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- classical latin - Does liberi only refer to free children? - Latin . . .
The liberi were on the one hand those junior members of a household who were free, as opposed to the slaves, servi; and on the other hand a collective group of free-born Roman boys and girls, contrasted with adults of citizen status They were the future citizen community
- Why are the words for children (liberi) and book (libri) so similar?
16 While working in class, I came across this They have a similar spelling, yet mean completely different things Is this just random or does it have an actual purpose in the Latin language? Book = Libri Children = Liberi classical-latin vocabulary etymology word-comparison Share Improve this question
- vocabulary - Difference between filiī and liberī - Latin Language Stack . . .
I was reading Orberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata and I found the following sentences: Marcus et Quīntus sunt dūo filiī [ ] In familia Rõmāna tres līberī sunt Now I deduce both words me
- Whats the meaning of lex fundamentum est libertatis, qua fruimur . . .
3 On the title page of The Works of James Wilson, there's a Latin inscription saying, "lex fundamentum est libertatis, qua fruimur legum omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus": What does this mean?
- What is a derivative for the Latin word, liberi (children)?
Derivative can be anything for liberi Welcome: Just a side note to this question: the lib is long All the words in English with a short 'i' (liberty, liberality,) in Latin are ī pronounce long "leeb-" And all the words with long 'i' (library, libellous) come from Latin short ĭ "lĭb-" English students of Latin have been known for wrong quantities since 1500
- when to use *tria* vs. *tres* and why? - Latin Language Stack Exchange
*Liberī*=masculine, *vocabula*=neuter, fluvii=masculine so "Quot liberi in familia sunt? Tres [III] liberi " "Vir, puer, puella tria [III] vocabula sunt " "Rhenus et Danuvius et Tiberis tres [III] fluvii sunt " By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our and acknowledge you have read our See similar questions with these tags
- english to latin translation - Latin Language Stack Exchange
My absent children are absentes liberi mei, and "I love" is of course simply amo To stress certain parts of the sentence at the expense of others, in order to perhaps express what is most important, Latin often uses its relatively free word order, isolating certain important words, putting them in a prominent position
- translation check - What does Vivamus vel libero perit Americae on . . .
Sean Hannity is coming out with a new book called Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink At the bottom is a perplexing subtitle in Latin: VIVAMUS VEL LIBERO PERIT AMERICAE Here'
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