Fleurs de colza dans le sud-ouest de la Chine
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Translation of "Qua de causa"
This is a from the very beginning of the Caesar's De Bello Gallico.
The first question is about its translation as "For which reason". In English, it's supposed to be in a single sentence , ...
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Use of the chiasmus in Latin
Was the chiasma common in Latin? Or an uncommon figure of speech?
(Words in a sentence with the pattern ABBA or ABBCBBA, etc...)
Where could we meet the greatest amount of chiasma? In poetry? In ...
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Can "si etiam" have the same meaning as "etiam si"?
As is well known, "etiam si" is a Latin conjunction that means "even if." Are there any examples in Classical or Medieval Latin in which reversing the word order and saying "si etiam" preserves the ...
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