October 23rd, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Cui des videto"
"Cui des videto"
"Look at to whom you would give," "Consider to whom you give" ~ from the Monostichs of Dionysius Cato
a.d. X Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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Monday, October 23, 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
October 18th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Mutuum da!"
October 18th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Mutuum da!"
"Mutuum da!"
"Give a loan!" (literally, perhaps better translated more loosely, as in the Loeb's "Be willing to lend!"
a.d. XV Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
October 11th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Familiam cura!"
October 11th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Familiam cura!"
"Familiam cura!"
"Care for your household!" It is fair, I think, to translate this by the modern cognate (:Care for your family!"), but the Latin familia was much broader than the English "family" - it really translates more accurately as "household." From the Monostichs of Dionysius Cato
a.d. V Idus Octobres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
Sunday, October 1, 2023
October 1st, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Rem tuam custodi!"
October 1st, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Rem tuam custodi!"
"Rem tuam custodi!"
"Guard your own property," "Protect your own affair(s)," perhaps even to be rendered by the English expression, "Mind your own business!" - from the Monostichs of Cato
Kalendis Octobribus anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
Monday, July 10, 2023
July 10th, 2023 Latin of the Day - Supplica deo!
July 10th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Supplica deo!"
"Supplica deo!"
"Be humble to divinity," or simply "Pray to God" - from the Monostichs of Cato
a.d. VI Idus Quintiles anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
Monday, March 27, 2023
March 27th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Impedit ira animum, ne possit cernere verum."
March 27th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Impedit ira animum, ne possit cernere verum."
"Impedit ira animum, ne possit cernere verum."
"Anger hinders the mind, so that it is not able to discern the truth." The word impedit literally means to get in the way of the foot, to trip up. Animum, literally "soul," is often used for "mind." Verum is not "truth" in the abstract, but more literally "a true thing," "that which is true."
~ Dionysius Cato (The Distichs of Cato)
a.d. VI Kalendas Apriles anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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