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Spoken Latin: Quid Significat “Oculi Emissicii”?

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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.

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Daniel Pettersson

Teacher, author, and CEO of Legentibus Daniel Pettersson, M.A., is co-founder of Legentibus and Latinitium. He is also working on his Ph.D. dissertation on Humanist Colloquia. Daniel believes in the importance of Latin literature in the modern world and that you can teach yourself Latin with the right motivation, method, and material.

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