Essay #13: Beatus
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Beatus
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous two essays were Essay #11: Sapientia et Stultitia and Essay #12: Adversis Succumbens (you can see a complete list of essays here). Meanwhile, here is the new essay:
Round-Up: April 29
Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.
HODIE: pridie Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Erasmus' Epigrammata and Opitz' Florilegii variorum epigrammatum.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Diana and Endymion; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Nemo senex adeo, Nemo senex adeo, quin annum vivere possit, / Nemo tam iuvenis, quin ipse mori cito possit; and Cordi, non cartae, Cordi, non cartae, credas, quae noveris arte, / Quod, si carta cadat, tecum sapientia vadat.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Demissos animo, Demissos animo et tacitos vitare memento: / Quod flumen placidum est, forsan latet altius unda; and Cum Venere et Baccho, Cum Venere et Baccho lis est et iuncta voluptas: / Quod lautum est, animo conplectere, sed fuge lites.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Qui potuit Bacchi matrem, Qui potuit Bacchi matrem dixisse Tonantem, / ille potest Semelen dicere, Rufe, patrem.; and Qui ducis vultus, Qui ducis vultus et non legis ista libenter, / omnibus invideas, livide: nemo tibi.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Feminae Occursus, Formosae occursus mulieris daemonis arma: / Parthorum tamquam dira sagitta ferit; and Recta Conscientia, Gaudia vera dabit mens omnis criminis expers: /
Hei mihi, quam pauci gaudia vera ferent.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are O Tempora! “Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” / Quomodo? Sit semper tempore peior homo.; and De Iure et Iustitia, Trita magis iuris quam iustitiae via, quamquam / Iuris iter longum, iustitiaeque breve est..
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Nec Dum Cessat Amor, Omnia cum rapiat mors, non extinguit amorem, / Quo devincta sibi est usque marita fides; and Et Voluisse Sat Est, Saepius excelsis tenuis res officit ausis, / Et tamen attollit mens generosa caput.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Prudente Simplicitate, Vitam quod faciat beatiorem / Prudens simplicitas, pie putamus; and Transitus Celer Est Et Avolamus, Transitus hinc celer est, subitoque volare videmur / Caelestem in patriam, ad gaudia sancta poli.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Medium certum (English: The middle way is sure).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Manu et corde (English: With hand and heart).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Dum felis dormit, saliunt mures (English: While the cat sleeps, the mice leap).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Quod supras nos, nihil ad nos (English: What is above us does not concern us).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Megaricum machinamentum (English: A Megaran contrivance; from Adagia 2.3.60 - The Megarans were proverbial for their trickiness and ingenuity, and their devices were devious).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Πηγάσου ταχύτερος (English: More swift than Pegasus).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Hannibal et Decem Captivi, a story of Roman honor and dishonor.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Equus, Asinus, et Hordeum, the story of a horse who is both hypocritical and selfish (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Canes et Corium, a story about some foolish dogs who made a fatal mistake.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Crab and his Mother, a fable about setting a good example for your children.
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 801, Serapis et Parricida, through Fable 810, Naias et Puella, including Sanctus Petrus et Rusticus, a Christian variation on the famous fable of Hercules and the farmer: Asinus cuiusdam rustici in fimum cecidit. Rusticus supra herbam discubuit, clamans, “Petre, succurre asino meo.” Petrus percutiens rusticum ait, “Surge, piger, et asino tuo primo appone manum, et coadiuvabo te.”
HODIE: pridie Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Erasmus' Epigrammata and Opitz' Florilegii variorum epigrammatum.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Diana and Endymion; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Nemo senex adeo, Nemo senex adeo, quin annum vivere possit, / Nemo tam iuvenis, quin ipse mori cito possit; and Cordi, non cartae, Cordi, non cartae, credas, quae noveris arte, / Quod, si carta cadat, tecum sapientia vadat.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Demissos animo, Demissos animo et tacitos vitare memento: / Quod flumen placidum est, forsan latet altius unda; and Cum Venere et Baccho, Cum Venere et Baccho lis est et iuncta voluptas: / Quod lautum est, animo conplectere, sed fuge lites.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Qui potuit Bacchi matrem, Qui potuit Bacchi matrem dixisse Tonantem, / ille potest Semelen dicere, Rufe, patrem.; and Qui ducis vultus, Qui ducis vultus et non legis ista libenter, / omnibus invideas, livide: nemo tibi.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Feminae Occursus, Formosae occursus mulieris daemonis arma: / Parthorum tamquam dira sagitta ferit; and Recta Conscientia, Gaudia vera dabit mens omnis criminis expers: /
Hei mihi, quam pauci gaudia vera ferent.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are O Tempora! “Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” / Quomodo? Sit semper tempore peior homo.; and De Iure et Iustitia, Trita magis iuris quam iustitiae via, quamquam / Iuris iter longum, iustitiaeque breve est..
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Nec Dum Cessat Amor, Omnia cum rapiat mors, non extinguit amorem, / Quo devincta sibi est usque marita fides; and Et Voluisse Sat Est, Saepius excelsis tenuis res officit ausis, / Et tamen attollit mens generosa caput.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Prudente Simplicitate, Vitam quod faciat beatiorem / Prudens simplicitas, pie putamus; and Transitus Celer Est Et Avolamus, Transitus hinc celer est, subitoque volare videmur / Caelestem in patriam, ad gaudia sancta poli.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Medium certum (English: The middle way is sure).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Manu et corde (English: With hand and heart).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Dum felis dormit, saliunt mures (English: While the cat sleeps, the mice leap).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Quod supras nos, nihil ad nos (English: What is above us does not concern us).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Megaricum machinamentum (English: A Megaran contrivance; from Adagia 2.3.60 - The Megarans were proverbial for their trickiness and ingenuity, and their devices were devious).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Πηγάσου ταχύτερος (English: More swift than Pegasus).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Hannibal et Decem Captivi, a story of Roman honor and dishonor.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Equus, Asinus, et Hordeum, the story of a horse who is both hypocritical and selfish (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Canes et Corium, a story about some foolish dogs who made a fatal mistake.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Crab and his Mother, a fable about setting a good example for your children.
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 801, Serapis et Parricida, through Fable 810, Naias et Puella, including Sanctus Petrus et Rusticus, a Christian variation on the famous fable of Hercules and the farmer: Asinus cuiusdam rustici in fimum cecidit. Rusticus supra herbam discubuit, clamans, “Petre, succurre asino meo.” Petrus percutiens rusticum ait, “Surge, piger, et asino tuo primo appone manum, et coadiuvabo te.”
Friday, April 27, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Adversis Succumbens
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous two essays were Essay #10: Vincere Venerem and Essay #11: Sapientia et Stultitia (you can see a complete list of essays here). Meanwhile, here is the new essay:
Essay #12: Adversis Succumbens
Round-Up: April 27
Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. You can keep up with the latest posts by using the RSS feed, or you might prefer to subscribe by email.
HODIE: ante diem quintum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Pasquier's Epigrammata and Pithou's Epigrammata.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Achilles at Skyros; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Tempore felici, Tempore felici non cognoscuntur amici; / Sorte patet misera, quae sit dilectio vera; and Non oculis nota, Non oculis nota res est a corde remota, / Cordi raro datur, oculis quod raro notatur..
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Non pudeat, Non pudeat, quae nescieris, te velle doceri: / Scire aliquid laus est, culpa est nil discere velle; and Parce laudato, Parce laudato; nam quem tu saepe probaris, / Una dies, qualis fuerit, ostendit, amicus.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Cui legisse satis, Cui legisse satis non est epigrammata centum, / nil illi satis est, Caediciane, mali; and Milia misisti mihi, Milia misisti mihi sex bis sena petenti: / ut bis sena feram, bis duodena petam.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are De Gloria, Gloria si dulcis, studeas virtute parare: / Quo labor est maior, gloria maior erit; and De Risu, Immodicus risus non est sapientis et index / Stultitiae; lepidi sint sine dente ioci.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Patiens Inversus, et Patientia Divisa, Esse volo patiens, si nolo cogor, at in spe: / Hac ego fio potens entia cuncta pati; and Beatus, Undecimo Iuni tua par sors laeta videtur,
Post noctem fulsit lux tibi longa brevem.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Praedae Spes Vana Capit, Pisciculos viden' ut pomposa cucurbita fallat? / Nil solidi illa tamen, sed tegit insidias.; and Haec Vera Potentia Est, Affectus quisquis mentis moderatur habenis, / Fertur equo domito; qui vagus, ille fero.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are In Spe Et Labore Transigo Vitam, Spes me alit atque labor, miseram sic transigo vitam; / Non nisi in aeterna est pace beata quies; and Non Dormit Qui Custodit, Detinet hunc non alta quies similisque sopori, / Qui vigili, nostras res, ratione, regit.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Auxilio Dei (English: With God's help).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Longae regum manus (English: Long are the hands of kings)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae (English: Each and every person is the maker of his own luck). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Mori est felicis, antequam mortem invoces (English: You're lucky if you die before you beg for death).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Bestia bestiam novit (English: One beast knows another; from Adagia 4.7.57).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Polus Histrio, a wonderful anecdote about a tragic actor.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Pirata et Alexander Rex, a thought-provoking story about a pirate's bold words to Alexander the Great (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 791, Minerva et Hercules, through Fable 800, Ceres et Rusticus, a fable of unintended consequences.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Cat and Venus, a wonderful story about what happened when Venus turned a cat into a woman.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Olor et Anseres, a story about a swan mistaken for a goose: Pecuniosus quidam, qui anseres haberet domi, emit et olorem, et inter illos aluit; audierat enim suavissimum esse cantum olorinum. Cum autem vellet ad epulas iugulare nocte quadam anserem, ideo enim alebantur, forte cepit olorem, quod tenebrae discrimen inter hunc et illos fieri nullum sinerent. At olor carmen dulcissimum, quod aiunt illos facere solere ubi instare mortem sentiant, accinit, atque ita cognitus servatur. Commendat fabula doctrinam et in primis musica studia, quibus etiam mors ipsa saepe avertatur.
HODIE: ante diem quintum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Pasquier's Epigrammata and Pithou's Epigrammata.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Achilles at Skyros; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Tempore felici, Tempore felici non cognoscuntur amici; / Sorte patet misera, quae sit dilectio vera; and Non oculis nota, Non oculis nota res est a corde remota, / Cordi raro datur, oculis quod raro notatur..
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Non pudeat, Non pudeat, quae nescieris, te velle doceri: / Scire aliquid laus est, culpa est nil discere velle; and Parce laudato, Parce laudato; nam quem tu saepe probaris, / Una dies, qualis fuerit, ostendit, amicus.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Cui legisse satis, Cui legisse satis non est epigrammata centum, / nil illi satis est, Caediciane, mali; and Milia misisti mihi, Milia misisti mihi sex bis sena petenti: / ut bis sena feram, bis duodena petam.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are De Gloria, Gloria si dulcis, studeas virtute parare: / Quo labor est maior, gloria maior erit; and De Risu, Immodicus risus non est sapientis et index / Stultitiae; lepidi sint sine dente ioci.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Patiens Inversus, et Patientia Divisa, Esse volo patiens, si nolo cogor, at in spe: / Hac ego fio potens entia cuncta pati; and Beatus, Undecimo Iuni tua par sors laeta videtur,
Post noctem fulsit lux tibi longa brevem.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Praedae Spes Vana Capit, Pisciculos viden' ut pomposa cucurbita fallat? / Nil solidi illa tamen, sed tegit insidias.; and Haec Vera Potentia Est, Affectus quisquis mentis moderatur habenis, / Fertur equo domito; qui vagus, ille fero.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are In Spe Et Labore Transigo Vitam, Spes me alit atque labor, miseram sic transigo vitam; / Non nisi in aeterna est pace beata quies; and Non Dormit Qui Custodit, Detinet hunc non alta quies similisque sopori, / Qui vigili, nostras res, ratione, regit.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Auxilio Dei (English: With God's help).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Longae regum manus (English: Long are the hands of kings)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae (English: Each and every person is the maker of his own luck). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Mori est felicis, antequam mortem invoces (English: You're lucky if you die before you beg for death).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Bestia bestiam novit (English: One beast knows another; from Adagia 4.7.57).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Polus Histrio, a wonderful anecdote about a tragic actor.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Pirata et Alexander Rex, a thought-provoking story about a pirate's bold words to Alexander the Great (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 791, Minerva et Hercules, through Fable 800, Ceres et Rusticus, a fable of unintended consequences.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Cat and Venus, a wonderful story about what happened when Venus turned a cat into a woman.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Olor et Anseres, a story about a swan mistaken for a goose: Pecuniosus quidam, qui anseres haberet domi, emit et olorem, et inter illos aluit; audierat enim suavissimum esse cantum olorinum. Cum autem vellet ad epulas iugulare nocte quadam anserem, ideo enim alebantur, forte cepit olorem, quod tenebrae discrimen inter hunc et illos fieri nullum sinerent. At olor carmen dulcissimum, quod aiunt illos facere solere ubi instare mortem sentiant, accinit, atque ita cognitus servatur. Commendat fabula doctrinam et in primis musica studia, quibus etiam mors ipsa saepe avertatur.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Sapientia et Stultitia
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous two essays were Essay #9: Cycnus and Essay #10: Vincere Venerem (you can see a complete list of essays here). Meanwhile, here is the new essay:
Essay #11: Sapientia et Sultitia
Round-Up: April 25
Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm using Google+ a lot these days - highly recommended as a thought-provoking place to hang out online!
HODIE: ante diem septimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are de Portugal's Epigrammata and Brixianus's Epigrammata.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Achilles Receiving Weapons from Thetis; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Si vis laudari, Si vis laudari, si vis carusque vocari, / Discas adulari: nam tales sunt modo cari; and Esse bonum dico, Esse bonum dico, quod donas laetus animo; / Quod tristis donum, hoc nequit esse bonum.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Discere ne cessa, Discere ne cessa; cura sapientia crescit, / Rara datur longo prudentia temporis usu; and Tranquillis rebus semper, Tranquillis rebus semper diversa timeto, / Rursus in adversis melius sperare memento.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Pica, Pica loquax certa dominum te voce saluto: / Si me non videas, esse negabis avem; and Esset, Castrice, Esset, Castrice, cum mali coloris, / versus scribere coepit Oppianus.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Nec Cito, Nec Temere, Iudicium praeceps insani iudicis index; / Omnia sunt longis discutienda moris; and Scire Mori est Honos Mortis, Mortis honos est scire mori: vitaeque beatae, / Exitus est testis, qui sine labe fuit.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Mathusalem Mortuus Est, Non vixisse diu vita est, at vivere vita est. / Quid iuvat ergo diu vivere, deinde mori? and In Avarum, Non vis ut modico maior pede calceus extet, / Cur tibi quaeris opum plus, tibi quam sit opus?
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Tractant Fabrilia Fabri, Carmen opus nostrum est, tractant fabrilia fabri; / Quisque suum solita tempus in arte locat; and Noli Altum Sapere, Noli altum sapere, et plus quam mortalia fas est / Pectora; nam sapere, non nimium sapere est.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Fidem Servabo Genusque, Non necat accipiter, tenuit quem nocte volucrem; / Sic servare solet mens generosa fidem; and Fragrat Adustum, Thura inodora manent, nisi sole vel igne calescant: / Sic bene quo fragret, cor prece adure pia.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Lege, sapere aude (English: Read; dare to be wise).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Adeunt etiam optima (English: The best things are yet to be).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Si tibi do mannos, numeres ne dentibus annos (English: If I give you some ponies, don't look at their teeth to guess their age).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Stultorum infinitus est numerus (Ecc. 1:15). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Talpa caecior: Blynder then a mole: A proverbe applied to them that lacke judgement yn thinges that are playne.
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Duo Viatores et Caupo Insidiosus, a wonderful supernatural crime story from the ancient world.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus Leonis Pelle Indutus, the famous story of the donkey who pretended to be a lion (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 781, Mercurius et Lignator, through Fable 790, Minerva et Naufragus, including Mercurius, Homo, et Formica , a marvelous story of human and divine justice.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is Hercules and The Waggoner, a story about how the gods help those that help themselves.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Carduelis et Puer, the story of a bird and its cage: Carduelis avis, interrogata a puero, a quo in deliciis habita et suavibus et largis cibis nutrita fuerat, cur cavea egressa regredi nollet. “Ut meo,” inquit, “me arbitratu, non tuo, pascere possim.”
HODIE: ante diem septimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are de Portugal's Epigrammata and Brixianus's Epigrammata.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Achilles Receiving Weapons from Thetis; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Si vis laudari, Si vis laudari, si vis carusque vocari, / Discas adulari: nam tales sunt modo cari; and Esse bonum dico, Esse bonum dico, quod donas laetus animo; / Quod tristis donum, hoc nequit esse bonum.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Discere ne cessa, Discere ne cessa; cura sapientia crescit, / Rara datur longo prudentia temporis usu; and Tranquillis rebus semper, Tranquillis rebus semper diversa timeto, / Rursus in adversis melius sperare memento.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Pica, Pica loquax certa dominum te voce saluto: / Si me non videas, esse negabis avem; and Esset, Castrice, Esset, Castrice, cum mali coloris, / versus scribere coepit Oppianus.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Nec Cito, Nec Temere, Iudicium praeceps insani iudicis index; / Omnia sunt longis discutienda moris; and Scire Mori est Honos Mortis, Mortis honos est scire mori: vitaeque beatae, / Exitus est testis, qui sine labe fuit.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Mathusalem Mortuus Est, Non vixisse diu vita est, at vivere vita est. / Quid iuvat ergo diu vivere, deinde mori? and In Avarum, Non vis ut modico maior pede calceus extet, / Cur tibi quaeris opum plus, tibi quam sit opus?
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Tractant Fabrilia Fabri, Carmen opus nostrum est, tractant fabrilia fabri; / Quisque suum solita tempus in arte locat; and Noli Altum Sapere, Noli altum sapere, et plus quam mortalia fas est / Pectora; nam sapere, non nimium sapere est.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Fidem Servabo Genusque, Non necat accipiter, tenuit quem nocte volucrem; / Sic servare solet mens generosa fidem; and Fragrat Adustum, Thura inodora manent, nisi sole vel igne calescant: / Sic bene quo fragret, cor prece adure pia.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Lege, sapere aude (English: Read; dare to be wise).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Adeunt etiam optima (English: The best things are yet to be).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Si tibi do mannos, numeres ne dentibus annos (English: If I give you some ponies, don't look at their teeth to guess their age).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Stultorum infinitus est numerus (Ecc. 1:15). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Talpa caecior: Blynder then a mole: A proverbe applied to them that lacke judgement yn thinges that are playne.
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Duo Viatores et Caupo Insidiosus, a wonderful supernatural crime story from the ancient world.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus Leonis Pelle Indutus, the famous story of the donkey who pretended to be a lion (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 781, Mercurius et Lignator, through Fable 790, Minerva et Naufragus, including Mercurius, Homo, et Formica , a marvelous story of human and divine justice.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is Hercules and The Waggoner, a story about how the gods help those that help themselves.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Carduelis et Puer, the story of a bird and its cage: Carduelis avis, interrogata a puero, a quo in deliciis habita et suavibus et largis cibis nutrita fuerat, cur cavea egressa regredi nollet. “Ut meo,” inquit, “me arbitratu, non tuo, pascere possim.”
Monday, April 23, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Vincere Venerem
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous two essays were Essay #8: Ne Simus Loquaces. and Essay #9: Cycnus (you can see a complete list of essays here). Meanwhile, here is the new essay:
Essay #10: Vincere Venerem
Round-Up: April 23
Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.
HODIE: ante diem nonum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Heumann's Anthologia Latina and Riese's Anthologia Latina .
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Polyxena at the Well; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Quicquid vita dedit, Quicquid vita dedit, tollit cum vita recedit, / nec tecum tolles plenos rubigine folles; and Qui petit immeritum, Qui petit immeritum, non debet habere petitum; / Si peto plus merito, careo de iure petito.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Laudaris quodcumque palam, Laudaris quodcumque palam, quodcumque probaris, / Hoc vide ne rursus levitatis crimine damnes; and Hoc bibe quo possis, Hoc bibe quod possis, si tu vis vivere sanus: / Morbi causa mali minima est quaecumque voluptas.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Scripsi, rescripsit nil, Scripsi, rescripsit nil Naevia, non dabit ergo; / Sed puto quod scripsi legerat: ergo dabit; and Qui recitat lana, Qui recitat lana fauces et colla revinctus, / hic se posse loqui, posse tacere negat.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are De Eloquentia, Nil adeo incultum, quod non ratione nitescat; / Thebarum haec altas vexit ad astra domos; and Sapiens Nihil Invitus Facit, Nil facit invitus sapiens: exire recusas? / Quod vitare nequis, velle necesse tibi est.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Audaces Fortuna Iuvat, Femina fortunae similis formosa videtur, / Non amat ignavos illa, nec illa, viros; and Astrologus et Geographus, Dividitur totus vos inter maximus orbis, / Coelum est astrologi, terraque geographi.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Virtute Ac Studio Per Orbem Fama Perpetua Comparatur , Virtus ac studium causa est, quod in orbe, per omne / Aevum, perpetuo gloria nostra viret; and Scientia Immutabilis, Turpe est, cum sapiens cunctas mutatur in horas: / Constantes fortes nam decet esse viros.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Animo Petit Ima Profundo, Totus equus naso ceu fertur anhelus in undam / Praesenti adversis obvius ito malis; and Ultro Se Voluere Capi, Dum capimus, capimur; si linquimus, haud capiemur: / Instructas vitat, qui sapit, insidias.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Incitas crabrones (English: You're stirring up hornets - which is obviously not a good thing to do!).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Fides, spes, caritas (English: Faith, hope, and charity).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Canis sine dentibus vehementius latrat (English: A dog without teeth barks the more fiercely).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Ut pisces hamo, ita homines beneficio capiuntur (English: As fish with the hook, so are men captured by favors).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Stultior Coroebo (English: Stupider than Coroebus; from Adagia 2.9.64 - Coroebus was a notorious fool who tried to count the number of the waves in the sea, although he got confused by numbers greater than five).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων, εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἔπεσον (English: Fleeing the smoke, I fell into the fire).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Scipio Africanus Accusatus, which tells how Scipio refuted the charge that he had been bribed by King Antiochus.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Prometheus, Leo, et Elephantus, a story about the god Prometheus in his role as creator of the animals (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 771, Iuppiter et Canes , through Fable 780, Iuppiter et Hominum Peccata, including Iuppiter et Dolium, which is Aesop's take on the fable of Pandora's box - but without Pandora.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is Fortune and The Boy, a story about luck and personal responsibility.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Divitiae et Simulacrum Sacrum, a story of paradoxical worship: Quidam, domi suae, consecrata nescio cuius divi lignea statua, colere hanc et sertis ornare assidue solebat et petere ab hac divitias et opes. Sed hoc cum frustra longo tempore fecisset (non modo enim non augebatur res ipsius, sed etiam diminuebatur), iratus tandem, apprehensum pedibus simulacrum terrae inflixit. Illiso autem forte in saxum capite effractoque, magna vis auri effunditur quod in eo fuerat inclusum. Hoc colligens, ille “Magna est,” inquit, “perversitas tua, dive, qui venerantem te neglexeris et affligentem ditaveris.”
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HODIE: ante diem nonum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Heumann's Anthologia Latina and Riese's Anthologia Latina .
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Polyxena at the Well; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Quicquid vita dedit, Quicquid vita dedit, tollit cum vita recedit, / nec tecum tolles plenos rubigine folles; and Qui petit immeritum, Qui petit immeritum, non debet habere petitum; / Si peto plus merito, careo de iure petito.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Laudaris quodcumque palam, Laudaris quodcumque palam, quodcumque probaris, / Hoc vide ne rursus levitatis crimine damnes; and Hoc bibe quo possis, Hoc bibe quod possis, si tu vis vivere sanus: / Morbi causa mali minima est quaecumque voluptas.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Scripsi, rescripsit nil, Scripsi, rescripsit nil Naevia, non dabit ergo; / Sed puto quod scripsi legerat: ergo dabit; and Qui recitat lana, Qui recitat lana fauces et colla revinctus, / hic se posse loqui, posse tacere negat.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are De Eloquentia, Nil adeo incultum, quod non ratione nitescat; / Thebarum haec altas vexit ad astra domos; and Sapiens Nihil Invitus Facit, Nil facit invitus sapiens: exire recusas? / Quod vitare nequis, velle necesse tibi est.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Audaces Fortuna Iuvat, Femina fortunae similis formosa videtur, / Non amat ignavos illa, nec illa, viros; and Astrologus et Geographus, Dividitur totus vos inter maximus orbis, / Coelum est astrologi, terraque geographi.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Virtute Ac Studio Per Orbem Fama Perpetua Comparatur , Virtus ac studium causa est, quod in orbe, per omne / Aevum, perpetuo gloria nostra viret; and Scientia Immutabilis, Turpe est, cum sapiens cunctas mutatur in horas: / Constantes fortes nam decet esse viros.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Animo Petit Ima Profundo, Totus equus naso ceu fertur anhelus in undam / Praesenti adversis obvius ito malis; and Ultro Se Voluere Capi, Dum capimus, capimur; si linquimus, haud capiemur: / Instructas vitat, qui sapit, insidias.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Incitas crabrones (English: You're stirring up hornets - which is obviously not a good thing to do!).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Fides, spes, caritas (English: Faith, hope, and charity).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Canis sine dentibus vehementius latrat (English: A dog without teeth barks the more fiercely).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Ut pisces hamo, ita homines beneficio capiuntur (English: As fish with the hook, so are men captured by favors).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Stultior Coroebo (English: Stupider than Coroebus; from Adagia 2.9.64 - Coroebus was a notorious fool who tried to count the number of the waves in the sea, although he got confused by numbers greater than five).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων, εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἔπεσον (English: Fleeing the smoke, I fell into the fire).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Scipio Africanus Accusatus, which tells how Scipio refuted the charge that he had been bribed by King Antiochus.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Prometheus, Leo, et Elephantus, a story about the god Prometheus in his role as creator of the animals (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 771, Iuppiter et Canes , through Fable 780, Iuppiter et Hominum Peccata, including Iuppiter et Dolium, which is Aesop's take on the fable of Pandora's box - but without Pandora.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is Fortune and The Boy, a story about luck and personal responsibility.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Divitiae et Simulacrum Sacrum, a story of paradoxical worship: Quidam, domi suae, consecrata nescio cuius divi lignea statua, colere hanc et sertis ornare assidue solebat et petere ab hac divitias et opes. Sed hoc cum frustra longo tempore fecisset (non modo enim non augebatur res ipsius, sed etiam diminuebatur), iratus tandem, apprehensum pedibus simulacrum terrae inflixit. Illiso autem forte in saxum capite effractoque, magna vis auri effunditur quod in eo fuerat inclusum. Hoc colligens, ille “Magna est,” inquit, “perversitas tua, dive, qui venerantem te neglexeris et affligentem ditaveris.”
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Cycnus
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous essays were Essay #1: Homicidium, Essay #2: Cursu Praetervehor Omnes, Essay #3: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Essay #4: Multorum Disce Exemplo, Essay #5: Cynthia, Essay #6: In Mortis Diem Omnibus Incertum, Essay #7: Prudentia and Essay #8: Ne Simus Loquaces. Here is the new essay:
Round-Up: April 21
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HODIE: ante diem undecimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Book is Buecheler's Carmina Latina Epigraphica.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Apollo and Marsyas; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Clarior est solito, Clarior est solito post maxima nubila Phoebus, / Post inimicitias clarior est et amor; and Disce libens, Disce libens, et eris sapiens et honore foveris; / Quod fieri quaeris, disce libens et eris.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Disce sed a doctis, Disce sed a doctis, indoctos ipse doceto: / Propaganda etenim est rerum doctrina bonarum; and Multum venturi, Multum venturi ne cures tempora fati: / Non metuit mortem qui scit contemnere vitam.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Leandros marmoreus, Clamabat tumidis audax Leandros in undis: / 'Mergite me, fluctūs, cum rediturus ero.' and Miraris, quare, Miraris, quare dormitum non eat Afer? / Accumbat cum qua, Caediciane, vides.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Ad Quendam Vaniloquum, Omnibus in triviis recitans tua carmina laudas: / Si vis ut laudem, disce tacere prius; and Quando Mors Est Optima, Optima mors tunc est, cum vita est criminis expers; / Mors felix, vita est cum tibi cara magis.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Damnatus, Tristis, et undecimo tua par fortuna Decembris; / Post lucem sequitur nox tibi longa brevem; and Iurisconsultus, Iurisprudentes prudentes iure vocantur: / Tam bene cum studeant provideantque sibi.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Labore Et Constantia, Omnia perficies constante labore, nec ullum / Difficile est, illi qui bene pergit, opus; and Evertit Et Aequat, Sic Deus interdum magnos evertit, ut aequet / Sorte illos miseris qui sine honore iacent.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Etiam Praeclara Minatur, Fortis equi virtus primis se prodit in annis; / Nec latet excelsi vis generosa animi; and Sponte Mea, Non Vi, Sponte mea redeo, mihi cum victoria parta est, / Nec vis me vocat, ast aucupis obsequium.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Sublimiora petamus (English: Let us seek higher things).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iustitia virtutum regina (English: Justice is the queen of the virtues)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Inter pygmaeos regnat nanus (English: Among the pygmies, the dwarf is king). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Nulla tam bona est fortuna, de qua nil possis queri (English: There's no luck so good that you cannot complain about it).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Canis festinans caecos parit catulos (English: The dog, giving birth in a hurry, has blind puppies; from Adagia 2.2.35 - the saying is a metaphor for anything done in haste with incomplete results).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Pater et Tres Filii, the story of Diagoras of Rhodes.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Avarus et Poma Marcescentia, the hilarious story of a miser, his generous son and their apple orchard (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 761, Vectis et Murus, through Fable 770, Iuppiter et Piscis Alatus, including Iuppiter et Asini, the wonderful story why donkeys like to piss together.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Young Cocks, a story about the unintended consequences of victory.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cornicula et Ovis, the story of a sheep and a very mean-spirited crow: Cornicula strepitat in dorso oviculae. Ovis inquit, “Si obstreperes sic cani, ferres infortunium.” At cornicula inquit, “Scio quibus insultem: molesta placidis, amica saevis.”
HODIE: ante diem undecimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Book is Buecheler's Carmina Latina Epigraphica.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Apollo and Marsyas; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Clarior est solito, Clarior est solito post maxima nubila Phoebus, / Post inimicitias clarior est et amor; and Disce libens, Disce libens, et eris sapiens et honore foveris; / Quod fieri quaeris, disce libens et eris.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Disce sed a doctis, Disce sed a doctis, indoctos ipse doceto: / Propaganda etenim est rerum doctrina bonarum; and Multum venturi, Multum venturi ne cures tempora fati: / Non metuit mortem qui scit contemnere vitam.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Leandros marmoreus, Clamabat tumidis audax Leandros in undis: / 'Mergite me, fluctūs, cum rediturus ero.' and Miraris, quare, Miraris, quare dormitum non eat Afer? / Accumbat cum qua, Caediciane, vides.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Ad Quendam Vaniloquum, Omnibus in triviis recitans tua carmina laudas: / Si vis ut laudem, disce tacere prius; and Quando Mors Est Optima, Optima mors tunc est, cum vita est criminis expers; / Mors felix, vita est cum tibi cara magis.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Damnatus, Tristis, et undecimo tua par fortuna Decembris; / Post lucem sequitur nox tibi longa brevem; and Iurisconsultus, Iurisprudentes prudentes iure vocantur: / Tam bene cum studeant provideantque sibi.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Labore Et Constantia, Omnia perficies constante labore, nec ullum / Difficile est, illi qui bene pergit, opus; and Evertit Et Aequat, Sic Deus interdum magnos evertit, ut aequet / Sorte illos miseris qui sine honore iacent.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Etiam Praeclara Minatur, Fortis equi virtus primis se prodit in annis; / Nec latet excelsi vis generosa animi; and Sponte Mea, Non Vi, Sponte mea redeo, mihi cum victoria parta est, / Nec vis me vocat, ast aucupis obsequium.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Sublimiora petamus (English: Let us seek higher things).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iustitia virtutum regina (English: Justice is the queen of the virtues)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Inter pygmaeos regnat nanus (English: Among the pygmies, the dwarf is king). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Nulla tam bona est fortuna, de qua nil possis queri (English: There's no luck so good that you cannot complain about it).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Canis festinans caecos parit catulos (English: The dog, giving birth in a hurry, has blind puppies; from Adagia 2.2.35 - the saying is a metaphor for anything done in haste with incomplete results).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Pater et Tres Filii, the story of Diagoras of Rhodes.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Avarus et Poma Marcescentia, the hilarious story of a miser, his generous son and their apple orchard (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 761, Vectis et Murus, through Fable 770, Iuppiter et Piscis Alatus, including Iuppiter et Asini, the wonderful story why donkeys like to piss together.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Young Cocks, a story about the unintended consequences of victory.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cornicula et Ovis, the story of a sheep and a very mean-spirited crow: Cornicula strepitat in dorso oviculae. Ovis inquit, “Si obstreperes sic cani, ferres infortunium.” At cornicula inquit, “Scio quibus insultem: molesta placidis, amica saevis.”
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Ne Simus Loquaces
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous essays were Essay #1: Homicidium, Essay #2: Cursu Praetervehor Omnes, Essay #3: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Essay #4: Multorum Disce Exemplo, Essay #5: Cynthia, Essay #6: In Mortis Diem Omnibus Incertum and Essay #7: Prudentia. Here is the new essay:
Round-Up: April 19
Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm using Google+ a lot these days - highly recommended as a thought-provoking place to hang out online!
HODIE: ante diem tertium decimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Bidermann's Epigrammatum libri tres and Böcken's Manuale Sacrorum Epigrammatum.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Abduction of Ganymede; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Vincere si quaeris, Vincere si quaeris Venerem, fugiens superabis; / Instans victus eris; Venerem fugiendo fugabis; and Beatus ille homo, Beatus ille homo, qui vivit sua domo, / Laudat Deum trinum et bibit bonum vinum.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Exerce studio, Exerce studio quamvis perceperis artem: / Ut cura ingenium, sic et manus adiuvat usum; and Prospicito tecum, Prospicito tecum tacitus quid quisque loquatur: / Sermo hominum mores et celat et indicat idem.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Pars maxillarum, Pars maxillarum tonsa est tibi, pars tibi rasa est, / pars vulsa est: unum quis putet esse caput? and Liber homo, 'Liber homo es nimium' dicis mihi, Ceryle, semper; / In te qui dicit 'Ceryle' liber homo est.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Contra Mercatores, Per mare, per terras, mercator quaeritat aurum: / Tu caeli aeternas, stulte, relinquis opes; and Quae Carent Effectu, Tentanda Non Sunt, Quae fieri nequeunt, prorsus tentare recuses; / Ingenii debes pondus habere tui.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Annus, Ver, aestas, autumnus, hiems sunt integer annus, / Aestas autumno, vere levatur hiems; and Mortis et Macelli Apologia, Mors nisi mactaret iuvenes, laniique iuvencos, / Omnia stultorum plena boumque forent.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Pretiosa Pascitur Esca, Scilicet est quovis doctrina potentior auro, / Has ergo ingenii collige divitias; and Loco Et Tempore, Mira fides, Palamedia avis lapide obstruit ora; / Tu quoque ne noceat garrula lingua cave.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Rerum Sapientia Custos, Optima gestarum rerum, sapientia custos, / Aeternis condens, fortia facta, libris; and Fac et Spera, Subditus esto Deo, mandato munere fungens, / Et spera in miseris, et pete rebus opem.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Meo contentus sum (English: I am content with what I have).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Litteris absentes videmus (English: We see people who are absent through letters).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Ex lingua stulta veniunt incommoda multa (English: From a fool's tongue come forth many annoying words).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos et pluit super iustos et iniustos (Matt. 5:45). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Spes alit exules: Even banished menne have hope once to retourne into there countrye. A proverbe signifieng that there ys yet some hope, or that we shoulde not yet dispayre but loke for a day, for in space cometh grace.
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Plutarchus et Servus Nequam, an ironic little story about the philosophy of anger management.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Puer et Paedagogus, a great story about a poor student who needs his teacher's help (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Iuppiter et Agricola, a story about the dangers of unintended consequences.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Wild Ass and the Lion, a variation on the classic lion's share fable.
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 751, Membra et Venter, through Fable 760, Vomeres Duo, including Cera Lateri Invidens , one of my very favorite Aesop's fables: Cera, videns se mollem et tractabilem, nimis dolebat conditionis suae vicem cupiebatque lateris cocti soliditate donari. Quod ut consequeretur, iecit se in fornacem ardentem. Sed, momento liquefacta et igne consumpta, documento fuit quemque in suo statu manere debere nec appetere quod sibi a Natura fuit negatum.
HODIE: ante diem tertium decimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Bidermann's Epigrammatum libri tres and Böcken's Manuale Sacrorum Epigrammatum.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Abduction of Ganymede; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Vincere si quaeris, Vincere si quaeris Venerem, fugiens superabis; / Instans victus eris; Venerem fugiendo fugabis; and Beatus ille homo, Beatus ille homo, qui vivit sua domo, / Laudat Deum trinum et bibit bonum vinum.
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Exerce studio, Exerce studio quamvis perceperis artem: / Ut cura ingenium, sic et manus adiuvat usum; and Prospicito tecum, Prospicito tecum tacitus quid quisque loquatur: / Sermo hominum mores et celat et indicat idem.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Pars maxillarum, Pars maxillarum tonsa est tibi, pars tibi rasa est, / pars vulsa est: unum quis putet esse caput? and Liber homo, 'Liber homo es nimium' dicis mihi, Ceryle, semper; / In te qui dicit 'Ceryle' liber homo est.
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Contra Mercatores, Per mare, per terras, mercator quaeritat aurum: / Tu caeli aeternas, stulte, relinquis opes; and Quae Carent Effectu, Tentanda Non Sunt, Quae fieri nequeunt, prorsus tentare recuses; / Ingenii debes pondus habere tui.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Annus, Ver, aestas, autumnus, hiems sunt integer annus, / Aestas autumno, vere levatur hiems; and Mortis et Macelli Apologia, Mors nisi mactaret iuvenes, laniique iuvencos, / Omnia stultorum plena boumque forent.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Pretiosa Pascitur Esca, Scilicet est quovis doctrina potentior auro, / Has ergo ingenii collige divitias; and Loco Et Tempore, Mira fides, Palamedia avis lapide obstruit ora; / Tu quoque ne noceat garrula lingua cave.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Rerum Sapientia Custos, Optima gestarum rerum, sapientia custos, / Aeternis condens, fortia facta, libris; and Fac et Spera, Subditus esto Deo, mandato munere fungens, / Et spera in miseris, et pete rebus opem.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Meo contentus sum (English: I am content with what I have).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Litteris absentes videmus (English: We see people who are absent through letters).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Ex lingua stulta veniunt incommoda multa (English: From a fool's tongue come forth many annoying words).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos et pluit super iustos et iniustos (Matt. 5:45). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Spes alit exules: Even banished menne have hope once to retourne into there countrye. A proverbe signifieng that there ys yet some hope, or that we shoulde not yet dispayre but loke for a day, for in space cometh grace.
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Plutarchus et Servus Nequam, an ironic little story about the philosophy of anger management.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Puer et Paedagogus, a great story about a poor student who needs his teacher's help (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Iuppiter et Agricola, a story about the dangers of unintended consequences.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Wild Ass and the Lion, a variation on the classic lion's share fable.
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 751, Membra et Venter, through Fable 760, Vomeres Duo, including Cera Lateri Invidens , one of my very favorite Aesop's fables: Cera, videns se mollem et tractabilem, nimis dolebat conditionis suae vicem cupiebatque lateris cocti soliditate donari. Quod ut consequeretur, iecit se in fornacem ardentem. Sed, momento liquefacta et igne consumpta, documento fuit quemque in suo statu manere debere nec appetere quod sibi a Natura fuit negatum.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Prudentia
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous essays were Essay #1: Homicidium, Essay #2: Cursu Praetervehor Omnes, Essay #3: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Essay #4: Multorum Disce Exemplo, Essay #5: Cynthia and Essay #6: In Mortis Diem Omnibus Incertum. Here is the new essay:
Round-Up: April 17
Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. There are notices also at Twitter - look for Aesopus and AesopusEnglish.
HODIE: ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Bonomi's Epigrammata and Bechtlin's Epigrammata.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Judgment of Paris; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Ut conferre solet, Ut conferre solet sermo bonus utilitatem, / Multis sermo malus confert incommoditatem; and Disce, puer, Disce, puer, dum tempus habes, aevo puerili, / Ne te nil didicisse fleas aetate senili..
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Disce aliquid, Disce aliquid; nam cum subito Fortuna recessit, / Ars remanet vitamque hominis non deserit umquam; and Cum sapias animo, Cum sapias animo, noli ridere senectam; / Nam quoicumque seni puerilis sensus inhaeret.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Mittebas libram, Mittebas libram, quadrantem, Garrice, mittis; / Saltem semissem, Garrice, solve mihi; and Encaustus Phaethon, Encaustus Phaethon tabula tibi pictus in hac est; / Quid tibi vis, dipyrum qui Phaethonta facis?
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Multi Peccant, Quae sine labe caro? Quae non obnoxia culpae est? / Quem non invenies criminis esse reum? and Qui Vult in Caelo Cumulare Divitias, Quas Christi causa miseris donabis egenis, / In caelo aeternas constabilibis opes.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Aetas Aurea, Cognita Tartarei cum nondum vis foret auri, / Aurea cur aetas illa vocata fuit?
and In Atheos, Nulla domus domino caruit; vos hancinne tantam / Nullius domini creditis esse domum?
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Triumphali E Stipite Surgens, Hoc monet annoso lauri ortus stipite ramus: / Magnis natus avis non nisi magna paret.; and Frustra Remorantibus Austris, Non remoratur equum vis venti assurgere in auras, / Virtutis nec sors aspera tardat iter.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Virtute Duce, Comite Fortuna, Sit Fortuna comes, Virtus dux inclyta facti, / Non labor in Domino, noster inanis erit; and Florebo, Prospiciente Deo, Solis ad adspectum, veluti rosa verna virescit / Sic ego florebo, prospiciente Deo.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Vive revicturus (English: Live as if you were going to live hereafter!).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is In libris libertas (English: In books, freedom).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Voluptate homines capiuntur, ut hamo pisces (English: Men are captured by pleasure, as fish by the hook).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Nolite dare sanctum canibus (English: Don't give what is holy to the dogs).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Daedali alae (English: The wings of Daedalus; from Adagia 3.1.65 - and the wings were marvelous indeed, even if Icarus did not use them according to instructions!).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἥν ἔλαχες Σπάρτην, ταύτην κόσμει (English: You have been allotted Sparta: adorn it - the words presumably come from a lost Greek tragedy; they are made famous by being used by Cicero).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Libri Sibyllini, the wonderful story of Tarquin and the Sibyl's books.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Iuppiter et Olitoris Asinus, the sad story of the donkey who wanted to improve his lot in life (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ursae Catuli et Leaena, featuring the lion's snide remark about the bear and her cubs.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Ungrateful Wolf, the story of the crane who foolishly came to the aid of a wolf.
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 741, Sol et Ventus, through Fable 750, Fontes Duo, including Luna et Mater, the wonderful story of the moon who wanted a new dress: Luna matrem quondam fertur orasse suam ut sibi vestem texeret convenientem corpori suo. Cui illa responderit peti a se rem quam praestare nequeat, quod nulla vestis eius corpori convenire posse videatur, quae modo plena esset et globosa, modo velut in orbem dimidiari, modo quasi in circulum extenuari, postremo etiam excavari et evanescere soleat.
HODIE: ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Bonomi's Epigrammata and Bechtlin's Epigrammata.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Judgment of Paris; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Ut conferre solet, Ut conferre solet sermo bonus utilitatem, / Multis sermo malus confert incommoditatem; and Disce, puer, Disce, puer, dum tempus habes, aevo puerili, / Ne te nil didicisse fleas aetate senili..
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Disce aliquid, Disce aliquid; nam cum subito Fortuna recessit, / Ars remanet vitamque hominis non deserit umquam; and Cum sapias animo, Cum sapias animo, noli ridere senectam; / Nam quoicumque seni puerilis sensus inhaeret.
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Mittebas libram, Mittebas libram, quadrantem, Garrice, mittis; / Saltem semissem, Garrice, solve mihi; and Encaustus Phaethon, Encaustus Phaethon tabula tibi pictus in hac est; / Quid tibi vis, dipyrum qui Phaethonta facis?
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are Multi Peccant, Quae sine labe caro? Quae non obnoxia culpae est? / Quem non invenies criminis esse reum? and Qui Vult in Caelo Cumulare Divitias, Quas Christi causa miseris donabis egenis, / In caelo aeternas constabilibis opes.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Aetas Aurea, Cognita Tartarei cum nondum vis foret auri, / Aurea cur aetas illa vocata fuit?
and In Atheos, Nulla domus domino caruit; vos hancinne tantam / Nullius domini creditis esse domum?
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Triumphali E Stipite Surgens, Hoc monet annoso lauri ortus stipite ramus: / Magnis natus avis non nisi magna paret.; and Frustra Remorantibus Austris, Non remoratur equum vis venti assurgere in auras, / Virtutis nec sors aspera tardat iter.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Virtute Duce, Comite Fortuna, Sit Fortuna comes, Virtus dux inclyta facti, / Non labor in Domino, noster inanis erit; and Florebo, Prospiciente Deo, Solis ad adspectum, veluti rosa verna virescit / Sic ego florebo, prospiciente Deo.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Vive revicturus (English: Live as if you were going to live hereafter!).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is In libris libertas (English: In books, freedom).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Voluptate homines capiuntur, ut hamo pisces (English: Men are captured by pleasure, as fish by the hook).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Nolite dare sanctum canibus (English: Don't give what is holy to the dogs).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Daedali alae (English: The wings of Daedalus; from Adagia 3.1.65 - and the wings were marvelous indeed, even if Icarus did not use them according to instructions!).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἥν ἔλαχες Σπάρτην, ταύτην κόσμει (English: You have been allotted Sparta: adorn it - the words presumably come from a lost Greek tragedy; they are made famous by being used by Cicero).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Libri Sibyllini, the wonderful story of Tarquin and the Sibyl's books.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Iuppiter et Olitoris Asinus, the sad story of the donkey who wanted to improve his lot in life (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ursae Catuli et Leaena, featuring the lion's snide remark about the bear and her cubs.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Ungrateful Wolf, the story of the crane who foolishly came to the aid of a wolf.
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 741, Sol et Ventus, through Fable 750, Fontes Duo, including Luna et Mater, the wonderful story of the moon who wanted a new dress: Luna matrem quondam fertur orasse suam ut sibi vestem texeret convenientem corpori suo. Cui illa responderit peti a se rem quam praestare nequeat, quod nulla vestis eius corpori convenire posse videatur, quae modo plena esset et globosa, modo velut in orbem dimidiari, modo quasi in circulum extenuari, postremo etiam excavari et evanescere soleat.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Latin Without Latin: In Mortis Diem
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous essays were Essay #1: Homicidium, Essay #2: Cursu Praetervehor Omnes, Essay #3: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Essay #4: Multorum Disce Exemplo and Essay #5: Cynthia. Here is the new essay:
Round-Up: April 15
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HODIE: ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Bauhusius' Epigrammata and Du Bellay's Elegiae, Varia epigrammata, Amores, Tumuli .
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Achilles and Penthesilea; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Si quis convicium, Si quis convicium profert, illud patiatur; / Conviciumque ferat, aliis qui conviciatur; and Quid sis, quid fueris, Quid sis, quid fueris, quid eris, semper mediteris; / Sic minus atque minus peccatis subiicieris..
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Utere quaesitis opibus, Utere quaesitis opibus, fuge nomen avari: / Quid tibi divitiae, si semper pauper abundes? and Cum tibi vel socium, Cum tibi vel socium vel fidum quaeris amicum, / Non tibi fortuna est hominis sed vita petenda..
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Lesbia se iurat, Lesbia se iurat gratis numquam esse fututam: / Verum'st; cum futui vult, numerare solet; and Phoenicopteri, Dat mihi pinna rubens nomen, sed lingua gulosis / nostra sapit. Quid si garrula lingua foret?
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are De Principe, Qui prohibere potest, causam tribuisse videtur / Peccandi, quicquid non vetat illicitum.; and Non Est Credendum Blando Adulatori, Qui te plus solito demulcet carmine blando, / Te capere insidiis nititur ille suis.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Oratio, Christus uti clausis penetraverat ostia portis / Sic caeli penetrant invia claustra preces; and De Vitiis et Divitiis, Nemo hominum vivit sine crimine, sive crumena. / Crimine rara suo plena crumena caret.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Non Sine Causa, Non frustra gladium princeps gerit, aut sine causa, / Sed facit officium, praecipiente Deo; and Pando Recondita, Omnia luminibus perlustro, recondita pando;
Me nihil incauto, callide Munde, facis.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The new emblem is Causa Latet, Sistere currentem remora alta per aequora navim / Fertur; sic vis est maxima in exiguis.
BORNITIUS'S EMBLEMS: The new emblem is Qui Amat Periculum, In Isto Perit, Ignis ait: Noli me tangere; quisquis anhelat / Exitio, praeceps sponte perire solet.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Scienter utor (English: I enjoy things wisely).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Cuique suum studium (English: To each his own passion)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae (English: There is no great talent without an admixture of madness). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Gravissimum est imperium consuetudinis (English: The rule of habit is most tyrannical).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Simia simia est, etiam si aurea gestet insignia (English: A monkey is a monkey, even if it's wearing gold medals; from Adagia 1.7.11).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Socrates et Xanthippe, a funny little story about Socrates and his wife.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ciconia et Uxor Eius, a story of avian domestic violence (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 731, Harundo et Quercus, through Fable 740, Sol et Stellae, including Iuncus et Canis, the hilarious little story of the dog and the bulrushes.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Two Jars, the story of a misbegotten friendship from two mismatched jars.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cicada et Noctua, the story of the owl and her very annoying neighbor: Cicada acerbum convicium noctuae faciebat, quae solita est victum in tenebris quaerere et interdiu cavo ramo somnum capere. Cicada rogata est ut taceret, sed multo validius clamare occepit. Rursus admota prece, magis accensa est. Noctua, ut vidit sibi nullum auxilium esse et verba sua contemni, hac fallacia garrulam adgressa est: “Quia me dormire non sinunt cantus tui, quos putes citharam Apollinis sonare, mihi animus est nectar potare, quod Pallas nuper donavit. Si non fastidis, veni; una bibamus.” Cicada, quae siti arebat, simul vocem suam laudari gaudebat, cupide advolavit. Noctua, cavo obsepto, cicadam trepidantem consectata est et leto dedit. Sic, quod viva negarat, tribuit mortua.
HODIE: ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas Maias.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Bauhusius' Epigrammata and Du Bellay's Elegiae, Varia epigrammata, Amores, Tumuli .
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Achilles and Penthesilea; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S DISTICHS and EMBLEMS: All the distichs come with vocabulary lists!
RHYMING DISTICHS: The two new Rhyming Distichs are Si quis convicium, Si quis convicium profert, illud patiatur; / Conviciumque ferat, aliis qui conviciatur; and Quid sis, quid fueris, Quid sis, quid fueris, quid eris, semper mediteris; / Sic minus atque minus peccatis subiicieris..
CATO'S DISTICHS: The two new Cato Distichs are Utere quaesitis opibus, Utere quaesitis opibus, fuge nomen avari: / Quid tibi divitiae, si semper pauper abundes? and Cum tibi vel socium, Cum tibi vel socium vel fidum quaeris amicum, / Non tibi fortuna est hominis sed vita petenda..
MARTIAL'S DISTICHS: The two new Martial Distichs are Lesbia se iurat, Lesbia se iurat gratis numquam esse fututam: / Verum'st; cum futui vult, numerare solet; and Phoenicopteri, Dat mihi pinna rubens nomen, sed lingua gulosis / nostra sapit. Quid si garrula lingua foret?
VERINUS DISTICHS: The two new distichs by Verinus are De Principe, Qui prohibere potest, causam tribuisse videtur / Peccandi, quicquid non vetat illicitum.; and Non Est Credendum Blando Adulatori, Qui te plus solito demulcet carmine blando, / Te capere insidiis nititur ille suis.
OWEN'S DISTICHS: The two new Owen epigrams, with Harvey's English versions, are Oratio, Christus uti clausis penetraverat ostia portis / Sic caeli penetrant invia claustra preces; and De Vitiis et Divitiis, Nemo hominum vivit sine crimine, sive crumena. / Crimine rara suo plena crumena caret.
ROLLENHAGEN'S EMBLEMS: The two new emblems are Non Sine Causa, Non frustra gladium princeps gerit, aut sine causa, / Sed facit officium, praecipiente Deo; and Pando Recondita, Omnia luminibus perlustro, recondita pando;
Me nihil incauto, callide Munde, facis.
CAMERARIUS'S EMBLEMS: The new emblem is Causa Latet, Sistere currentem remora alta per aequora navim / Fertur; sic vis est maxima in exiguis.
BORNITIUS'S EMBLEMS: The new emblem is Qui Amat Periculum, In Isto Perit, Ignis ait: Noli me tangere; quisquis anhelat / Exitio, praeceps sponte perire solet.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Scienter utor (English: I enjoy things wisely).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Cuique suum studium (English: To each his own passion)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae (English: There is no great talent without an admixture of madness). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Gravissimum est imperium consuetudinis (English: The rule of habit is most tyrannical).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Simia simia est, etiam si aurea gestet insignia (English: A monkey is a monkey, even if it's wearing gold medals; from Adagia 1.7.11).
TODAY'S FABLES and STORIES:
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Socrates et Xanthippe, a funny little story about Socrates and his wife.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Ciconia et Uxor Eius, a story of avian domestic violence (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The "chunk" of Mille Fabulae et Una today is Fable 731, Harundo et Quercus, through Fable 740, Sol et Stellae, including Iuncus et Canis, the hilarious little story of the dog and the bulrushes.
AESOP IN ENGLISH VERSE: Today's fable from the English verse widget is The Two Jars, the story of a misbegotten friendship from two mismatched jars.
MILLE FABULAE WIDGET: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cicada et Noctua, the story of the owl and her very annoying neighbor: Cicada acerbum convicium noctuae faciebat, quae solita est victum in tenebris quaerere et interdiu cavo ramo somnum capere. Cicada rogata est ut taceret, sed multo validius clamare occepit. Rursus admota prece, magis accensa est. Noctua, ut vidit sibi nullum auxilium esse et verba sua contemni, hac fallacia garrulam adgressa est: “Quia me dormire non sinunt cantus tui, quos putes citharam Apollinis sonare, mihi animus est nectar potare, quod Pallas nuper donavit. Si non fastidis, veni; una bibamus.” Cicada, quae siti arebat, simul vocem suam laudari gaudebat, cupide advolavit. Noctua, cavo obsepto, cicadam trepidantem consectata est et leto dedit. Sic, quod viva negarat, tribuit mortua.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Latin Without Latin: Cynthia
Here's a new Latin Without Latin essay! The previous essays were Essay #1: Homicidium, Essay #2: Cursu Praetervehor Omnes, Essay #3: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi and Essay #4: Multorum Disce Exemplo. Here is the new essay:
Ómnia vincit amor, sed amórem Cýnthia vicit:
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