Category Archives: Language & Etymology

Protected: Myth Spr 20: Oedipus at Colonus

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 30

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Antigone

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Bacchae

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 24

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Hippolytus

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 21

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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“Thoroughly Useless Nation”: Mommsen on the Irish

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

From Theodor Mommsen (trans. William P. Dickson) History of Rome, Vol. 4 (London 1867), Book 5, Chapter 7, pp. 286-87 (link here) Mind you, an edition of this work won a goddam Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902 In the mighty … Continue reading →

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Order of the Adjectives

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac.” So Mark … Continue reading →

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Little mysteries in an old edition of Cicero

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

See this update How this book came into my possession, I really can’t say, but it’s probably the oldest one I own, a copy of select orations of Cicero (together with Asconius’ commentary) as well as De Senectute and De … Continue reading →

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