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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

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.
Written by Daniel Pettersson

Written by Daniel Pettersson

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