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Important note: If during the Middle Ages Latin evolved independently from its classical archetype, the humanists of the Renaissance strove to restore the original language by drawing from copies of the works of ancient authors. These copies being imperfect, the spelling of ce...
Important note: If during the Middle Ages Latin evolved independently from its classical archetype, the humanists of the Renaissance strove to restore the original language by drawing from copies of the works of ancient authors. These copies being imperfect, the spelling of certain words was impaired with folk etymology and influenced by improper pronunciation, and the length of the vowels, despite its importance in the classical language, was and still is widely neglected. Only the rise of Indo-European studies, especially after 1850, helped restoring and gradually spread the original forms and sounds of the words. Older works, when they are republished, may also benefit from the most re...
Puer. — Huius cœnæ regalis esculenta et potum benedicat ille, qui Rex regum est, nobísque faxit sint salutifera, qui hæc ipsa in sui facimus memoria, quòd ipse in mundum natus h...
1. Part 1Important note: If during the Middle Ages Latin evolved independently from its classical archetype, the humanists of the Renaissance strove to restore the original language by d...
23. Part 23Puer. — Hujus cēnae rēgālis ēsculenta et pōtum benedīcat ille, quī Rēx rēgum est, nōbīsque faxit sint salūtifera, quī haec ipsā in suī facimus memoriā, quod ipse in mundum nātus...
11. Part 11Paterfamilias. — Hæc est dies quam fecit Dominus, exultemus et lætemur in ea. Pascha nostrum immolatus est CHRISTUS, itáque epulemur in azymis synceritatis et veritatis. Allelui...
12. Part 12Pædagogus. — Istud nihil aliud est, quàm vacatione à gymnasio abuti: à prandio huc me accedite, erudiam vos ad horulam unam, quid sit vacare à librorum lectionibus, et quomodo f...
24. Part 24Paterfamiliās. — Haec est diēs quam fēcit Dominus, exsultēmus et laetēmur in eā. Pascha nostrum immolātus est CHRĪSTUS, itaque epulēmur in azȳmīs sincēritātis et vēritātis. Allē...
9. Part 9Hospes. — Adventus vester me delectat, ad has gallinas et buccellam carnis porcinæ in veru paratam vos vocavi, oro æquo accipite animo: si parcus et modicus est cibus, largior e...
25. Part 25Paedagōgus. — Istud nihil aliud est, quam vacātiōne ā gymnasiō abūtī: ā prandiō hūc mē accēdite, ērudiam vōs ad hōrulam ūnam, quid sit vacāre ā librōrum lēctiōnibus, et quōmodo...
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14. Part 14COLLOQUIA, SĪVE CŌNFĀBULĀTIŌNĒS TĪRŌNUM LITTERĀTŌRUM, Hermannō Schottenniō Hessō auctōre. Ab eōdem nūper plūsquam trīgintā Convīviīs lepidissimīs auctae. Ad haec, quotīdiānī ser...
22. Part 22Hospes. — Adventus vester mē dēlectat, ad hās gallīnās et buccellam carnis porcīnae in verū parātam vōs vocāvī, ōrō aequō accipite animō: sī parcus et modicus est cibus, largior...
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13. Part 13Henricus. — Consilium dabo, ut nonnihil æris acquiratis: Parentibus vel cognatis dicite libellum aliquem albo numo vos empturos, illum deinde potatiuncula insumemus, quisque non...
26. Part 26Henrīcus. — Cōnsilium dabō, ut nōnnihil aeris acquīrātis: Parentibus vel cognātīs dīcite libellum aliquem albō nummō vōs ēmptūrōs, illum deinde pōtātiuncula īnsūmēmus, quisque n...
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27. Part 27Jasperus. — Ideō sodālēs dīlēctissimī quicquid agimus, cūrēmus semper, ut operam litterīs nāvēmus, chartīs impallēscāmus, ut et ōlim pedēs caenō extrahāmus, pennās nīdō extendām...