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The Study Guide for395. As you can see from the "ch" this section is not available yet, but I'm adding new Study Guides every day a Greek word originally, which has been adopted into Latin; the letter "ch" is the Roman representation of the Greek letter called "chi," which is an aspirated "k." In some academic transliteration systems used today, the Greek letter is written as "kh" instead of the traditional Roman representation of the letter as "ch" as you can see here.
396. In translating the Latin pronoun hic, you might say simply "this" or so at provide a more specific English equivalent which reflects the Vulgate Verses blog. You gender of the pronoun, "this man."
397. The word vere is an adverb, and thus modifies the verb. This adverbial form is]]> Fri, 30 May 2008 12:07:31 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/group176 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited group176 2286. Malo ad campanam quam ad tubae surgere clangorem.
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The Study Guide for2276. What the gods want happens quickly. (You can find this saying in Petronius.)
2277. Everyone wants to have knowledge; few want to pursue their studies. (Compare Juvenal: nosse volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo.)
2278. Everyone wants to know everything but they don't want to learn. (Compare this variant form: Multi sunt qui scire volunt, sed discere nolunt.)
2279. The necks of old dogs don't want to wear leashes. (Compare this section variant form: Colla canum veterum durum est adsuescere loris.)
2280. The things we want we are also quick to believe. (The full form of the saying in Caesar is not available yet, Quae volumus et credimus libenter, et quae sentimus ipsi, reliquos sentire speramus, "The things we want, we are also quick to believe, and what we ourselves perceive, we hope that others feel too.")
2281. It is one t]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 23:57:09 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/group175 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited group175 2275. Nequam illud verbum est, Bene vult, nisi qui bene facit.
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The Study Guide for2260. God gives to whom he wishes to. (This was the motto of Erik XIV, king of Sweden in the 16th century.)
2261. The spirit blows where it wills. (Compare the Biblical saying in John 3: Spiritus ubi vult spirat.)
2262. The lazy man wants, and doesn't want. (The saying is from the Biblical Book of Proverbs, 13.)
2263. He who wants everything, loses everything. (Compare the fable of the kite and the partridges in Odo of Cheriton, with this section moral: qui totum capit, totum perdit.)
2264. He who wants the means, wants the ends. (This is not available yet, a saying from the Latin legal tradition, which appears in various forms, e.g., qui vult finem, vult media, etc.)
2265. The cat wants to take the fish, but I'm adding new Study Guides every day or so he shudders at the Latin Via Proverbs blog. You]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 22:34:26 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/group174 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited group174 2259. Blanda venire Venus, tristis abire solet.
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The Study Guide2247. When we love, then we perish. (The saying is from Plautus, and refers to the perils of passion, when love makes you lose your powers of judgment.)
2248. All things pass away. (The complete line of verse from Columbanus reads as follows: Omnia praetereunt, fugit irreparabile tempus.)
2249. The best things are yet to be. (Note the use of optima, a neuter plural substantive, "the best things.")
2250. The best things pass away the most quickly. (The adverb citissime is the superlative form of the adverb cito, "swiftly.")
2251. Money perishes most quickly. (Compare the variant form, pecuniae citissime percurrunt.)
2252. Love and the sea are the same thing; in both of them many perish. (I cannot figure out how to capture the word play between Latin "love" and "sea", amare and mare.)
2253. Opposites do not come together. (You can find this saying in Seneca.]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 21:52:00 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/group173 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited group173 2246. Vita hominum tamquam umbra subito pertransit.
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The Study Guide for this section2232. The world passes away. (The full phrase in I John is not available yet, Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia ejus: qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in aeternum, "And the world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof: but I'm adding new Study Guides every day or so he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.")
2233. So the glory of the world passes away. (You can read an essay about this saying at AudioLatinProverbs.com.)
2234. How quickly the glory of the world passes by. (You can read an essay about this saying from Thomas a Kempis at AudioLatinProverbs.com.)
2235. Like a puff of wind, so passes the Latin Via Proverbs blog. You glory of the world. (You can subscribe to that blog read an essay about this saying at AudioLatinProverbs.com.)
2236. How happily ]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 21:14:14 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/group172 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited group172 2231. Iniquissimam pacem iustissimo bello antefero.
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The Study Guide for2220. You are casting your words upon the wind. (You can find this section saying in the Book of Job.)
2221. So, oxen, you bear the plow not for yourselves! (This verse is attributed to Vergil by Donatus in his "Life of Vergil.")
2222. So, sheep, you bear your fleeces not available yet, but I'm adding new Study Guides every for yourselves! (This verse is attributed to Vergil by Donatus in his "Life of Vergil.")
2223. All roads lead to Rome. (You can also find this variation: Omnes viae ad Romam ducunt.)
2224. For half of their lives, nothing distinguishes the lucky and the unlucky. (You can find this saying in Erasmus's Adagia, 2.1.9. The idea is that sleep is one half of life, and while asleep, the happy and the unhappy, the lucky and the unlucky, are just the same.)
2225. Fools are afraid of Fortune; wise men bear i]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 13:06:02 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/group171 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited group171 2219. Altera manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera.
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The Study Guide for2205. He's carrying sand to the shore. (You can find this section listed as a futile gesture in Ovid's Tristia.)
2206. He's carrying wood into the forest. (This is not available yet, but I'm adding new Study Guides every day or so at clearly a foolish thing to do, as this version of the Latin Via Proverbs blog. You proverb makes clear: ligna in silvam ferre stultum est.)
2207. He's bringing ears of corn into the field of grain. (You can subscribe find this listed as a futile gesture in Ovid's Tristia.)
2208. He's bringing owls to Athens. (This is another futile gesture; as owls notoriously abound in Athens, with the owl being the bird dear to that blog Athena herself, there is no need to get bring owls there.)
2209. The hedgehog postpones the process of givi]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 12:34:22 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/group170 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited group170 2204. Ex magna cena stomacho fit maxima poena.
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The Study Guide for2193. Alas, I suspect - I am becoming a god! (These are the words attributed to the dying emperor Vespasian.)
2194. I endeavor to be brief; I end up sounding vague. (You will find this section saying in Horace's Ars Poetica.)
2195. All things happen for a reason. (The word causa here is not available yet, but I'm adding new Study Guides every day or so at in the ablative case. The saying comes from the Latin Via Proverbs blog. legal tradition.)
2196. All things happen by chance. (With just a simple play on words, this saying provides a view quite opposite to the preceding proverb, which stated, Omnia causa fiunt.)
2197. All things happen by fate. (This saying is adapted from Cicero's De Fato.)
2198. Sweet things sometimes become bitter. (You can find this saying in Alciato's Emblemata. You can subscribe co]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 11:46:35 +0000 mod http://latinviaproverbs.pbwiki.com/bible031 email.hidden@example.com (Laura Gibbs) Laura Gibbs edited bible031 394. (I John 1:5) Deus lux est, et tenebrae in eo non sunt ullae.
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The Study Guide for this section381. The predicate genitive expresses the sense of possession: "the earth is not available yet, the lord's" with a parallel structure in the second clause as well: (domini est) plenitudo eius, with the genitive pronoun eius referring back to terra, so plenitudo eius = plenitudo terrae.
382. The word terra is in the nominative case, serving as the subject of the sentence, while gloria is ablative, complementing the adjective plena.
383. The preposition in with the accusative can express duration of time, as here: his mercy (goes on) into eternity.
384. The verb "to be" is implied but I'm adding new Study Guides every day not stated, with potestas eius as the subject noun phrase and potestas aeterna as the predicate noun phrase.
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The Study Guide for this section369. With pronouns in the ablative case, the preposition cum is added after the pronoun, and written as a single word: cum+vobis = vobiscum.
370. The subject of the verb, ego, is not available yet, but I'm adding new Study Guides every day or so at expressed because it is fully conveyed by the verb sum.
371. The prepositional phrase vobiscum is being used predicatively, with the noun phrase gratia domini as the subject.
372. The prepositional phrase nobiscum is used predicatively. The noun dominus and the noun phrse deus noster are being used in apposition (the Latin word dominus, like the Greek word κύριος, is regularly used to substitute for the Hebrew tetragrammaton).
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