Category Archives: Latin

QOTD: Cicero via Wheelock

Posted on May 8, 2014 by jacobcerone

I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share this quote. It’s quite amusing, at least to me: Nasica ad poetam Ennium venit. Cum ad ianuam Ennium quaesivisset et serva respondisset eum in casa non esse, sensit illam domini iussu id … Continue reading →

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Latin QOTD: Augustine

Posted on May 3, 2014 by jacobcerone

et quis locus est in me, quo veniat in me deus meus ? quo deus veniat in me, deus, qui fecit caelum et terram? itane, domine deus meus, est quicquam in me, quod capiat te? an vero caelum et terra, … Continue reading →

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About a Certain Youth (De Quodam Iuvene)

Posted on May 2, 2014 by jacobcerone

We are translating a very interesting passage in Latin today. I must say that I have enjoyed this class. Both Wheelock and Dr. Williams supply readers with a variety of readings that keep the translator entertained and drives him to … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from Ælfric’s Colloqu

Posted on April 11, 2014 by jacobcerone

Here’s a fun little passage on learning. Enjoy. Nos pueri rogamus te, magister, ut doceas nos loqui latialiter recte, quia idiote sumus et corrupte loquimur. Quid uultis loqui? Quid curamus quid loquamur, nisi recta locutio sit et utilis, non anilis … Continue reading →

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Cicero via Wheelock

Posted on January 15, 2014 by jacobcerone

This coming semester I will be working through Wheelock’s Latin once again. It is the required textbook for my Theological Latin course at SEBTS. Hopefully the vocabulary and paradigms will stick a bit better this time around. One thing Wheelock … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Theodore of Mopsuestia

Posted on December 24, 2013 by jacobcerone

There are therefore two things that contribute to a person’s attaining beatitude: correct views on doctrine, for the purpose of having a dutiful and upright attitude toward God, and a disciplined moral upbringing, for living in an honorable and sound … Continue reading →

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Esther: Page One of the Glossa Ordinaria

Posted on November 19, 2013 by jacobcerone

I thought that I might share a little of the work I have been doing. Below you will find the first 4 of 89 pages of the diglot I have been working on. The first page is of the Glossa. … Continue reading →

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A Latin Scholar in the Making

Posted on October 31, 2013 by jacobcerone

Little Elijah is determined to start early. We were sitting together and he started reaching for my Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin. There’s gotta be something to say for knowing what you want to do early in life.

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Typos and Translation

Posted on October 28, 2013 by jacobcerone

I love the translation work I do. There are few things in the world of research that make me happier than translating a difficult passage. My work in the Glossa Ordinaria, however, has the tendency to drive me crazy. It isn’t … Continue reading →

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The Power of Books

Posted on October 21, 2013 by jacobcerone

A new book has untold powers for the bibliophile. For the avid reader, you know what I mean. For some reason, though, I always forget this fact. I’ll order a book that I know I need and want for some … Continue reading →

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