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Spoken Latin: What does “alicui os sublinere” mean?

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Whoever reads Plautus’ plays will undoubtedly run into the fascinating expression alicui os sublinere. It’s that typical idiom where knowing each word of the sentence doesn’t mean that you can actually understand it. In this video, you’ll learn about this fun expression’s origin, meaning, and use in the literature.

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Daniel Pettersson

Teacher and author Daniel Pettersson, M.A., is co-founder of Latinitium and is currently teaching Latin at Stockholm University, where 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.