Subdeacon Joe Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 So much from that simple phrase:"The phrase employs the gerundive, a verbal adjective, of deleo, delere, delevi, deletum, "to destroy",[2] (delendus, -a, -um). The future passive participle "delenda" (meaning "to be destroyed") is then combined with the verb sum ("to be"[3]) or parts thereof, adds an element of compulsion or necessity, yielding "is to be destroyed", or, as it is more commonly rendered "must be destroyed". This then forms a predicative adjective.[4] This construction in Latin is known as the passive periphrastic. Carthago, -inis being a feminine noun, the feminine gender of the gerundive is applied. The fuller forms Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam or Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam use the so-called accusative and infinitive for the indirect statement." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Holy Cow! “Carthage must be destroyed”. Simple! I often wonder if you brought scholars from sometime before 500 AD and taught them English then turned them loose on a bunch of Latin scholars today I am sure they would vome to a very short description of the experience. Quid crap fasciculum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I dunno ......... ............. it's all Greek to me ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I really disliked Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 What a mess we have here: English vocabulary comprises 29% French, 29% Latin, 26% Germanic, and 6% Greek. The language is a product of disturbed minds. STL Suomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 said: What a mess we have here: English vocabulary comprises 29% French, 29% Latin, 26% Germanic, and 6% Greek. The language is a product of disturbed minds. STL Suomi I think it was in the book The Story of English that someone described English as the bastard language that developed from Norman men at arms trying to seduce Saxon barmaids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 6 hours ago, St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 said: What a mess we have here: English vocabulary comprises 29% French, 29% Latin, 26% Germanic, and 6% Greek. The language is a product of disturbed minds. STL Suomi And the remaining 10% - gibberish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: And the remaining 10% - gibberish! ....... I'll see your 10% ....... ............. and raise you 20 ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ....... I'll see your 10% ....... ............. and raise you 20 ....... Too early in the year to do math! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: Too early in the year to do math! .... it's 0630 on the 2nd ......... it's too early in the day .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 High school wasn't bad yet I have zero desire to relive it. Been there, done that, and got a piece of parchment and some bling for my efforts. Classical education has gone by the wayside lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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