Questions tagged [medieval-latin]
Questions regarding the Latin of the Medieval period, approximately 500–1400
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DOMA Abbreviation
I am attempting to translate Libavius' Alchymia. My Latin is pretty rusty and it will be a slow going process. The title page has the Hebrew Jehovah (הוה') and four letters DOMA which I am assuming is ...
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Latin equivalent of derogatory Italian "frociaggine"
Pope Francis has recently got into some hot water for using the derogatory Italian word frociaggine "faggotry".
Seeing as the Vatican has Latin as an official language, this raises the ...
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One Syllabus Many Syllabontes?
Trask's Historical Linguistics (3rd Edition) makes an off-hand comment that "the Greek word syllabus has a Greek plural syllabontes".
As we know syllabus is actually a spurious word, arising ...
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"Ghost", as in the noun
I would like to know how to say "Ghost" properly, as in I am a ghost. All I have been able to find is "Mares";"Marium";"Spectare"...etc. I would prefer if ...
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"Inter canem et lupum" in a Latin text?
A search for infra horam vespertinam, inter canem et lupum finds lots of blog posts (and dictionaries!) citing this Latin proverb as the ancestor of French entre chien et loup. (Meaning the evening, ...
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Could you please translate below Latin?
Translating this sentence to English.
Ipso die hoc idem donum confirmavit apud Saratam et filius ejus, Eubalus, laudavit; nec non et uxor ejus, Jordana, in manu Guidonis, prioris.
Could someone please ...
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Why does Merriam-Webster define DE BENE ESSE as "morally acceptable", "subject to legal validation", "subject to future exception"?
I looked up de, bene, and esse individually in several online Latin dictionaries. But none of de, bene or esse means, or relates to, any of the 3 meanings contended by Merriam-Webster boldfaced below! ...
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Meaning of exterminare in XIII-century ecclesiastical latin
I want to know the most probable meaning of "exterminare" in this passage from canon 3 of the Lateran IV Ecumenical Council of 1215 [1] [2], specifically whether it is "kill" or &...
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How is Conradus de Mure's Latin poem on parchment-making to be understood?
In a few different sources, I have found this poem on parchment-making attributed to Conradus de Mure. It is mostly intelligible, but several parts are obscure to me, either because of the language or ...
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"Tune commodum ducis meæ adhuc confabulationi vacare"
I am having some trouble understanding the first line of Abraham (a medieval play by Hrotsvitha).
Tune, frater et coeremita Ephrem, commodum ducis meæ adhuc confabulationi vacare, an quoad usque ...
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A visit to the Perth Charterhouse in 1543: help with translation
This is an account of the visitation of the Perth Charterhouse in 1543, with my attempted translation below. I have highlighted the part of which I am most uncertain, but there are several other ...
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Beginning a letter in latin--what were common conventions [duplicate]
In the USA, it is customary to begin a letter with "Dear" and the name of the recipient. E.g., "Dear Dr. Smith" or "Dear Alex".
Was there a similar convention for the ...
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How to properly translate "Great Evil" into medieval Latin?
I've recently started on developing my own gaming project. Some of the words, proper nouns in particular, are planned to get translated into medieval Latin. The problem is that I'm not native speaker ...
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Best conjugation for memento vivere or viveri
Memento vivere or viveri, as a complementary phrase (not necessary an opposite) to memento mori?
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Accusative for dative with "latere" in Medieval Latin?
Accusative for dative with "latere" in Medieval Latin?
From: Dolopathos sive de rege et septem sapientibus of Joannes of Alta Silva (c. 1200); in "A Primer of Medieval Latin" by ...
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