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Lessons in Latin daily brought to you from antiquity.

  1. 17h ago

    Seneca on leisure

    Ep. 82.3 Ōtium sine litterīs mors est et hominis vīvī sepultūra Ōtium: leisure Sine: without Litterīs: letters, literary learning Mors: death Est: is Et: and Hominis: of a man Vīvī: living Sepultūra: burial, entombment Leisure without learning is death and the entombment of a living man. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

  2. 1d ago

    Seneca on being truly free

    Ep. 26.10 Quī morī didicit, servīre dēdidicit. Quī: who Morī: to die Didicit: has learned Servīre: to serve, to be enslaved  Dēdidicit: has unlearned He who has learned to die has unlearned to be enslaved. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

  3. 2d ago

    Martial on a life well-lived

    Epigram LXX Nōn est vīvere, sed valēre vīta est Nōn: not Est: is Vīvere: to live Sed: but Valēre: to thrive, to flourish Vīta: life Est: is Not to live, but to flourish, is life.  Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

  4. 3d ago

    Cicero on living well

    Tusculan disputations Book 5.5 Est autem ūnus diēs bene et ex praeceptīs tuīs āctus peccantī inmortālitātī antepōnendus. Est: is autem: but, for ūnus: one diēs: day bene: well, good et: and ex: according to praeceptīs: precepts, teachings tuīs: your āctus: spent, conducted peccantī: sinning inmortālitātī: immortality antepōnendus: must be preferred For one day lived well and according to your precepts must be preferred to an immortality spent sinning. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

  5. 6d ago

    Virgil on your allotted time

    Aeneid 10.467 Stat sua cuique diēs, breve et inrēparābile tempus omnibus est vītae. Stat: stands, stands fixed sua: his own cuique: for each diēs: day breve: short et: and inrēparābile: irrecoverable tempus: time omnibus: for all est: is vītae: of life To each his day stands fixed; brief and irrecoverable for all is the time of life. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

  6. Sep 30

    Seneca on delay

    De ira 2.22.3 Dandum semper est tempus; vēritātem diēs aperit. Dandum: must be given semper: always est: is tempus: time vēritātem: truth diēs: day aperit: opens, reveals Time must always be given, for the day reveals the truth.  Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi, the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

  7. 05/08/2025

    Seneca on the way

    The Stoics and Epicureans agree philosophy is the way. Philosophiae servias oportet, ut tibi contingat vera libertas. It is necessary that you must serve philosophy, so that you may gain true freedom. Philosophiae: to philosophy Servias: may you serve, you must serve Oportet: it is necessary Ut contingat: so that it may happen Tibi: to you Vera libertas: true freedom

  8. 05/07/2025

    Virgil on fated vengeance

    Virgil prophesies Carthage’s avenger. Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor May someone arise, an avenger, out of our bones Exoriare: may you arise Aliquis: someone Nostris: our (abl. pl.) Ex ossibus: from (our) bones Ultor: avenger

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Lessons in Latin daily brought to you from antiquity.

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  • Creator
    Cristo Australis
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
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    128
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