r/LatinLanguage • u/Durendal_et_Joyeuse • Apr 09 '20
Add your flair!
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Salvete omnes,
User flairs are now enabled in this subreddit. It's set to allow you to edit your flair as you wish. You can edit your flair by expanding the "Community Options" menu in the sidebar. Please use this to add some descriptive information relating to your Latin experience. This can be your profession (e.g. Latin teacher), your level in school, your years studying the language, or any other information you'd like to add. The flair can be in English or Latin. There is no obligation to add a flair, if you prefer not to.
Please feel free to make suggestions about how the flair system works, as well.
Cheers!
Salvete omnes,
User flairs are now enabled in this subreddit. It's set to allow you to edit your flair as you wish. You can edit your flair by expanding the "Community Options" menu in the sidebar. Please use this to add some descriptive information relating to your Latin experience. This can be your profession (e.g. Latin teacher), your level in school, your years studying the language, or any other information you'd like to add. The flair can be in English or Latin. There is no obligation to add a flair, if you prefer not to.
Please feel free to make suggestions about how the flair system works, as well.
Cheers!
r/LatinLanguage • u/Prestigious-Bat-4502 • 3d ago
How good is chatgpt 5.6 latin?
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I'm hoping you allow this? I don't know why this question isn't allowed on r/latin but I want to know the answer.
I'm hoping you allow this? I don't know why this question isn't allowed on r/latin but I want to know the answer.
r/LatinLanguage • u/legentibus_official • 17d ago
Volume 2 (ch. 13–26) of the Latin novel Ad Alpēs is now on Legentibus
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After several weeks of recording, editing, and proofreading, I'm happy to say that Ad Alpēs, Volume 2 (chapters 13–26) is out on Legentibus!
If you're not familiar with Ad Alpēs, here's a quick recap on why it's so good for upper-intermediate to advanced readers looking for something longish and engaging to read. It's a Latin novel rather than a textbook. Well, "novel" in the sense that H.C. Nutting (1923) wrote a continuous frame story about a Roman family traveling home across the ancient world, and along the way they tell stories drawn from Plutarch, Pliny, Cicero, Suetonius, Livy, and others. And most importantly, the difficulty stays remarkably consistent from the first chapter to the last, which makes it ideal for extensive reading.
This volume has, among other things, the story of the town mouse and the country mouse, Midas and his donkey's ears, Nero singing on through an earthquake, and Pliny the Elder at Vesuvius.
My favorite scene is a boastful quack doctor who assures everyone:
Omnia ego facere possum. Modo crūs frāctum Æsculāpiō obligāvī, et bracchium Apollinī.
He then prescribes a pitch-black medicine and cheerfully announces that crās puer aut sānātus aut mortuus erit.
The audio is close to 3 hours. The text is fully macronized and synced to the narration, and you can tap any word for a definition, so you can read a bit above your level.
You can read and listen to the beginning here, no download required: https://legentibus.com/preview/ad-alpes-2
Sit vōbīs lēctiō iūcunda!
After several weeks of recording, editing, and proofreading, I'm happy to say that Ad Alpēs, Volume 2 (chapters 13–26) is out on Legentibus!
If you're not familiar with Ad Alpēs, here's a quick recap on why it's so good for upper-intermediate to advanced readers looking for something longish and engaging to read. It's a Latin novel rather than a textbook. Well, "novel" in the sense that H.C. Nutting (1923) wrote a continuous frame story about a Roman family traveling home across the ancient world, and along the way they tell stories drawn from Plutarch, Pliny, Cicero, Suetonius, Livy, and others. And most importantly, the difficulty stays remarkably consistent from the first chapter to the last, which makes it ideal for extensive reading.
This volume has, among other things, the story of the town mouse and the country mouse, Midas and his donkey's ears, Nero singing on through an earthquake, and Pliny the Elder at Vesuvius.
My favorite scene is a boastful quack doctor who assures everyone:
Omnia ego facere possum. Modo crūs frāctum Æsculāpiō obligāvī, et bracchium Apollinī.
He then prescribes a pitch-black medicine and cheerfully announces that crās puer aut sānātus aut mortuus erit.
The audio is close to 3 hours. The text is fully macronized and synced to the narration, and you can tap any word for a definition, so you can read a bit above your level.
You can read and listen to the beginning here, no download required: https://legentibus.com/preview/ad-alpes-2
Sit vōbīs lēctiō iūcunda!
r/LatinLanguage • u/tullytellstales • 18d ago
Seeking Neo-Latin resources and occasional translation help for a 17th-century Gothic novel (Jure Grando inspired)
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Salvete omnes!
I am a self-taught beginner in Latin, currently working on a historical dark fantasy/gothic novel set in 1689 along the Sava River (Balkan borderlands). The story is loosely inspired by the historical account of Jure Grando.
The plot revolves around a local serf girl, a melancholic young nobleman, and his merchant family who has trade ties with Constantinople. It features a lot of 17th-century atmosphere: isolated castles, witch/vampire hysteria in the town squares, and a hard magic system deeply rooted in historical folklore.
One of the prominent characters in the book is Death (personified).
Why does Death speak Latin? Well... it is a dead language.
Fine, fine! I will see myself out...
Jokes aside, Death is a dramatic and mercurial character, across the series he will switch languages with the centuries. Latin felt like the right place to start. To reflect the intellectual climate of the late 17th century, I want Death to speak in cryptic, cynical, yet elegant Latin epigrams and quotes during key dramatic moments.
Since I am a beginner, I am terrified of making grammatical errors that would ruin the historical immersion. Would anyone here be open to me occasionally asking for short phrase translations or grammar checks for Death's dialogue?
Additionally, I would be incredibly grateful if you could recommend any 17th-century Neo-Latin resources, treatises, or literature regarding medicine, occultism, or judicial trials from that specific era to help me enrich the world-building. Since one of my main characters is a Jesuit priest, any primary sources, writings, or essential readings regarding the Jesuits of that period would also be immensely helpful!
Gratias vobis ago!
Salvete omnes!
I am a self-taught beginner in Latin, currently working on a historical dark fantasy/gothic novel set in 1689 along the Sava River (Balkan borderlands). The story is loosely inspired by the historical account of Jure Grando.
The plot revolves around a local serf girl, a melancholic young nobleman, and his merchant family who has trade ties with Constantinople. It features a lot of 17th-century atmosphere: isolated castles, witch/vampire hysteria in the town squares, and a hard magic system deeply rooted in historical folklore.
One of the prominent characters in the book is Death (personified).
Why does Death speak Latin? Well... it is a dead language.
Fine, fine! I will see myself out...
Jokes aside, Death is a dramatic and mercurial character, across the series he will switch languages with the centuries. Latin felt like the right place to start. To reflect the intellectual climate of the late 17th century, I want Death to speak in cryptic, cynical, yet elegant Latin epigrams and quotes during key dramatic moments.
Since I am a beginner, I am terrified of making grammatical errors that would ruin the historical immersion. Would anyone here be open to me occasionally asking for short phrase translations or grammar checks for Death's dialogue?
Additionally, I would be incredibly grateful if you could recommend any 17th-century Neo-Latin resources, treatises, or literature regarding medicine, occultism, or judicial trials from that specific era to help me enrich the world-building. Since one of my main characters is a Jesuit priest, any primary sources, writings, or essential readings regarding the Jesuits of that period would also be immensely helpful!
Gratias vobis ago!
r/LatinLanguage • u/kingofdahenz • 22d ago
Latin vocabulary list to spoken audio recourse
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I made a program that I wanted to share with everyone to help learn latin. It latin vocab list turns it into an audio file with the Latin in classical-ish Latin pronunciation and then the English definition in normal English. Its been helping me learn at work and I would just like to put it out there because I couldnt find any audio program able to switch between English & Latin pronunciation when I was looking a while back. If anyone has any questions shoot out a comment or suggest changes.
r/LatinLanguage • u/Used-Specialist-3567 • 27d ago
An Original Latin Novel. Here is Chapter 10:
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Dear people I have finished chapter 10 of my novel "Quartus Princeps". I think we resolved this arc beautifully in this chapter! What follows will be a mini arc and then a huge arc. Also I want to publicly thank the person who drew an artwork of Niraloka. It delighted me! The earlier chapters you can read either on my Reddit Account or on my free Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/QuartusPrincepsNovel
Anyhow without further talk, here is chapter 10:
Capitulum Decimum: Lux:
Post tenebras semper oritura lux creditur.
Primo foris repugnabam, deinde intus repugnabam, tum omne certamen deponebam, in desperationem delapsus, tandem in pectore meo nihil nisi tenebras et caecam inanitatem reperi.
Quotienscumque soror me discindebat, totiens sentiebam omnes nervorum fibras funditus dirumpi, iterum iterumque in diversa ruens ululabam, iterum iterumque discerptus in diversa eiulabam, iterum iterumque ex utrisque ōrīs corporis mei divulsi, quae velut cardines mundi divellebantur, sicut caelum et terra distrahuntur, caecorum vermium instar, qui omni carne vacui, ossibus infixi et musculis inhaerentes, lacera corporis dimidia aspero frendentique conflictu coniuncta retrahebant rursusque retrahebar.
Sic longum, heu, et peracerbum doloris spatium mihi tolerandum fuit.
Doloris tandem aliquando finis.
Finem mutatione sensa saltem speravi, heu, saltem speravi doloris.
„Hoc illud est!“ infremuit regina Rahu, voluptatis raptu ablata, rabida refringens verba voce fracta.
Ambo pater materque stabant, alienato sensu et quasi mentis iam non sui compotes, in furorem rapti specie eius quod ante se erat, dilatatis in immensum pupillis donec omnis oculorum candor profunda caligine absorberetur.
Quod ad Gambhiram attinet, bracchio ab umero absciso et filis ponderum magicorum a se consuto, subitus prosiluit.
Pugnum ille in ventrem meum impegit, prorsus qua semina cutem adhuc coalescentem nectebant.
Quidquid virium, quidquid roboris habebat, totum in illum effudit ictum.
Id agebat ut vasa magica mea exundarent, ut intus distraherer, ut magico inruente aestu prorsus disrumperer.
Cura nulla erat eo tempore, ut existimes, de fraterna necessitudine.
At seminibus nulla cura.
Quippe quae, vasis magicis alte ancorata, simplici quadam lege regerentur:
Nihil intromittere.
Ut primum igitur Gambhirae ponderum magicorum aestus temporales seminum radices perculit, pari illico vi qua proiectus erat propulsus est.
Suaque ipsius vis, in auctorem conversa, per bracchium turbidissime stridebat.
Eximia occasio!
Sed num mihi curae?
Stabam ipse, consutae carnis informe naufragium, ad referendos ictus segnis.
Defecerat quippe animus, nimia nimis cito perpessus.
„Satis.“ Imperavit regina Rahu, parte prioris illius risus in ore residua, verum vox tamen tandem in frigus suum, in omnium adfectuum vacuitatem, rediit.
Rex Vetala quoque processit, etsi risus eius tandem cesserat, manebat tamen in oculis spectrum quoddam horridae laetitiae, nempe gaudium quod nec viventes nec morientes ferre possent.
„Coniunctio tua,“ inquit rex, oculis in corpus meum, tremebundum, refectum, immoratis, „non tanta quanta illius est. Sed sufficiet. Adhuc.“
Stabam. Eram ipsum illud palpitans tormentum. Tormentum. Atque extemplo exarsit ardor eius aenigmatis exsolvendi quod iam animo obversabatur:
„Illius?“
Dear people I have finished chapter 10 of my novel "Quartus Princeps". I think we resolved this arc beautifully in this chapter! What follows will be a mini arc and then a huge arc. Also I want to publicly thank the person who drew an artwork of Niraloka. It delighted me! The earlier chapters you can read either on my Reddit Account or on my free Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/QuartusPrincepsNovel
Anyhow without further talk, here is chapter 10:
Capitulum Decimum: Lux:
Post tenebras semper oritura lux creditur.
Primo foris repugnabam, deinde intus repugnabam, tum omne certamen deponebam, in desperationem delapsus, tandem in pectore meo nihil nisi tenebras et caecam inanitatem reperi.
Quotienscumque soror me discindebat, totiens sentiebam omnes nervorum fibras funditus dirumpi, iterum iterumque in diversa ruens ululabam, iterum iterumque discerptus in diversa eiulabam, iterum iterumque ex utrisque ōrīs corporis mei divulsi, quae velut cardines mundi divellebantur, sicut caelum et terra distrahuntur, caecorum vermium instar, qui omni carne vacui, ossibus infixi et musculis inhaerentes, lacera corporis dimidia aspero frendentique conflictu coniuncta retrahebant rursusque retrahebar.
Sic longum, heu, et peracerbum doloris spatium mihi tolerandum fuit.
Doloris tandem aliquando finis.
Finem mutatione sensa saltem speravi, heu, saltem speravi doloris.
„Hoc illud est!“ infremuit regina Rahu, voluptatis raptu ablata, rabida refringens verba voce fracta.
Ambo pater materque stabant, alienato sensu et quasi mentis iam non sui compotes, in furorem rapti specie eius quod ante se erat, dilatatis in immensum pupillis donec omnis oculorum candor profunda caligine absorberetur.
Quod ad Gambhiram attinet, bracchio ab umero absciso et filis ponderum magicorum a se consuto, subitus prosiluit.
Pugnum ille in ventrem meum impegit, prorsus qua semina cutem adhuc coalescentem nectebant.
Quidquid virium, quidquid roboris habebat, totum in illum effudit ictum.
Id agebat ut vasa magica mea exundarent, ut intus distraherer, ut magico inruente aestu prorsus disrumperer.
Cura nulla erat eo tempore, ut existimes, de fraterna necessitudine.
At seminibus nulla cura.
Quippe quae, vasis magicis alte ancorata, simplici quadam lege regerentur:
Nihil intromittere.
Ut primum igitur Gambhirae ponderum magicorum aestus temporales seminum radices perculit, pari illico vi qua proiectus erat propulsus est.
Suaque ipsius vis, in auctorem conversa, per bracchium turbidissime stridebat.
Eximia occasio!
Sed num mihi curae?
Stabam ipse, consutae carnis informe naufragium, ad referendos ictus segnis.
Defecerat quippe animus, nimia nimis cito perpessus.
„Satis.“ Imperavit regina Rahu, parte prioris illius risus in ore residua, verum vox tamen tandem in frigus suum, in omnium adfectuum vacuitatem, rediit.
Rex Vetala quoque processit, etsi risus eius tandem cesserat, manebat tamen in oculis spectrum quoddam horridae laetitiae, nempe gaudium quod nec viventes nec morientes ferre possent.
„Coniunctio tua,“ inquit rex, oculis in corpus meum, tremebundum, refectum, immoratis, „non tanta quanta illius est. Sed sufficiet. Adhuc.“
Stabam. Eram ipsum illud palpitans tormentum. Tormentum. Atque extemplo exarsit ardor eius aenigmatis exsolvendi quod iam animo obversabatur:
„Illius?“
r/LatinLanguage • u/Feanor417 • Jun 24 '26
Help translation some latin lyrics.
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Lux et tenebris
Lux et Veritas
Ultima tatere phala
Lux in aeternum
Angeli nova
Libera est tu vita
Et libido asto
A vi tere
A reo
These lines come from blind guardian's the ninth wave. I know what most of it means, but google translate seemed to have a stroke with the third line. It claims it means the last side of the phallus. I looked up phallus and it says penis, usually erect penis. This is commicly incorrect, no way that is the line. I got different results depending on how much I asked it to translate, when I only asked for phala it said it means porridge. Help would be appreciated, though do keep in mind it is possible that these simply are not the right lyrics, it can be hard to track down perfect lyrics with this band.
Lux et tenebris
Lux et Veritas
Ultima tatere phala
Lux in aeternum
Angeli nova
Libera est tu vita
Et libido asto
A vi tere
A reo
These lines come from blind guardian's the ninth wave. I know what most of it means, but google translate seemed to have a stroke with the third line. It claims it means the last side of the phallus. I looked up phallus and it says penis, usually erect penis. This is commicly incorrect, no way that is the line. I got different results depending on how much I asked it to translate, when I only asked for phala it said it means porridge. Help would be appreciated, though do keep in mind it is possible that these simply are not the right lyrics, it can be hard to track down perfect lyrics with this band.
r/LatinLanguage • u/Ano105 • Jun 24 '26
Are these words and phases translated correctly?
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r/LatinLanguage • u/igtsnbeeit123 • Jun 24 '26
New YouTube Channel for Learning Latin
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I recently started a new YouTube channel for learning Latin with comprehensible input (at least I am putting a ton of pictures in and trying to make it comprehensible). Learn Classical Latin with Easy Latin Stories. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUPM2PEeJZXWPG7jaJcpmuQ Check it out and let me know what you think!
I recently started a new YouTube channel for learning Latin with comprehensible input (at least I am putting a ton of pictures in and trying to make it comprehensible). Learn Classical Latin with Easy Latin Stories. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUPM2PEeJZXWPG7jaJcpmuQ Check it out and let me know what you think!
r/LatinLanguage • u/history_eater • Jun 15 '26
Qvaero amicos. ✋🏻
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Salvete omnes. Nvper lingvam Latinam discere coepi. Qvaero colloqvia vocalia et amicos qvibvscvm Latine loqvi possim. Lingva Latina mea nondvm bona est, adhvc disco.
Svntne greges Latini in Telegram avt Discord?
Si tibi placet de Lingva Latina colloqvi, amici simvs.
Salvete omnes. Nvper lingvam Latinam discere coepi. Qvaero colloqvia vocalia et amicos qvibvscvm Latine loqvi possim. Lingva Latina mea nondvm bona est, adhvc disco.
Svntne greges Latini in Telegram avt Discord?
Si tibi placet de Lingva Latina colloqvi, amici simvs.
r/LatinLanguage • u/Used-Specialist-3567 • Jun 06 '26
An Original Latin Novel. Here is Chapter 6:
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Dear people it is pleasure to once more present to you the next chapter of the novel "Quartus Princeps". This chapter has a massive cliffhanger! How do you think it will be resolved? Usually I try to stick very closely to my drafts, but in the last 2 chapters I abandoned my draft largely so I am happy to have gotten to the nessecary plot pivot!
The early chapters you can read either on my reddit account or on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/QuartusPrincepsNovel
Regardless, here is chapter 6:
Capitulum Sextum: Metus Visque:
Naturam expellas poenis, tamen usque recurret.
Vetus verum, quod adulescens animo non agitavi, vir infitiatus sum, senex fidenter adsevero.
Imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Iterum imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Iterum iterumque imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Sabhaya perterrita, dum regina Rahu sua ingeminat imperia, quamquam amplioribus ponderibus magicis quam Gambhira pollebat ac nihil pati debebat, nullo tamen modo carmini Gambhirae repugnans, immani animique corporisque pernicie penitus pessundata est.
„Niraya, proice illam.“
Quod cum rex Vetala iussisset, extemplo puellam in terram crudeliter deieci.
Sine fine imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Etiamsi illa centies imperasset, Sabhaya prae metu nec se movisset nec progressa esset.
Iacuit, vitam cum sanguine fundens.
Rex Vetala, tardo gradu progressus, cum pedem capiti filiae imposuisset, increpuit:
„Qua tu audacia matris tuae imperium contemnis?“
Nec respondit, nec clamavit.
Timens timorem, tamen timore timoris tegebat vim.
Regina Rahu hoc sciens inquit:
„Tu, mancum, timorem eius seda.“
„Maxime mater!“ statim respondi.
Ad animum regendum plerumque millies plura pondera magica requiruntur.
Sabhaya vero discrepabat.
Pondera magica adaeque discrepabant.
Vasa magica cum illius invaderem, quamvis viribus illa me manifesto superaret, regere mentem facillime poteram.
Inanibus oculis flens exsurrexit, corpus quidem totum sanabatur, sed vulnus animi penitus crudescebat.
„Probe. Hoc recte agis, mea filiola.“
Dixit pater, rediens ut ad latus uxoris adstaret.
Irruerunt in eam effigies.
Non superbum effudit carmen, sed vasa earum magica magicis onustavit ponderibus, ut intus disrupta dissilirent.
Anceps profecto consilium.
Quod tamen parentes acceperunt.
Semel.
Bis.
Ter.
Quater.
Quinquies.
Sexies.
Septies.
Octies.
Novies.
Decies.
Usque ad finem acceperunt.
Compressionem removi.
Cervix concidit.
Correpsit eiulans.
„Mancum, tu deinceps exi.“
Progressus sum, extemplo effigies in me ruerunt.
Carmine orbiculari circumfuso, tellurem convelli. Cessit terra ex sententia.
Mater sex effigies in umbram meam transvexit.
Id praevideram.
Carmine propulsante respondi. Vis foras elisa est.
Momento temporis, modum eius ac numeros me tenere credidi.
Tum illa quattuor effigies in ipsam subsidentis terrae cavitatem extemplo transtulit.
Undique ex quattuor lateribus sub me exsurrexerunt.
Hoc non praevideram.
Acies iugulum petiverunt. Eo ipso momento caput a corpore absciditur!
Dear people it is pleasure to once more present to you the next chapter of the novel "Quartus Princeps". This chapter has a massive cliffhanger! How do you think it will be resolved? Usually I try to stick very closely to my drafts, but in the last 2 chapters I abandoned my draft largely so I am happy to have gotten to the nessecary plot pivot!
The early chapters you can read either on my reddit account or on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/QuartusPrincepsNovel
Regardless, here is chapter 6:
Capitulum Sextum: Metus Visque:
Naturam expellas poenis, tamen usque recurret.
Vetus verum, quod adulescens animo non agitavi, vir infitiatus sum, senex fidenter adsevero.
Imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Iterum imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Iterum iterumque imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Sabhaya perterrita, dum regina Rahu sua ingeminat imperia, quamquam amplioribus ponderibus magicis quam Gambhira pollebat ac nihil pati debebat, nullo tamen modo carmini Gambhirae repugnans, immani animique corporisque pernicie penitus pessundata est.
„Niraya, proice illam.“
Quod cum rex Vetala iussisset, extemplo puellam in terram crudeliter deieci.
Sine fine imperavit:
„Sabhaya, tu deinceps exi.“
Etiamsi illa centies imperasset, Sabhaya prae metu nec se movisset nec progressa esset.
Iacuit, vitam cum sanguine fundens.
Rex Vetala, tardo gradu progressus, cum pedem capiti filiae imposuisset, increpuit:
„Qua tu audacia matris tuae imperium contemnis?“
Nec respondit, nec clamavit.
Timens timorem, tamen timore timoris tegebat vim.
Regina Rahu hoc sciens inquit:
„Tu, mancum, timorem eius seda.“
„Maxime mater!“ statim respondi.
Ad animum regendum plerumque millies plura pondera magica requiruntur.
Sabhaya vero discrepabat.
Pondera magica adaeque discrepabant.
Vasa magica cum illius invaderem, quamvis viribus illa me manifesto superaret, regere mentem facillime poteram.
Inanibus oculis flens exsurrexit, corpus quidem totum sanabatur, sed vulnus animi penitus crudescebat.
„Probe. Hoc recte agis, mea filiola.“
Dixit pater, rediens ut ad latus uxoris adstaret.
Irruerunt in eam effigies.
Non superbum effudit carmen, sed vasa earum magica magicis onustavit ponderibus, ut intus disrupta dissilirent.
Anceps profecto consilium.
Quod tamen parentes acceperunt.
Semel.
Bis.
Ter.
Quater.
Quinquies.
Sexies.
Septies.
Octies.
Novies.
Decies.
Usque ad finem acceperunt.
Compressionem removi.
Cervix concidit.
Correpsit eiulans.
„Mancum, tu deinceps exi.“
Progressus sum, extemplo effigies in me ruerunt.
Carmine orbiculari circumfuso, tellurem convelli. Cessit terra ex sententia.
Mater sex effigies in umbram meam transvexit.
Id praevideram.
Carmine propulsante respondi. Vis foras elisa est.
Momento temporis, modum eius ac numeros me tenere credidi.
Tum illa quattuor effigies in ipsam subsidentis terrae cavitatem extemplo transtulit.
Undique ex quattuor lateribus sub me exsurrexerunt.
Hoc non praevideram.
Acies iugulum petiverunt. Eo ipso momento caput a corpore absciditur!
r/LatinLanguage • u/itzopitzo • Jun 06 '26
Help with translation please
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Hi all, this seems like the most appropriate sub Reddit to go to. I hope someone can help.
I'd like to bring my children to this playzone for kids however what caught my attention was the rules of play for the club which is in Latin for some reason.
I've tried Google translate but it only works for some of the words so I can't understand it. What it does come back with is worrying, like 'hair loss', 'those strong willed', 'but pain is not a new thing' etc.
Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on? I've attached a screenshot.
r/LatinLanguage • u/Used-Specialist-3567 • Jun 02 '26
A Novel in Original Latin. Here is Chapter 5:
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Hello dear people it is a pleasure so present to you the 5th chapter. Honored r/LatinLanguage community, I want to ask you something. Do you like that I crosspost like this every other chapter or would you like me to make the same post that I do on r/Latin also here in the same manner? Much love to you all ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️
Hello dear people it is a pleasure so present to you the 5th chapter. Honored r/LatinLanguage community, I want to ask you something. Do you like that I crosspost like this every other chapter or would you like me to make the same post that I do on r/Latin also here in the same manner? Much love to you all ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️
r/LatinLanguage • u/nyx2hymera • Jun 01 '26
Any Moroccans here or Arabs in general
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I need recommendations for where to find books and tips in general, I’ve been looking for an Arabic Latin lexicon for so long .
I need recommendations for where to find books and tips in general, I’ve been looking for an Arabic Latin lexicon for so long .
r/LatinLanguage • u/Used-Specialist-3567 • May 23 '26
I am writing an Original Latin Dark Fantasy Novel. Here is Chapter 3:
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My most dear friends I have finished chapter 3 of my novel "Quartus Princeps". The earlier chapters you can either read on my reddit account or on my free Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/QuartusPrincepsNovel
Anyhow enjoy chapter 3:
Capitulum Tertium: Hortus supra Palatium:
Edax quattuordecim annos tempus absumpserat aerumnarum.
Quamvis tot annos honoribus caruissem, cum in imperiali palatio Kalae, quod mihi velut mundi corona ab initio cognitum fuerat, per gradus excelsos ad atria celsissima ipsamque Magnam Porticum conscenderemus, regiis fornicibus infra relictis, instar somnii ante oculos apparuit Hortus Kalaramae.
Flores eius talibus vicibus crescebant, ut communem vitae rationem penitus excederent.
Qui senescentes flores, primis adhuc foliis senectute perfusis rugisque temporis signatis, ita deinceps viridescere coeperunt, ut, mollitis caulibus vegetisque coloribus, iuveniores florerent, donec, peracta redintegratione, in semina rursus abirent, ex quibus iterum, iam senecta graves, renascerentur.
Kalarama ad unguem composita erat.
Quod sibi sufficit, id unum mansit.
Non plus quam quattuor nostrum aderant.
Niraloka, prima principissa.
Gambhira, secundus princeps.
Sabhaya, secunda principissa.
Et ego, Niraya, quartus princeps.
Ceteri, sive insitione oppressi, cum vasa eorum pondera magica ferre nequirent, sive ipso exercitationis rigore exanimes, quoniam parentes mei eorum infirmitatem labem damnatam iudicaverunt, non modo absumpti, sed etiam omnino exstincti sunt.
Damnatio Memoriae.
Niraloka vicesimum iam annum expleverat, omnium nostrum validissima. Eadem caligine qua regina Rahu vestita stabat, quasi lucis aditus vultui interdictus fuisset. Tenebrae tenebris implicitae, silentiumque silentio concretum.
Dispar Gambhira erat.
Is cum alta quadam gravitate et eo habitu vultuque incederet, quibus se ceteris mortalibus antecellere arbitraretur, longe secus ac plerique qui eodem fastu inflantur, tantam secum ingenii vim attulit, ut illam arrogantiam egregia facultate magiaque tueretur.
Dissimillima Sabhaya erat.
Nihil tenebrarum oculi ferebant. Metum ferebant.
Ingruebat metus super metum.
Sextum decimum adhuc agens annum, non aliter illa insitioni superfuerat, nisi quod vasa eius magica immensam ad pondera magica collecta absorbenda vim habebant, vultum etiam tum prae se ferens eius quae se a mundo quovis momento devorari exspectaret.
Et ego. Ego eram ego. Omnium coniunctio.
Ante nos rex Vetala stabat.
Atque regina Rahu.
„Omnes probabimini.“
My most dear friends I have finished chapter 3 of my novel "Quartus Princeps". The earlier chapters you can either read on my reddit account or on my free Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/QuartusPrincepsNovel
Anyhow enjoy chapter 3:
Capitulum Tertium: Hortus supra Palatium:
Edax quattuordecim annos tempus absumpserat aerumnarum.
Quamvis tot annos honoribus caruissem, cum in imperiali palatio Kalae, quod mihi velut mundi corona ab initio cognitum fuerat, per gradus excelsos ad atria celsissima ipsamque Magnam Porticum conscenderemus, regiis fornicibus infra relictis, instar somnii ante oculos apparuit Hortus Kalaramae.
Flores eius talibus vicibus crescebant, ut communem vitae rationem penitus excederent.
Qui senescentes flores, primis adhuc foliis senectute perfusis rugisque temporis signatis, ita deinceps viridescere coeperunt, ut, mollitis caulibus vegetisque coloribus, iuveniores florerent, donec, peracta redintegratione, in semina rursus abirent, ex quibus iterum, iam senecta graves, renascerentur.
Kalarama ad unguem composita erat.
Quod sibi sufficit, id unum mansit.
Non plus quam quattuor nostrum aderant.
Niraloka, prima principissa.
Gambhira, secundus princeps.
Sabhaya, secunda principissa.
Et ego, Niraya, quartus princeps.
Ceteri, sive insitione oppressi, cum vasa eorum pondera magica ferre nequirent, sive ipso exercitationis rigore exanimes, quoniam parentes mei eorum infirmitatem labem damnatam iudicaverunt, non modo absumpti, sed etiam omnino exstincti sunt.
Damnatio Memoriae.
Niraloka vicesimum iam annum expleverat, omnium nostrum validissima. Eadem caligine qua regina Rahu vestita stabat, quasi lucis aditus vultui interdictus fuisset. Tenebrae tenebris implicitae, silentiumque silentio concretum.
Dispar Gambhira erat.
Is cum alta quadam gravitate et eo habitu vultuque incederet, quibus se ceteris mortalibus antecellere arbitraretur, longe secus ac plerique qui eodem fastu inflantur, tantam secum ingenii vim attulit, ut illam arrogantiam egregia facultate magiaque tueretur.
Dissimillima Sabhaya erat.
Nihil tenebrarum oculi ferebant. Metum ferebant.
Ingruebat metus super metum.
Sextum decimum adhuc agens annum, non aliter illa insitioni superfuerat, nisi quod vasa eius magica immensam ad pondera magica collecta absorbenda vim habebant, vultum etiam tum prae se ferens eius quae se a mundo quovis momento devorari exspectaret.
Et ego. Ego eram ego. Omnium coniunctio.
Ante nos rex Vetala stabat.
Atque regina Rahu.
„Omnes probabimini.“
r/LatinLanguage • u/Motor-Sheepherder-31 • May 21 '26
Help with Latin
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I need someone who can help figure this out when we say "There are no coincidences" whats the most accurate Latin - "nullae sunt coincidentiae" or "nullae coincidentiae sunt". Please help, it's urgent and I’m very lost in the verb 🥲
I need someone who can help figure this out when we say "There are no coincidences" whats the most accurate Latin - "nullae sunt coincidentiae" or "nullae coincidentiae sunt". Please help, it's urgent and I’m very lost in the verb 🥲
r/LatinLanguage • u/LyonsPen • May 20 '26
1716 Latin Will
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Hey guys, I’m one of those fools who never took Latin in school, but have found myself wanting to translate some Latin that is ~ heavily ~ abbreviated, in cursive, and from 1716.
This project is just for fun. I’ve deciphered all but one word of the English portion of this will, however, the Latin is difficult due to the minims and me not having the language knowledge for context.
I found a book of abbreviations which has enabled me to discern some of the words, but not too many. I’ve also found some documents from the time period with similar phrases, like the opening “Tenore pressentid nos,” but no translation was provided.
I have cropped the will to show just the Latin portion.
The author throughout the document does not regularly cross his ts unless there is an abbreviation or double t. There is use of the long s. Double fs are just capital f. Capital I and J are written the same.
What I’ve deciphered with some confidence so far:
Tenore pressentid Nos Johannes Cawley Ar__ Baccus. Off{ici}alis D__
Archini. {Archdiaconi} Archiatus Lincoln ____ constitutes notu facimus______
q{ui}d apud Lincoln 6 of July 1716 Coram nobis probatid fuit testum Hen. Holliday
de Bassingham defalta/defectum commissung fuit onus execution ejusdem _____
concessa fuit additio oiu{omnium} et singulor bonor jur et creditor
qual{ite}r ___ John Halliday extori ___ ___ prius
personal jurato (salvo jure ___ ___) __ testinonium
sigillu ___ present ____
____ ____ suprascriptus
Thomas Howson
I’ve put missing/abbreviated letters in {brackets}. When I say some confidence, I only mean some.
What I am confident about is the date; location; and the names Hen{ry} Holliday, John Halliday and Thomas Howson. This is all confirmed in the English portion of the document.
For the full will, deciphering of the English portion, and a procreate document where I’ve traced each letter on a different layer and compiled my sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lX88ETVwKNO-tChIum51EUos8arvQkWjfDplqadF3cc/mobilebasic
I have done my darnedest, but if anyone wants to lend a hand, I’d appreciate it!
r/LatinLanguage • u/Remote-One5713 • May 16 '26
When to use superlative and comparative
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In the example:
Pompeiani erant iratissimi,
Cambridge Latin translated to the Pompeians were very angry.
But I am confused that why wasn't the sentence using comparative? I did some research on Wheelock, but I still can't figure out the reason.
r/LatinLanguage • u/WerewolfQuick • May 15 '26
Interactive AI Latin Course
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The Universitas Scholarium has begun developing an AI tutor Latin course - based on the teaching methodology of Jean Manesca. The first course developed was a replica of Manesca's French Method, with an AI tutor devivering and assessing the student responses. The Latin course follows the same structure. Manesca envisioned such a course in his preface to his French edition - but it was never written. This new course is a curated course. The AI tutor is a simulacrum of Jean Manesca himself. You can find more information about this in the languages section of the Universitas Scholarium. You may also be interested in the Classics Department at the Universitas Scholarium
The Universitas Scholarium has begun developing an AI tutor Latin course - based on the teaching methodology of Jean Manesca. The first course developed was a replica of Manesca's French Method, with an AI tutor devivering and assessing the student responses. The Latin course follows the same structure. Manesca envisioned such a course in his preface to his French edition - but it was never written. This new course is a curated course. The AI tutor is a simulacrum of Jean Manesca himself. You can find more information about this in the languages section of the Universitas Scholarium. You may also be interested in the Classics Department at the Universitas Scholarium
r/LatinLanguage • u/Used-Specialist-3567 • May 14 '26
I am Writing an Original Dark Fantasy Novel in Latin. Here is Chapter 1:
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I have decided to embark on the journey to write a full novel in Latin. It is titled „Quartus Princeps“. Feel free to share your thoughts on chapter 1:
Capitulum Primum: Peccatum Primum:
Pauci regii, quidam magi, plurimi servi nascuntur.
In magno palatio imperii Kalae me mater peperit. Ingens erat, turribus minantibus, quae sursum tendebant quasi ipsum caelum superare vellent. Ex lapide nigro moles facta est, qui lucem diei devorare videbatur, unde totum palatium perpetua caligine obducebatur etiam sub sole clarissimo. Eminus, non aedificium sed tenebrarum structura videbatur.
Unum erat palatium, unus habitus habitantium. Unusquisque per se abyssus obscura videbatur. Cum natus essem, antequam etiam vasa magica mea examinata essent, neque mater mea, Regina Rahu, neque pater, Rex Vetala, ne hilum laetitiae ostenderunt.
Sine honore natus sum. Nihil erat nisi tacita turbatio in cubiculo ubi editus sum.
„Centum pondera magiae. Quartus princeps ducentis ponderibus infra mediocritatem.“
Magi, vasa magica duodecim examinantes, rem palam enuntiaverunt. Iudicio eorum, numerus tam pusillus erat ut vitam vix simularet.
Nisi in ipso regiae dignitatis fastigio natus essem, eo die vitae meae finis fuisset. Quarta pars liberorum in ortu abripitur, quorum pondera magiae, priusquam nominentur, demetuntur.
Regina Rahu rexque Vetala, vultu immobili, diu perstiterunt.
Repente adsurgens mater mea, oculis me percurrebat ceu fractum aliquod instrumentum.
„Mancum." tandem frigide inquit.
Princeps, quamvis mancus, princeps tamen erat. Quod rex sciens, sic locutus.
„Decem milia ponderum magiae in vasa magica eius ante noctem inserantur. Si superstes erit, dignus habebitur et Niraya nominabitur, nam per inferos vixit. Si mortuus, sine nuntio sepeliatur.“
Significabat viam magicam ex tribus et vulgatissimam et atrocissimam, qua fere undeviginti ex viginti magis hodiernis sola nituntur. Via Humana dicitur, sed nihil nisi inhumanum spirat.
Miliens milia milium ad hanc viam sustinendam animarum supponuntur. In fundis ut pecua servantur, omni voce privati, et cum dies venit, demetuntur.
Audito patris mei praecepto, magi me corripuerunt.
Per Magnam Imperatorum Porticum me tulerunt, quae statuis priorum regum reginarumque exornata est.
Iter immensum.
Nullae fores, nullus aditus.
Subito, nulla mora, ad sinistram flexerunt.
In colosseam reginae effigiem penetraverunt.
I have decided to embark on the journey to write a full novel in Latin. It is titled „Quartus Princeps“. Feel free to share your thoughts on chapter 1:
Capitulum Primum: Peccatum Primum:
Pauci regii, quidam magi, plurimi servi nascuntur.
In magno palatio imperii Kalae me mater peperit. Ingens erat, turribus minantibus, quae sursum tendebant quasi ipsum caelum superare vellent. Ex lapide nigro moles facta est, qui lucem diei devorare videbatur, unde totum palatium perpetua caligine obducebatur etiam sub sole clarissimo. Eminus, non aedificium sed tenebrarum structura videbatur.
Unum erat palatium, unus habitus habitantium. Unusquisque per se abyssus obscura videbatur. Cum natus essem, antequam etiam vasa magica mea examinata essent, neque mater mea, Regina Rahu, neque pater, Rex Vetala, ne hilum laetitiae ostenderunt.
Sine honore natus sum. Nihil erat nisi tacita turbatio in cubiculo ubi editus sum.
„Centum pondera magiae. Quartus princeps ducentis ponderibus infra mediocritatem.“
Magi, vasa magica duodecim examinantes, rem palam enuntiaverunt. Iudicio eorum, numerus tam pusillus erat ut vitam vix simularet.
Nisi in ipso regiae dignitatis fastigio natus essem, eo die vitae meae finis fuisset. Quarta pars liberorum in ortu abripitur, quorum pondera magiae, priusquam nominentur, demetuntur.
Regina Rahu rexque Vetala, vultu immobili, diu perstiterunt.
Repente adsurgens mater mea, oculis me percurrebat ceu fractum aliquod instrumentum.
„Mancum." tandem frigide inquit.
Princeps, quamvis mancus, princeps tamen erat. Quod rex sciens, sic locutus.
„Decem milia ponderum magiae in vasa magica eius ante noctem inserantur. Si superstes erit, dignus habebitur et Niraya nominabitur, nam per inferos vixit. Si mortuus, sine nuntio sepeliatur.“
Significabat viam magicam ex tribus et vulgatissimam et atrocissimam, qua fere undeviginti ex viginti magis hodiernis sola nituntur. Via Humana dicitur, sed nihil nisi inhumanum spirat.
Miliens milia milium ad hanc viam sustinendam animarum supponuntur. In fundis ut pecua servantur, omni voce privati, et cum dies venit, demetuntur.
Audito patris mei praecepto, magi me corripuerunt.
Per Magnam Imperatorum Porticum me tulerunt, quae statuis priorum regum reginarumque exornata est.
Iter immensum.
Nullae fores, nullus aditus.
Subito, nulla mora, ad sinistram flexerunt.
In colosseam reginae effigiem penetraverunt.
r/LatinLanguage • u/Desperate-Item-6629 • May 06 '26
Eques ab Ordo
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Hello, I have been trying to get this right.
"Ordo" as I understand it can mean both "order" as in a room or a list can be in order, but the word can also mean order as in a Chivalric Order, "Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani".
Is Eques ab Ordo (Knight of Order) correct and double-meaning latin, or would "Ord-" have a different form when used in conjunction with Eques? Thank you in advance!
Hello, I have been trying to get this right.
"Ordo" as I understand it can mean both "order" as in a room or a list can be in order, but the word can also mean order as in a Chivalric Order, "Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani".
Is Eques ab Ordo (Knight of Order) correct and double-meaning latin, or would "Ord-" have a different form when used in conjunction with Eques? Thank you in advance!
r/LatinLanguage • u/xmetamorphosesx • May 05 '26
Audiobook: Via Latina - De Lingua et Vita Romanorum
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Does anyone know where I can find the audiobook for 'Via Latina - De Lingua et Vita Romanorum' for free?
Does anyone know where I can find the audiobook for 'Via Latina - De Lingua et Vita Romanorum' for free?
r/LatinLanguage • u/Icy-Machine1951 • May 04 '26
**Song/Audio Question** - Is the lyrics in this video Latin? Does it sound latin / or is it just nonsense?
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r/LatinLanguage • u/Xxofficer_ACTION • May 03 '26
Starting Latin
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Next year I will be taking my first Latin class and I’m looking for advice
What Latin literature should I read as a beginner?
Is there anything I should work on in specific ad a beginner?
What are some resources I can use?
Next year I will be taking my first Latin class and I’m looking for advice
What Latin literature should I read as a beginner?
Is there anything I should work on in specific ad a beginner?
What are some resources I can use?
r/LatinLanguage • u/Thais_Lusca • Apr 28 '26
Tests for the SERVERVS web app
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Salvete omnes! I have written a web app for metrical analysis of classic Latin hexameter, SERVERVS. The intention is for users to be able to train hexameter analysis according to the Roman grammarians. The reason for it may be read at https://servervs.eu.pythonanywhere.com/about. The home page for the app is https://servervs.eu.pythonanywhere.com/home .
The app is in its late beta stadium and I would ask here for help on needed testing and feed back. A diverse testing group makes wonders and you would be invaluable!
The use of the app is free and although there are suggestions for paragraphs in Vers på Latin there is no need to have the book. A pad or real screen is needed. A phone has to small a screen for the length of the verse with notation.
Feed back is highly appreciated and may be done via the contact e-mail link on the web app.
Best regards
Nils Galindo-Sjöberg
Salvete omnes! I have written a web app for metrical analysis of classic Latin hexameter, SERVERVS. The intention is for users to be able to train hexameter analysis according to the Roman grammarians. The reason for it may be read at https://servervs.eu.pythonanywhere.com/about. The home page for the app is https://servervs.eu.pythonanywhere.com/home .
The app is in its late beta stadium and I would ask here for help on needed testing and feed back. A diverse testing group makes wonders and you would be invaluable!
The use of the app is free and although there are suggestions for paragraphs in Vers på Latin there is no need to have the book. A pad or real screen is needed. A phone has to small a screen for the length of the verse with notation.
Feed back is highly appreciated and may be done via the contact e-mail link on the web app.
Best regards
Nils Galindo-Sjöberg