Daily Latin

Something trivial getting under your skin? Persius knows this!O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane!Oh, the cares of humans! Oh, how much is vain in their affairs!O is an exclamation or interj...

9 Aug 20242min

Looming death can focus the mind. Here Boethius turns his attention on fame and glory. Gloria vero quam fallax saepe, quam turpis est!Indeed, how often is glory deceitful, how base it is!Gloria (glory...

8 Aug 20242min

The law courts did things differently 2000 years ago. Apuleius defends his modest possessions in a charge of witchcraft. 
Peram et baculam tu philosophis exprobrares.You would reproach philosophers wi...

7 Aug 20242min

Orpheus pleads with Pluto to return Eurydice from the dead. In doing this, he points out the inevitability of where all must go. Tendimus huc omnes, haec est domus ultima.We all make our way here; thi...

6 Aug 20242min

Ever regretted an outburst in anger? Seneca offers a solution. Maximum remedium irae mora est.The greatest remedy for anger is delay.Remedium (remedy or cure) is an o declension neuter noun in the nom...

5 Aug 20242min

Looking for hidden meaning in seemingly unrelated events? Portents of doom always make for a good story, says StatiusQuis fluere occultis rerum neget omina causis?Who can deny that omens flow from hid...

4 Aug 20242min

How did the ancients excuse poor behaviour? Blame it on the gods of course!
Deus ultor in iras apportat coeptisque favet.An avenging god brings them to our wrath and favours the work begun.
Deus (god)...

3 Aug 20243min

Want to change the world but feel like you cannot? Manilius thought the same. Quis tantum mutare potest sine numine fati?Who can change so much without the will of fate?Quis (who) is an interrogative ...

2 Aug 20242min