Learning Latin
How do you say neutron bomb in Latin? Scanner? Microphone? Enter the Vatican’s Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis, or Dictionary of Recent Latinity. Published in two volumes (the first in 1992, the second in 1997) by Opus Fundatum Latinitas, or the Latinitas Foundation, the Lexicon covers over 15,000 words of recent vintage, from the Renaissance up to [...]
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MILLER What is it? DJ I’ve been listening to the transmission. And I think Houston made a mistake in the translation. MILLER Go on. DJ plays the recording again. Stops it abruptly. DJ They thought it said, “Liberatis me,” “Save me,” but it’s not “me.” It’s “tutemet:” “Save yourself.” MILLER It’s not a distress call. [...]
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“Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.” Whatever is said in Latin seems profound. —Unknown Why learn Latin? Why not? Latin is the basis of many Western languages, even if they’re all bastard sons of Latin and native tribal languages. I am embarrassingly monolingual, and learning Latin will help me pick up and understand other languages [...]
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