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M. Lucretius Agricola: move to e-mail page

2008-07-22T07:38:58Z

move to e-mail page

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	and the plural, whence Athenis, Syracusis, etc., which are like the ablative		and the plural, whence Athenis, Syracusis, etc., which are like the ablative
	plural. Countries use in plus the ablative).		plural. Countries use in plus the ablative).
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		+	==Expressions in letters and e-mails==
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		+	{\| border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="2"
		+	!width="50%"\|Vernacular
		+	!Latin
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		+	\|-
		+	\|Dear (my dearest) Quinctilius! (addressing a male)
		+	\|Quinctíl'''í''' cár'''e''' (cárissim'''e''')! - See [[vocative]]
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		+	\|-
		+	\|Dear (my dearest) Lucretia! (addressing a female)
		+	\|Lucrétia cára (cárissima)!
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		+	\|-
		+	\|Quinctilius sends greetings to Servilius (to Lucretia, to Capito).
		+	\|Quinctílius Servíli'''ó''' (Lucréti'''ae''', Capit'''óní''') salútem dícit. - See [[dative]]
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		+	\|-
		+	\|sends many greetings
		+	\|salútem plúrimam dícit
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		+	\|-
		+	\|Be well.
		+	\|Valé! (sing.) Valéte! (plur.)
		+
		+	\|-
		+	\|Be very well (always).
		+	\|Valé/Valéte (semper) optimé!
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		+	\|-
		+	\|Take care of you. (normal)
		+	\|Cúrá, ut valeás! (sing.) Cúráte, ut valeátis! (plur.)
		+
		+	\|-
		+	\|Take care of you. (stronger expression)
		+	\|Fac valeás! (sing.) Facite valeátis! (plur.)
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		+	\|-
		+	\|Take care of you. (even stronger)
		+	\|Dá operam, ut valeás! (sing.) Dáte operam, ut valeátis! (plur.)
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		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	\|
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		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	\|
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		+	\|}
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		+	This needs to be merged with the e-mail page, if needed. [[User:M. Lucretius Agricola\|Agricola]] 09:38, 22 July 2008 (CEST)

M. Lucretius Agricola: temporarily here

2007-02-11T10:35:47Z

temporarily here

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	Let's keep this free from silliness, as much as possible. Let us strive for a practical and useful thing with correct but simple, straigtforward Latin. [[User:M. Lucretius Agricola\|Agricola]] 12:24, 10 February 2007 (CET)		Let's keep this free from silliness, as much as possible. Let us strive for a practical and useful thing with correct but simple, straigtforward Latin. [[User:M. Lucretius Agricola\|Agricola]] 12:24, 10 February 2007 (CET)
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		+	==Memo==
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		+	This from Scholastica on New Roman, awaiting formatting:
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		+	Vt valés? (singular) ut valétis? (plural) How are you? Valeo. I am
		+	well. Sat bene. Well enough. Aegroto. I am ill. Laboro capite. I have a
		+	headache. Fessa sum (female) fessus sum (male) I am tired. Esurio. I am
		+	hungry. Sitio. I am thirsty.
		+
		+	Quid nomen tibi? (singular) What is your name? Quae nomina vobis?
		+	(plural) What are your names? [note: answer must be put into the dative:
		+	Mihi est Scholasticae. Mihi est Scaevae. Mihi est Audenti. Mihi est Marino.
		+	Plural: Nobis sunt Caeciliis {if both/all are in the same gens}].
		+
		+	Vbi habitas? (singular) Vbi habitatis? (plural) Where do you live?
		+	Habito Londini. I live in London. Habito Romae. I live in Rome. Habito
		+	prope Cataractas Niagarae. I live near Niagara Falls. Habito Matriti. I
		+	live in Madrid. Habito Athenis. I live in Athens. Habito Syracusis. I live
		+	in Syracuse...Venetis, in Venice...
		+
		+	Habitabam Lutetiae, I used to live in Paris...; habitabamus in Caledonia,
		+	we used to live in Scotland... (cities and small islands use the LOCATIVE
		+	case, which is like the genitive in the singular of the first and second
		+	declensions [most of them...] and like the ablative in the other declensions
		+	and the plural, whence Athenis, Syracusis, etc., which are like the ablative
		+	plural. Countries use in plus the ablative).

M. Lucretius Agricola: gen erally simple and practical

2007-02-10T11:24:07Z

gen erally simple and practical

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==In general==

Let's keep this free from silliness, as much as possible. Let us strive for a practical and useful thing with correct but simple, straigtforward Latin. [[User:M. Lucretius Agricola|Agricola]] 12:24, 10 February 2007 (CET)