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Is that close? I used Italian to figure that out. And I'll deduce that "Teucri" is Trojans.
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07-22-2007, 09:29 PM | #12 |
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Well done - According to legend, Teucer was an ancestor of the Trojan kings, so the Trojans were sometimes called Teucri.
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Knowing Italian has really helped me figure out a lot of Latin phrases. It makes me seem smarter than I actually am, ya know?
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I saw a sign written in Italian once and was pretty proud of myself for knowing most of it, having learned Spanish and some Latin.
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I told my friend what I understood them to be saying right with them sitting at his desk and they looked mortified. He didn't say anything to them except "sign in these spots and we can file this for you." Fun times.
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Sappho is always good for some nice imagery. It's probably the greatest tragedy of the ancient world that no intact poem of hers has survived. My favorite Sappho fragment: "The moon has set, And the Pleiades. It is the middle of the night, time passes. I, alone, lie down to sleep."
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Here is one that haunts me.
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