hugo.Apr 30, 2025

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An analysis of Catullus 46 - a delightful 1st century BC Latin poem about the arrival of spring and the excitement of travel.

If your Latin is a bit rusty or you happen to be a Latin learner, below the poem you’ll find a detailed, verse-by-verse word analysis, along with an English translation.

At the very end of the post there are a few links to additional resources on Catullus, and the context of this particular poem.

https://grammaticus.blog/2025/04/30/catullus-46/

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Farewell to Bithynia! – Catullus 46 (with Latin word analysis)

An analysis of Catullus 46 – a delightful 1st century BC Latin poem about the arrival of spring and the excitement of travel.

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hugo.Jun 29, 2024

This week's blog post is a combined #English / #Latin vocabulary lesson, in which I write about Latin verb forms that have become nouns in English.

Exit, fiat, caveat... Can you think of any more examples?

To read the post, visit https://grammaticus.blog/2024/06/29/latin-verbs-used-as-nouns/

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Latin verb forms used as nouns in English

In this post, I’ll give a few examples of an unusual feature where a particular Latin verb form (typically that of the 3rd person singular) has been adopted into English as a noun. Most of these no…

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CestrienneNov 16, 2022
I see that I’m following a #LatinTeacher One of the nicest threads on the Bird Site was about Latin teachers. People remembered them fondly sometimes for their eccentricity. My lovely Miss Eborall never raised her voice but kept perfect order. #PETeachers on the other hand were almost universally detested. Perhaps people only remembered the nasty ones