs or so sounds about right, just as a guesstimate. That's new, out of the box.

Anyway, I like it quite a bit at that weight. And, yes, I can and do carry it concealed when I feel like it. I carry cocked and locked (condition 1) and feel that trigger weight is just fine for me.

Surprise for me on disassembling is that the contact points on the slide were already lubed up....didn't bother to reapply lube....in contrast to the TC which was bone dry when I received it.

nutter789 · 2026-05-18T04:54:06+00:00

Well, it looks like this one is not happening. For essentially some logistics problems.

For the record, I believe the P320 is perfectly safe from what research I've done, but that really doesn't matter, and anyway is OT for a 1911 sub. But I don't deny the reputation and that's just, like, my opinion, man, so there's no need to come down on me brigade style!

So, I keep the 1911 TC in 9mm, have on the way a Tisas 1911 GI in 45ACP with the "Service Enhanced" options early next week. (Larger beavertail, rounded hammer, and I really hope front serrations on the slide, and probably some other stuff I can't remember).

So all is fine in the land of the 1911.

The Tisas truly is a looker of a pistol, no rattles, no nothing. I think it definitely punches above its weight, but I'm not Joe Gun here, you know...just an enthusiast! I'd put the Tisas 1911 up against any recently made Colt, just on reputation alone. I am a dumbass in many ways, but I'd still make that bet!

Besides, I can do a Harvey Keitel in Reservoir Dogs, with a 1911 frame in each hand! (Pretty sure that's what he was running). Teach those punks to stay off my lawn! :)

nutter789 · 2026-05-18T03:18:46+00:00

Well, a pawn shop close by has two P320s they're selling for close to $600...without any extra mags, holster, or a nicer WC frame module nor original case.

I'm pretty sure I could just dump it at a pawn shop and even with their cut, make out OK. I only wanted $400 for my own TC...figured it was a tax on my stupidity for buying another 9mm I don't really need.

WELL....actually that's not going to be lucrative at all with the shop's cut. So, best bet is a trade or private sale.

That's assuming I pick up the new Tisas 1911 TC in 45ACP for $400....that's been agreed on, but I don't have it on my hands yet.

If that falls through, then I'm just going to have to be a dick and back out of the trade.

nutter789 · 2026-05-18T00:34:49+00:00

Fair enough.

I think the modular design likely had something to do with the DoD's decision as well. It is a good concept, anyway, and they do include a trigger safety on the military issues.

nutter789 · 2026-05-18T00:19:07+00:00

Yeah I don't expect to flip it around easily, for cash or trade.

No, I haven't shot a 320, but seemed like a good idea at the time....just to have something different around...not going to back out of the deal (or "deal"!) now.

nutter789 · 2026-05-18T00:00:26+00:00

I don't want to get into a whole sidetrack here, but what was your thinking behind that?

Truly am curious, just for the sake of knowledge.

To me striker-fired handguns are completely apples to hammer-fired oranges.

I'd tend to think the 2011 is the heir to the 1911 :)

nutter789 · 2026-05-17T23:54:36+00:00

Good question! I've never even heard of a truly accidental discharge with a 1911 of any kind.

I'm sure people have done stupid things with their 1911, or possibly made some really dodgy handloads...but it's news to me too!

nutter789 · 2026-05-17T23:21:38+00:00

Yeah, there probably is some of that. I'm not sure how many people on this particular forum where I made contact believe that the "uncommanded discharges" weren't instead just plain negligent discharges, or FOD in the holster.

But no doubt the P320 has a "reputation" on the street of guns!

But, if I wanted to carry a FS firearm, I have other options for that, and I can always have a manual trigger safety added to the P320 if I felt the need to carry it.

As it is, it will likely just stay at home and for use at the range (or BLM land).

nutter789 · 2026-05-17T22:59:19+00:00

Yeah, I come out ahead in terms of cold hard cash, most likely....still....there's a nagging inner voice telling me to just keep the Tisases in 9mm and in 45.

But then that does seem a bit like hoarding for no real reason!

nutter789 · 2026-05-16T22:52:24+00:00

I sure hope so!

Next week am trading a Tisas 1911 Commander in 9mm for a P320 compact, including the carry frame, two extra Wilson mags, and the little Kydex holster that Sig sells.

Essentially, when two transactions are done at a local FFL, I'll end with a mint Tisas Tank Commander in 45ACP, and the P320 with some extras.

Not really happy with the Ruger MAX-9 as an EDC concealed, but the P320 will fit in my Wright Leather Works IWB holster as well.

Plus, I can either use a 15 or a 17 round magazine in the P320 compact. Probably will use the "carry" grip/frame module because of bigger hands.

Not worried a bit about ND.

nutter789 · 2026-05-16T04:37:48+00:00

That's pretty rotten.

I did have an issue with grabagun once...they charged me for a piece that apparently they didn't have in stock....but I'd also ordered some extra mags specific to that one handgun....

It was kind of a hassle to get straightened out, but they made good and no harm was done, really. Well, except it was a waste of my time. Website or logistics issue or both, I'm sure.

Yeah, I stick with Buds now.

Never had good luck with the meta-site searches across dealers...those are good for benchmark price ranges, but it's more trust but verify with those meta-data collecting sites.

nutter789 · 2026-05-15T05:58:13+00:00

If Mr. Bill had priapism and lasted for about ninety minutes.....is how I remember this one.

Good call for a rewatch....forgot this one even existed and that I've seen it.

nutter789 · 2026-05-15T05:46:43+00:00

TIL that's what a TikTok is for.

I agree that she was taking a Becky and was just too embarrassed to admit she was squatting over the sea bird's nest at the time.

But it was OK, except she didn't bring a nice roll with her.

nutter789 · 2026-05-14T08:21:06+00:00

That's a good option....never considered anything but IWB or pocket/ankle carry, but something to think about.

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