Is this Latin correct? or Perhaps: How incorrect is this Latin? [more inside]
posted by Tchad on Dec 9, 2009 - 3 answers

Is there a Medieval Linguist in the house? I need a very short conversation between Cistercian nuns in Saxony translated into Medieval Latin. Any help so I don't sound like a complete idiot warmly welcomed. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Oct 23, 2009 - 7 answers

Is there a more elegant, grammatical or pedantic way to say "datacentre"? Both words have Latin origins, but there seems to be something clumsy about that combination. Should it be a datumcentre? One word, two words or hyphenated?
posted by TheophileEscargot on May 28, 2009 - 28 answers

How can I maintain reading/writing (and perhaps speaking) competency in a foreign language while maintaining a reasonable schedule? [more inside]
posted by Saxon Kane on Apr 8, 2009 - 7 answers

Help a linguistics-obsessed college student learn Latin via the magic of the interwebs. [more inside]
posted by fantine on Nov 25, 2008 - 19 answers

And that's very nearly the limit of my Latin, such as it is. Is Latin really a supremely clear and precise language? [more inside]
posted by bryon on May 9, 2008 - 21 answers

How do you say "Damn kids, get off my lawn!" in Latin? [more inside]
posted by Pastabagel on Mar 25, 2008 - 17 answers

Maxime, si tu vis, cupio contendere tecum. Need help translating this "detestable Latin hexameter" (well, that's what the 1911 Britannica called it, anyway). [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Dec 16, 2007 - 15 answers

I'm taking an intensive language course (6-hours-per-day, 5-days-per-week in the classroom and additional study is expected) and want to rock it. But I also want to have a life. What are your best tricks for intensive language acquisition or balancing such intensive study with life? [more inside]
posted by terceiro on Jun 7, 2007 - 17 answers

I need to find the word meaning "a word with mixed Latin and Greek roots." It's not just "hybrid word," but a word that specifically indicated Greek and Latin origins. I've had several people remark that they know it but can't think of it, and my search skills have failed thusfar.
posted by luftmensch on May 6, 2007 - 10 answers

WordFilter: I'm looking for another word for "post mortem". Ideally something that has less death in it. [more inside]
posted by Ookseer on Apr 4, 2007 - 37 answers

Latin speakers: What is Latin for the expression 'Boys will be boys'? [more inside]
posted by BorgLove on Mar 25, 2006 - 10 answers

I'm looking for books on the history of the Romance Languages. [more inside]
posted by bshort on Nov 22, 2005 - 8 answers

I need to practice my spanish. [more inside]
posted by oddman on Nov 7, 2005 - 7 answers

Recommendations for learning Spanish and Polish or Czech via CD? [more inside]
posted by desuetude on Nov 2, 2005 - 10 answers

Why is the dialogue in Rome all in quasi-Shakespearean English? [more inside]
posted by skryche on Sep 1, 2005 - 36 answers

The abbreviation R.I.P. stands for the Latin "Reqiescat in Pace." I'm trying to get past the insensitivity of not bothering to spell out the epitaph on someone's tombstone and instead concentrate on understanding why and how this convention originated. [more inside]
posted by Jeff Howard on Feb 23, 2005 - 25 answers

[Language(hat)Filter] In the famous line from the Aeneid "Quidquid id est, timeo danaos et dona ferentis", why is ferentis in the genitive? [plus intus] [more inside]
posted by sbutler on Jan 7, 2005 - 9 answers

Help me rediscover a passage from an Ancient Roman writer. [let's go] [more inside]
posted by AgentRocket on Dec 9, 2004 - 6 answers

Where does the word "stat" come from, as in "Give me 20ccs of Ringer's Lactate, stat!"?
(I know it means quickly, but what's its origin?)
posted by jpburns on Dec 13, 2003 - 10 answers