Mens avis parvae

Classical antiquity. Latin. Ancient Greek. Grammar. Cats. Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter. Haruki Murakami. Classical singing. Japan. Intelligent people (regardless of age, gender or beauty). Those are a few of my favorite things. Unfortunately, I'm pretty lonely due to my social awkwardness and appearance. But that's okay. I have my cat. RAVENCLAW { POTTERMORE SORTED } LOTHLÓRIEN { LORD OF THE RINGS } VEGETARIAN { AND PROUD }

[menoitides]

Hi everyone… it’s been a while… and I’m still in deep… maybe too deep…

quick side note: NO ONE TELL ME IF ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH THE SPELLING. I WILL FREAK OUT. I did as much research as one can and didn’t rely on google translate so I can only PRAY that it’s right and please please PLEASE don’t tell me if it’s wrong <3 <3 <3

[avis-errans]

It’s correct but some diacritics are missing (spiritus lenis in ‘ἄριστος’ and spiritus lenis and accute accent in Ἀχαίων). Also, is that a dot on iota in ‘φίλτατος’? Fortunately, it can all be easily corrected if desired. :)

[notorietydame]

Latin is the only language about which you can say to another learner, “your skill is declining,” and mean it as a compliment.

[avis-errans]

Umm, just because English isn’t inflected doesn’t mean hundreds of other languages aren’t ...

[latin-student-problems]

[avis-errans]

It's true they didn't have punctuation, but that's not the real reason for formation of declensions and conjugations. Latin got most verb and noun endings from Indoeuropean language. Due to phonetic development inside Latin endings changed, merged with roots and cetera. Some endings could also be borrowed from one Latin declension to the other (for example, G. pl. -orum in 2. declension was formed because 1. declension had -arum), sometimes nouns took an ending from pronouns etc. I'm taking history of Latin this year and we've been learning about that. Very interesting! :) 

[pre-raphaelisme]

Pandora by Thomas Kennington, 1908.

[anotheranonymoussoul-deactivate]

The fall of Icarus by René Milot

[whatshouldwecallhomer]

That one person who's been sightreading ALL DAMN SEMESTER when we're going around the table and translating in class:

[avis-errans]

Makes me mad every single time. 

[mymodernmet]

British artist Matthew Simmonds carves historic architectural structures into blocks of marble and stone, producing unique and intricate sculptures.

[classicsenthusiast]

[interretialia]

Omnia Verba Graeca

All The Greek Verbs

(Inspiratio.)

[avis-errans]

I passed Greek last week with 10 (highest mark here in Slovenia)! :D So many veeeerbs! Plus, I had Latin exam the next day, including over 600 verbs! :D Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit. :)

[a-sword-without-a-hilt]

Let It Go - Ancient Greek version.

I feel more people should be aware of this.

(Worth it for the beautiful video even if, gods forbid, you aren’t classically inclined)

[life-of-a-latin-student]

Omg, this is brilliant! :)

[avis-errans]

Lovely! Why are there no accent marks, though? :) 

[classicsenthusiast]

I had just gotten to the point when I never wanted to hear this song again, but then it came back in the best way possible.

[terrasigillata]

why do there need to be accent marks? (there don’t need to be accent marks)

[feminasilvatica-deactivated2016]

I was gonna say that but wasn’t 100% sure because I only did a semester of Greek, 3 years ago.

Yay to not having forgotten as much as I thought.

[terrasigillata]

I mean they’re aids for us but they didn’t use them in ancient Greece so

[avis-errans]

Then there shouldn’t be any marks for spiritus as well. Also, Greeks only wrote in capital letters, so according to this logic, it’s completely wrong. Pretty much all scholars since Mousaion in Alexandria have been using accents and marks for spiritus. In any critical edition of any work in ancient Greek you look, you will find them. Every textbook, every article will have them. It’s common practice.

[terrasigillata]

I mean I just think it’s a nit-picky and unnecessary criticism to point out the lack of accent marks. Could be as simple as whoever typed the captions was too lazy to download the font or whatever it is that needs to be done for this. To each their own, I just don’t see the point. 

[avis-errans]

You don't need to download anything, you just switch your keybord to Greek - Polytonic. There's even a website where you can type in Greek without doing so (www.typegreek.com). I'm not saying anything bad about the whole video, it's great and I enjoy it very much, I'm just speaking as a student. Accents are one of the first things every student learns and it is because of a reason. You can't pronounce a Greek word correctly without knowing where the accent is. It would be like saing muSIC instead of MUsic, which makes no sense. The text in this song follows the melody with the way words are stressed, that's why it would be even more appropriate to include accent marks. I think every student, who is passionate about classical Greek language, will agree with me.

[a-sword-without-a-hilt]

Let It Go - Ancient Greek version.

I feel more people should be aware of this.

(Worth it for the beautiful video even if, gods forbid, you aren’t classically inclined)

[life-of-a-latin-student]

Omg, this is brilliant! :)

[avis-errans]

Lovely! Why are there no accent marks, though? :) 

[classicsenthusiast]

I had just gotten to the point when I never wanted to hear this song again, but then it came back in the best way possible.

[terrasigillata]

why do there need to be accent marks? (there don’t need to be accent marks)

[feminasilvatica-deactivated2016]

I was gonna say that but wasn’t 100% sure because I only did a semester of Greek, 3 years ago.

Yay to not having forgotten as much as I thought.

[terrasigillata]

I mean they’re aids for us but they didn’t use them in ancient Greece so

[avis-errans]

Then there shouldn't be any marks for spiritus as well. Also, Greeks only wrote in capital letters, so according to this logic, it's completely wrong. Pretty much all scholars since Mousaion in Alexandria have been using accents and marks for spiritus. In any critical edition of any work in ancient Greek you look, you will find them. Every textbook, every article will have them. It's common practice.

[life-of-a-latin-student]

I haven’t had latin class for over 3 weeks :c Today got cancelled, and now I see my schedule for tomorrow, I see it’s cancelled tomorrow as well…

I think I’m gonna cry.. All alone…. In a corner…. With Cicero as my only friend left… Latin why do you leave meee?!! :(

[avis-errans]

Well, let me tell you, I have Latin every single day. And Greek as well. It may sound like heaven, but it is not. Not at all. Especially when you get about 4 hours worth of homework. Every. Day. And you get everything mixed up, until you start putting Greek verb endings on Latin nouns. Just sick.

[graphitedoll]

"True Love comes in many forms"

[graphitedoll]

since i’ve equated a few of my favorite dreamworks movies to celestial bodies, i wanted to do something similar with a few disney/pixar movies that i love and love seems to be just the right theme !!

remember to buy gifts for your mom! there’s only 1 week left to prepare !!

[latinlacuna]

Ah hah! Excellent examples… Of Greek.

(checks dictionary)

Yup. Still one word in English and Latin. :\

[a-sword-without-a-hilt]

Let It Go - Ancient Greek version.

I feel more people should be aware of this.

(Worth it for the beautiful video even if, gods forbid, you aren’t classically inclined)

[life-of-a-latin-student]

Omg, this is brilliant! :)

[avis-errans]

Lovely! Why are there no accent marks, though? :) 

[the-fault-in-marys-life]

QUIZ TIME: What kind of ablative is this?

[lana-loves-lingua-latina]

separation?

[the-fault-in-marys-life]

Oh no it’s not.

[avis-errans]

Ablativus absolutus (absolvere - to loose, untie). :)

[avis-errans]

Could classics-enthusiasts in Europe just get together and organise something like those cool certamina Americans have? Pretty pretty please? ^^

[the-fault-in-marys-life]

We have something in Italy, I guess. Where are you from?

[life-of-a-latin-student]

Omg i’m in, whatever we’re doing.

[avis-errans]

Slovenia. :) OMG, I'm getting all excited and nothing's even happened yet. :D

[latin-student-problems]

[interretialia]

Sed figura pluralis verbi unus est quidem uni!  Temporibus quibus nostri praeceptores nos rogant quae figurae plurales verborum sint, significatio eorum pertinens ad figuras plurales morphologicas saepissime est.  Romani hoc verbo pluraliter usi sunt.  Praeterea si duo figura pluralis verbi unus secundum quandam significationem est, nonne tres et quattuor et quinque (et cetera) quoque?

But the plural form of unus is indeed uni!  When our instructors ask us what the plural forms of words are, their meaning more often than not has to do with the morphological plural forms.  The Romans used this word in the plural.  Moreover, if duo is the plural form of the word unus according to a certain sense, aren’t tres and quattuor and quinque (et cetera) also plural forms?

[avis-errans]

Agreed. For example, uni can mean 'the only ones'. Plural form of unus is also used for a group of nouns that has a different meaning in plural than in singular (litterae, castra etc).