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For questions about adjectives.
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An adjective for Seneca
A particular passage in Cicero's works is a locus Ciceronianus, a work written in the style of Vergil is an opus Vergilianum etc.
But which adjective should I use for Seneca?
There exists apparently ...
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Is this use of elliptical neuter superlatives un-Ciceronian?
This may be an oddly specific question, but I've run across comments online that suggest the following usages found in Pliny the Elder's Natural History would not be valid in the Latin of Cicero:
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"Friendless" in Latin?
I am looking for a general strategy for translating adjectives like "friendless" into Latin.
My interest is general, but for concreteness I will discuss my thoughts in light of this example.
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Is there a semantic difference between -icus and -alis?
As far as I know both suffixes can be used to create an adjective from a noun.
e.g. numericus and numeralis (and even numericalis!)
Is there a semantic difference between them, a preferred suffix for ...
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Etymology of "ingeniōsus" and "ingenuus"
Can someone please explain how these two words,
ingenuus
ingeniōsus
both deriving from gignō, come to mean what they respectively do?
BACKGROUND
According to Wiktionary, ingenuus is made of in- +? ...
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Translating "east–west" and "north–south"
In many railway transit systems, the lines connecting the north/east part and the south/west part of a city are called "North–South Line" and "East–West Line". In many languages ...
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How do you assign ambiguous adjectives?
In many cases I encounter situations where an adjective could be modifying different words in the same sentence. For example, in the famous play Miles Gloriosus there is the line:
Mala mulier mers est....
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What are the differences between "demens" and "insanus"? Are there any single Latin words (nouns) for "insane person"?
First, I'm struggling with understanding the difference between demens and insanum.
My understanding is that demens is an adjective (insane). I've also seen insanum in a few online dictionaries (here'...
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Verbal Adjective of Necessity vs. Possibility
Greek distinguishes between verbal adjectives ending in -τ?ο? and verbal adjectives ending in -τ??. The latter (according to Smyth) express either possibility or the perfect passive participle (e.g. '...
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Is it possible for adverbs, such as utique, to be used as adjectives?
Reading Ambrose Dē bonō mortis 4.14, I came across this passage:
Sed ipsa hīc vīta bona sī est, quibus rēbus bona est? Virtūte utique, et bonīs mōribus.
But if this life here is a Good, by which ...
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Can I label an admission as an "ex post facto mea culpa" in this case?
I would like to perform a mea culpa and "admit" that I'd given advice that in hindsight might have been suboptimal as it didn't sufficiently address all possible future outcomes. So calling ...
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Are the positive and comparative versions of an adjective different adjectives or different forms of the same adjective?
I am trying to figure out the difference between a word and a form of a word.
Which is the comparative version of an adjective in the positive degree:
an adjective different from the adjective, or
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