In this episode of "Loci et Locutiones" I discuss the meaning and use of the expression magni aestimare taken from Quintus Cicero's letter to his brother Marcus. Video in Latin https://youtu.be/8uAxzrvGOFo Latin audio If you want to listen to the audio only of this...
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Daniel Pettersson
Spoken Latin: What does “In Alienas Manus Devenire”?
In this part of the series Loci et locutiones I talk about the words aliquid in manus alienas devenire, taken from Cicero’s letter (I.9) to his dear friend Atticus. I talk about its meaning and how to use it. Video in Latin https://youtu.be/lkPSg1goB8M Latin audio You...
Spoken Latin: What does “Timeo quorsum evadas” mean?
In this fourth episode of the series "Loci et locutiones" I talk about the Latin expression timeo quorsum evadas, taken from Terence’s play Andria. I talk about its meaning and how to use it. Suggested watching in Latin: The Life And Works Of Terence Video in Latin...
Spoken Latin: What does “Umbra” mean?
In this third video in our series about Latin expressions and texts explained in Latin, I talk about a word whose meaning, at first glance, seems so apparent that there would be no need to make a video about it. But today, we will talk about quite another meaning of...
Spoken Latin: What does “In Morbum Incidere” mean?
The best way to learn Latin is to read and listen to as much as possible in Latin—as long as it is in line with the type of literature you want to read. In this video, entirely in Latin, you'll learn about the expression in morbum incidere in a spoken Latin style...
Spoken Latin: Quid Significat “Oculi Emissicii”?
In this first part of the new video series “Loci et Locutiones”, I talk about a Latin expression I came across two years ago in Plautus: oculi emissicii. Even though it’s quite a rare expression, it’s nevertheless worth knowing it. Suggested watching in Latin: The...
Ad Museum Artium Bostoniense
Quae sint opera mira quae illo museo Bostoniensi condita servantur? Quid monstri sine facie aedificium custodit? Quis se ad Sphingem consulendi causa contulit? Haec et alia multa hodie agemus. Medio mense Iunio trans Oceanum, Bostoniam in Civitates Foederatas, me...
The Life and works of Petronius
I recently re-read the great Roman novel Satyricon by Petronius, and I thought it would be useful to do a video about Petronius. Amelie and I spent an hour finding a place free from the violent winds of Stockholm. Video in Latin https://youtu.be/Am87TyDDwdA Audio in...
Codex cenannensis et bibliotheca collegii trinitatis
Haud ita pridem ego et Amelia in viam nos dedimus ut in Hiberniam Dublinum ad Collegium Trinitatis iremus ut cum alia tum codicem qui vocatur Codex Cenannensis (Book of Kells) inspiceremus. Haec est narratio totius rei. Dublinum Tendimus Stockholmia Dublinum iter fuit...





















