Lesson 8

All Classical Latin literature, except the very best, is vitiated by rh etoric,
and by the desire to say old things in a new way.
H.P.V. Nunn
(author of "An introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin")

The 3rd conjugation verbs The 4th conjugation verbs Maxim 61-70 Cave canem! Beware of the dog! (Inscription at the entry of Roman houses in Pompei.) Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. (Written by Julius Caesar about a rapid victory.) Caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware. (N/A) Numquam se minus solum quam cum solus esset. ** quoted by Gaskell You are never so little alone as when you are alone. (Cicero, De officiis) Oderint, dum metuant. May they hate me, if only they fear me. (Suetonius, Vitae Caesarum, Caligula) Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. Let him who wishes for peace prepare for war. (Vegetius. Also quoted si vis pacem, para bellum -- if you desire peace, prepare for war.) Nosce te ipsum. Know thyself (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.) Divide et impera. Divide and rule. (Louis XI; adopted by Macchiavelli) Noli equi dentes inspicere donati. Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. (St. Jerome, Commentarius in epistulam Pauli ad Ephesos) Dum vivimus, vivamus. While we live, let us really live. (N/A) (Lady Vivamus)