Sep 21, 2022 · I chose Latin over English because it was more succinct and sounded better. “I will plant sunflowers here.” versus “Hic Helianthos Colam.” But I do agree with your reasoning. Not …

Oct 22, 2020 · Latin Mottos Latin is, of course, the preferred language of occult writers and spooky cultists everywhere, and nothing jazzes up a mysterious institution like a generous …

Edit: seems like I ruffled the feathers of classical studies scholars/majors. I took 5 years of Latin in high school and was under the impression my Latin teacher was thorough with pronunciation; …

Feb 14, 2022 · 12 votes, 20 comments. i need some ideas for a possible tattoo, at the moment my favorite is “christus vincit” which means “christ conquers”

566 votes, 161 comments. 436K subscribers in the CrusaderKings community. Crusader Kings is a historical grand strategy / RPG game series for PC…

Oct 17, 2014 · Latin was still taught in school for the baby boomer generation, and is still widely used in law and medicine. A lot of foundation Australian law and constitutional documents …

There’s a wonderful sci-fi novel Celestial Matters in which Aristotelian physics and Ptolemaic cosmology are literally true—you can fly to the planets on a ship made of a piece of the Moon …

Mar 20, 2020 · 19 votes, 11 comments. I know memento mori and carpe diem. I'm just looking for some conversation starters.

Mar 14, 2017 · 22 votes, 14 comments. Hey Knights. Can you give me some nice latin phrases for knights ?

I know this is the Latin sub, but whenever I try to come up with a favorite ancient quotation, I can't get past this one in Old English: Hyge sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, Mod sceal þe mare, …