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Daily Latin
by Cristo Australis
Lessons in Latin daily brought to you from antiquity.
Episodes
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Juvenal on the only nobility
Satires 3.8.20 Nōbilitās sōla est atque ūnica virtūs. Nōbilitās: nobility sōla: alone, only est: is atque: and ūnica: sole, unique virtūs: virtue, excellence Virtue is indeed the only nobility. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold…
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Virgil on success
Aeneid 5.231 … possunt, quia posse videntur. possunt: they are able quia: because posse: to be able videntur: they seem They are able because they are seen to be able Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in…
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Cicero on translation
De Optimo Genere Oratore Section 18 Quid istās potius legam quam Graecās? Quid: why istās: these (of yours) potius: rather legam: am I to read quam: than Graecās: Greek (ones) Why am I to read these rather than the Greek ones? Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the…
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Horace on inherited guilt
Odes Book 1 Poem 2.21 … audiet pugnās vitiō parentum rāra iuventūs. audiet: will hear pugnās: battles, fights vitiō: through the fault (of) parentum: ancestors, forebears rāra: scant, thinned, diminished iuventūs: youth … by the fault of his forebears, the diminished youth will hear of the…
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Seneca on reason
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales Letter 76. 9 - 10 Quid in homine proprium? Ratiō. Quid: what in: in homine: man proprium: characteristic Ratiō: reason What is characteristic of man? Reason. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for...
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Virgil on painful memories
Aeneid, 2.12 Quamquam animus meminisse horret, luctūque refugit, incipiam. Quamquam: although animus: mind, spirit meminisse: to remember horret: shudders luctū: with or from grief -que: and refugit: recoils incipiam: I shall begin Though the mind shudders to remember, and recoils from grief, I...
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The Distacha Catonis on conscience
Liber I.17 Cōnscius ipse sibi dē sē putat omnia dīcī. Cōnscius: one who is aware ipse: himself (nom.) sibi: to himself (dat. sg.) dē: about sē: himself (abl. sg.) putat: he thinks omnia: all things dīcī: to be said Someone conscious of his own wrongdoing thinks all things to be said concern...
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Horace on the poets
Ep 2.1.117 Scrībimus indoctī doctīque poēmata passim. Scrībimus: we write indoctī: the unlearned doctīque: and the learned poēmata: poems passim: everywhere We write poems everywhere, the unlearned and the learned alike. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings…
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Cicero on the wise
Academica 1.16 … ipse sē nihil scīre id ūnum sciat … ipse: he himself (nom.) sē: himself (acc.) nihil: nothing scīre: to know id: this ūnum: one sciat: should know … he should know this alone, that he himself knows nothing … Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings...
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Seneca on leisure
Ep. 82.3 Ōtium sine litterīs mors est et hominis vīvī sepultūra Ōtium: leisure Sine: without Litterīs: letters, literary learning Mors: death Est: is Et: and Hominis: of a man Vīvī: living Sepultūra: burial, entombment Leisure without learning is death and the entombment of a living man. Support...
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Seneca on being truly free
Ep. 26.10 Quī morī didicit, servīre dēdidicit. Quī: who Morī: to die Didicit: has learned Servīre: to serve, to be enslaved Dēdidicit: has unlearned He who has learned to die has unlearned to be enslaved. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold,...
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Martial on a life well-lived
Epigram LXX Nōn est vīvere, sed valēre vīta est Nōn: not Est: is Vīvere: to live Sed: but Valēre: to thrive, to flourish Vīta: life Est: is Not to live, but to flourish, is life. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first...
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Cicero on living well
Tusculan disputations Book 5.5 Est autem ūnus diēs bene et ex praeceptīs tuīs āctus peccantī inmortālitātī antepōnendus. Est: is autem: but, for ūnus: one diēs: day bene: well, good et: and ex: according to praeceptīs: precepts, teachings tuīs: your āctus: spent, conducted peccantī: sinning...
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Virgil on your allotted time
Aeneid 10.467 Stat sua cuique diēs, breve et inrēparābile tempus omnibus est vītae. Stat: stands, stands fixed sua: his own cuique: for each diēs: day breve: short et: and inrēparābile: irrecoverable tempus: time omnibus: for all est: is vītae: of life To each his day stands fixed; brief and...
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Seneca on delay
De ira 2.22.3 Dandum semper est tempus; vēritātem diēs aperit. Dandum: must be given semper: always est: is tempus: time vēritātem: truth diēs: day aperit: opens, reveals Time must always be given, for the day reveals the truth. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the...
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Seneca on the way
The Stoics and Epicureans agree philosophy is the way. Philosophiae servias oportet, ut tibi contingat vera libertas. It is necessary that you must serve philosophy, so that you may gain true freedom. Philosophiae: to philosophy Servias: may you serve, you must serve Oportet: it is necessary Ut...
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Virgil on fated vengeance
Virgil prophesies Carthage’s avenger. Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor May someone arise, an avenger, out of our bones Exoriare: may you arise Aliquis: someone Nostris: our (abl. pl.) Ex ossibus: from (our) bones Ultor: avenger
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Ausonius on winning
Ausonius shows battles won without weapons, or anything else really. Armatam vidit Venerem Lacedaemone Pallas. “Nunc certemus,” ait, “iudice vel Paride.” Cui Venus: “Armatam tu me, temeraria, temnis, quae, quo te vici tempore, nuda fui?” Minerva saw Venus armed in Sparta. “Now let us fight,” she...
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Statius on dignity and justice
Statius on the power of dignity and justice. Vade, atra dature supplicia, extremique tamen secure sepulcri. Go, you who are destined to suffer dark punishments, yet without fear of your final tomb. Vade: Go! Atra: black, gloomy Dature: about to give, suffer Supplicia: punishments Extremi…
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Lucretius on how to live
Lucretius on how to live in the world. Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi. That if anyone should govern their life with true reason, there are great riches to a man who may live simply with a calm…
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Ovid drinks to oblivion
Ovid drinks to oblivion Aut nulla ebrietas, aut tanta sit, ut tibi curas eripiat Either no drunkenness, or let it be so great that it dispels your worries Aut … aut: either … or Nulla: no Ebrietas: drunkenness Tanta: so great, much Sit: let it be Ut: so that Tibi: for you Curas: cares, worries...
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Martial says the rich get richer
Martial says the rich get richer. Dantur opes nullis nunc nisi divitibus. Wealth is now given to no one but the rich. Dantur: are given Opes: wealth Nullis: to no one Nunc: now Nisi: except, unless Divitibus: to the rich
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Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare
Statius on the fatalism of epic warfare. Huc mecum ad manes. Come here, with me, to the spirits of the dead. Huc: to here Mecum: with me Ad: to, toward Manes: the spirits of the dead
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Seneca on success
Seneca is circumspect on success. Non est tuum, fortuna quod fecit tuum. It is not yours, what Fortune has made yours. Non est: it is not Tuum: yours Fortuna: the goddess of luck Quod: what Fecit: made Tuum: yours
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Gellius sets the stage
Gellius sets the stage for a morality tale. "In Circo Maximo," inquit, "venationis amplissimae, pugna populo dabatur." “In the Circus Maximus,” he said, “a most magnificent hunt and fight was being given to the people.” In Circo Maximo: in the Circus Maximus Inquit: he said Venationis: of a hunt...
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Aeneas makes landfall
Aeneas makes landfall in Italy having lost his father. Hic labor extremus, longarum haec meta viarum. This, our final struggle, the last of our long wanderings. Hic: this Labor: labour, effort, struggle, trial Extremus: last, final Longarum: long Haec: demonstrative pronoun referring to meta…
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Martial on the essence of wealth
Martial’s irony captures the essence of wealth. Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes. The only riches you will always have, you will have given away. Quas: relative pronoun referring to opes Dederis: you will have given Solas: only Semper: always Habebis: you will have Opes: wealth, riches
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Statius puts in a pin in self-help
Statius is no self-help guru. Invida Fata piis et Fors ingentibus ausis rara comes. Fate spites the righteous and Fortune rarely attends to the daring. Invida: jealous, spiteful Fata: fates, destinies Piis: to the righteous, dutiful Et: and Fors: Fortune Ingentibus: mighty, vast Ausis: daring...
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Seneca's secret of contentment
Seneca’s secret to be content. Nisi sapienti sua non placent Unless to the wise person, his own things are not pleasing Or more idiomatically: The wise alone are content with what is theirs Nisi: unless Sapienti: to the wise man/woman/person Sua: his own things Non placent: are not pleasing
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Virgil on the universality of sorrow
Virgil, on the sorrow lived and seen as one wanders the world. Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. There are tears for such things, and mortal things that touch the heart. Sunt: there are Lacrimae: tears Rerum: of things, events, affairs Et: and Mentem: mind, heart Mortalia: mortal...
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Martial is not in a hurry to die famous
Why rush fame, if the price is death? Martial is in no hurry. Si post fata venit gloria, non propero. If after the fates glory comes, I am not rushing. Si: if Post fata: after the fates (i.e. after death) Venit: comes, arrives Gloria: glory Non propero: I do not hurry, I am not rushing
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Ovid says love is a battlefield
Love is a battlefield, says Ovid. Bella mihi, video, bella parantur. Wars against me, I see, wars are being prepared. Bella: wars Mihi: for me, against me Video: I see Parantur: are being prepared
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Ausonius on passion ungoverned
Ausonius plays on passion ungoverned. Nymphis quae Hylam merserunt furtim: Naides amore saevo et irrito: ephebus iste flos erit. To the nymphs who secretly drowned Hylas, the Naiads’ with savage and unfulfilled love, that young man will be a flower. Nymphis: to the nymphs Quae: who Hylam:...
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Seneca's theatre for two
One friend is a stage, for Seneca. Satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. Indeed, we are a large enough stage for one another. Satis: enough, quite Enim: for, indeed Magnum: great, large, impressive (agrees with theatrum) Alter … alteri: one … for the other (reciprocal pronouns) Theatrum:...
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Ovid on daring to love
Ovid speaks of the daring love requires. Per Styga detur, Stygias transabimus undas; sunt mihi naturae iura novanda meae. If passage be granted through the Styx, we will cross over Stygian waves; the laws of my nature must be changed Per: through Styga: Styx (accusative singular) Detur: if it be...
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Seneca walks the walk
Seneca emphasises that philosophy is to be lived Zenonem Cleanthes non expressisset, si tantummodo audisset. Cleanthes would not have imitated Zeno if he had merely heard him Zenonem: Zeno (accusative singular) Cleanthes: proper noun (nominative singular) Non: not Expressisset: would have…
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Statius on the trauma of war
Statius shows the trauma of war. Tydea consumpsi! Quanam hoc ego morte piabo? I have destroyed Tydeus! By what kind of death will I atone this? Tydea: Tydeus (the person) in the accusative singular Consumpsi: I have destroyed Quanam: by what kind of Hoc: this Ego: I Morte: death (ablative of…
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Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition
Juvenal satirises insatiable ambition. ‘Acti,’ inquit, ‘nihil est, nisi Poeno milite portas frangimus et media vexillum pono Subura.’ ‘Nothing is achieved’, he said, ‘unless we break the gates with a Carthaginian soldier and I plant the banner in the heart of Subura.’ Acti: driven, led. In…
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Martial laments Vesuvius
Martial laments Vesuvius Hic est pampineis viridis modo Vesbius umbris Here is Vesuvius, recently green with the shadows of vine leaves. Hic: this, here is (nominative singular) Est: is Papineis: with vine covered, leafy Viridis: green Umbris: with shadows Modo: recently Vesuvius: proper noun in...
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Hermes Trismegistus inquiries into the esoteric
Hermes Trismegistus seeks out the esoteric. Cupio, inquam, rerum naturam dicere: deumque cognoscere I wish, I said, to speak of the nature of things, and to know God. Cupio: I desire, wish Inquam: I said Rerum: of things Naturam: nature Dicere: to say, speak, explain Deum: God -que: and…
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Hecato goes full stoic
Hecato, via Seneca, goes full stoic. Desines timere, si sperare desieris. You will cease to fear if you have ceased to hope. Desines: you will cease Timere: to fear Si: if Sperare: to hope Desieris: you will have ceased
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Ausonius on the Spartan ethos
Ausonius recalls the Spartan ethos Mater Lacaena clipeo obarmans filium, “Cum hoc," inquit, "aut in hoc redi.” A Spartan mother, arming her son with a shield, said: “With this, or on this, return”. Mater: mother Lacaena: Spartan, Lacedaemon Clipeo: with a shield Obarmans: arming Filium: son Cum...
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Augustine condemns the slave traders
Augustine condemns the slave traders. Mercatores autem si non essent, illa non fierent. However, if there were not the merchants, those things would not happen Mercatores: merchants Autem: however Si non essent: if they were not Illa: those things Non fierent: would not happen
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Caesar dominates
Caesar dominates. Iubet arma tradi, principes produci. He orders the weapons to be handed over and the chiefs to be brought forth. Iubet: he orders Arma: the weapons Tradi: to be handed over Principes: the chiefs, leaders Produci: to be brought forth
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Obsoquens records an ancient UFO sighting
Obsoquens records an ancient UFO sighting C. Mario L. Valerio coss. Sub occasu solis orbis clipei similis ab occidente ad orientem visus perferri. C. Mario L. Valerio coss.: In the consulship of Gaius Marius and Lucius Valerius (c. 100 BCE) Under the setting of the sun, a shield-like disc was…
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Themistius on the eternal
Themistius ponders things of a timeless and higher order. Nam quae rebus mundanis excelsiora sunt, generationem non habent. For those things that are higher than worldly things, do not have an origin. Nam: for Quae: those things Rebus: things Mundanis: by, with or from worldly Excelsiora: higher,...
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Livy on battlefield rites
Livy records the rites before battle. Romani consules, priusquam educerent in aciem, immolaverunt. The Roman consuls, before they led out [their troops] into the line of battle, offered sacrifices. Romani: Roman Consules: consuls Priusquam: before Educerent: they led out In: into the Aciem: the...
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Cicero on courage
Cicero recounts the brave standing up against injustice. Agyrinenses, viri fortissimi, iudicio se passuros esse dicebant. The Agyrinenses, bravest of men, said they would submit themselves to stand trial. Agyrinenses: The Agyrinenses or the people of Agyrium Viri: men Fortissimi: bravest, most...
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Seneca gets cheerful
Seneca finds happiness where others don’t look. Honesta res est laeta paupertas. Cheerful povery is an honourable thing. Honesta: honourable Res: thing Est: is Laeta: cheerful Paupertas: poverty
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Petronius on parvenus
Petronius begins a rant on new money. Uxor, inquit, Trimalchionis, Fortunata appellatur, quae nummos modio metitur. The wife of Trimalchio, he said, is called Fortunata, who measures out coins by the bushel. Uxor: wife Inquit: he said Trimalchionis: of Trimalchio Fortunata: proper noun name…
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