PROMAN NOS & CALENADAR. Table of contents. Roman dates and numbers from living latin. Roman dates and numbers - page [1] [2] These pages are reprinted from “Reading Latin Epitaphs” and are included here only for interest.
References to “ablative” and “genitive” can safely be ignored. Dates Most dates on memorials translate as "on such-and-such a day of such-and-such a month in such-and-such a year", and so we can expect to see the ablative endings used for the days and years, and the genitive endings used for the months. So for someone who died on 6th November 1700 we would expect to read perhaps obiit sex to (die) [ablative] (mensis) Novembris [genitive] anno [ablative] 1700 - "he died on the sixth (day) of (the month of) November in the year 1700". The Latin names of the months of the year look quite familiar to us since we took the names of our own months from the Romans. Here is a list of the months. Latin Mottos, Latin Phrases, Latin Quotes and Latin Sayings. A bene placito - At one's pleasureA capite ad calcem - From head to heelA cappella - In church [style] - i.e.
Vocal music onlyA contrario - From a contrary positionA cruce salus - From the cross comes salvationA Deo et Rege - From God and the KingA fortiori - With yet stronger reasonA fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi - A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place)A mari usque ad mare - From sea to sea (Motto of Canada)A mensa et thoro - From board and bed (legal separation)A pedibus usque ad caput - From feet to headA posse ad esse - From possibility to actualityA posteriori - From what comes after. More proverbia. 4.1 Inflexion - Getting started on Classical Latin. The aim of this unit is to enable you to get started in Latin. It has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Latin before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that takes place on a classical language course. The unit will give you a taster of what is involved in the very early stages of learning Latin and will offer you the opportunity to put in some early practice.
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