May 2, 2010
some ancient latin OR dacian quotes?
does anyone have any good sites to some ancient, good quotes in latin, dacian, or even romanian?
thanks!
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April 26, 2010
Which ancient people spoke the now dead language,Latin?
Help please I need an answer tonight for school?
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Test Questions On The Latin Language: For The Use Of Schools And Colleges And Of Students Preparing For Examination (1886)This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as ma... Read More >
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Im trying to get an exact translation of the word “Eternity” i would like to see how it would have been written in the time of Cesar with the actual characters that would have been used at this time.
Thank you in advance.
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La Question Du Latin (French Edition)This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and... Read More >
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La Question Du Latin (French Edition)This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and... Read More >
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February 19, 2010
Ancient Gaels Believed On October 31, Known As Halloween, The Boundary Between The Living And Dead Dissolved?
You are kindly invited to share your opinion(s) on Holloween…..
I myself am 100% Irish and look forward to all your answers+
Thank you.
Halloween
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
jack-o’-lantern
Also called All Hallows Eve
All Saints’ Eve
Samhain
Hallowed End
Observed by Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, Bahamas, United States, sometimes Australia,Sweden, and many Latin American countries where it is known as Noche de las Brujas (Night of the Witches)[2]
Type Religious, cultural (celebrated mostly irrespective of religion)
Significance There are many sources of Halloween’s significance
Date October 31
Celebrations Trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bobbing for apples, costume parties, carving jack-o’-lanterns, bonfires, and fireworks (in Ireland)
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “haunted houses”, carving Jack-o’-lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, and occasionally in parts of Australia. In Sweden the All Saints’ official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November.
History
Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (Irish pronunciation: [?s?aun?]; from the Old Irish samain).[1] The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes [2] regarded as the “Celtic New Year”.[3] Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the alive and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, into which bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.[4][5]
History of name
The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows’ Even (both “even” and “eve” are abbreviations of “evening”, but “Halloween” gets its “n” from “even”) as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day”,[6] which is now also known as All Saints’ Day. It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions,[3] until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints’ Day from May 13 (which had itself been the date of a pagan holiday, the Feast of the Lemures) to November 1. In the ninth century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although All Saints’ Day is now considered to occur one day after Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day. Liturgically, the Church traditionally celebrated that day as the Vigil of All Saints, and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils, it was celebrated on the previous day if it fell on a Sunday, although secular celebrations of the holiday remained on the 31st. The Vigil was suppressed in 1955, but was later restored in the post-Vatican II calendar.
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A New Latin Vocabulary: Adapted to the Best Latin Grammars; with Tables of Numeral Letters, English and Latin Abbreviations, and the Value of Roman and Grecian CoinsThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, a... Read More >
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Anyone know what language this is, or what it says?
“POST. NVBILAPH EBVS.”
There is a period after POST and EBVS as if they might be abbreviations. Basically, this appears on an iron shield above what appears to be some sort of coat of arms, crescent arms or emblem of some sort.
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How have ancient cultures (specifically Latin and Greek) influenced on our moderrn way of life, in categories such as Law, Religion, Politics, Abbreviations, Astronomy, Mathematics, Art, Music, Language, Literature, Film etc…?
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Notae Latinae: An Account of Abbreviation in Latin Mss. of the Early Minuscule Period (C. 700-850)This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, ... Read More >
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February 9, 2010
Why Do They Call Hispanics Latino Or Latina? The Latin Language Comes From Ancient Rome.?
If latin is the language of ancient rome, then should we start calling Italians latinos and latinas? they are the real latin people? If not, then the romace laguages are spoken in several different countries besides south america including north Africa, france, and romania and so on… Why arn’t the people from these countries considered latina or latino? I think this world is confused. Please help.
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Examination Questions in Latin and GreekPublisher: Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or ... Read More >
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February 8, 2010
Hungarian language part 1: origin
Most people wonder where the Hungarian language comes from but have no idea. Some germans say its a barbaric language which later became germanized. Slavs say its a mongol language that became slavized. Other slavs say Hungarians did not even speak, all the words are from slavic. Some romanians say it is a mixture of daco-romanian and mongol. Turks say its simply a turkic dialect. And last, but no…
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Spanish, Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Latin American Spanish with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's) (English and Spanish Edition)This Conversational program contains 8 hours of interactive audio-only instruction, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice session... Read More >
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February 7, 2010
How Many Years Incorporate Ancient Rome’s Existence?
How many years incorporate ancient Rome’s existence?
What 200-year time period appears to be the most vital and why?
How do you think about Latin historical motto or abbreviation and its importance to Roman history and/or English usage?
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November 21, 2009
Let’s learn latin part 1- basic nouns
This is odd. Probably not the best way to do it, so any suggestions guys? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the first episode, we learn the basics of Latin nouns, including cases, and three declensions….
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Learn Latin (Greek and Latin Language)Taken from the 'QED' series of teach-yourself Latin articles published in the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph, this book aims to give its rea... Read More >
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June 14, 2009
The Albanian Language: Pure And Pelasgian?
The song is ‘take you home’ by Annie. Albanians like the late Aristidh Kola claim that the Albanian language is Pelasgian. Let’s see what linguists say: ‘Historical linguists point out that these borrowings from Ancient Greek were in the Doric dialect and penetrated into Illyrian through Corinthian commercial colonies in Corfu, along the Adriatic coast, and through border towns.’ (Edwin E. Jacques…
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Learn to Read LatinA workbook is also available, providing abundant drills for each chapter of the text. The workbook exercises can be used in the classroom, for homew... Read More >
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