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Ranking the Difficulty of Latin Authors
Has there been a rigorous study of ranking the difficulty of ancient Latin authors? You often see (and, from personal experience, feel) the increase in difficult going from Caesar to Tacitus or Vergil ...
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Example of Ciceronian versus non-Ciceronian style
I am reading a bit about the reception of ancient texts during the Renaissance, but everything is very abstract. Where can I find an example of correct but non-Ciceronian Latin compared to Ciceronian ...
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When to use "magno cum gaudio" rather than "cum magno gaudio"?
My question is not about this specific example, but about the general construction of prep+noun+adj/adj+prep+noun.
I know that both constructions are correct and attested in classical Latin. Therefore,...
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Quid tertiā persōnā dē sē scrībere connotat?
What connotation does writing about oneself in the third person carry in Latin?
In English, it usually connotes that the author is astoundingly arrogant, perhaps to the point of insanity.
But Caesar ...
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Rufus Lutulentus: How is the Latin?
I'm looking for more things to read in order to improve my Latin, and I came across a little book: Rufus Lutulentus. I found it a bit too easy, but amusing, and I only discovered later, on Reddit, ...
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Compulsory capitalization in quotes and epigraphs?
It's often common when quoting a certain sentence or choosing a certain epigraph to alter its first word's initial letter in accordance with one's purpose/the syntactic context surrounding it. As an ...