"Examen Graecum Vexans!"
"Annoying Greek Exam!"

!!!

"Nota Graeca"
"Greek Grade"

It was... A+!

Jolly good show!

"Nota Latina"
"Latin Grade"

A+! YAY!

Now I how I did just as well in Greek!

"Examen Graecum"
"Greek Exam"

It's going to be on Friday.

Augh, I hope I do well.

"Occupatus Recenter Eram!"
"I Was Busy Lately!"

That's right!

Remember those two midterms? I haven't gotten back my grades yet. Part of the Greek one was graded. So far, it was an A+.

I really hope both of the midterms end up as A+! We'll see.

"Adhuc Studens"
"Still Studying"

Eeyup.

"Duae Probationes, Una Hebdomas!"
"Two Tests, One Week!"

First there is the Greek one on Tuesday, and then there is the Latin one on Thursday.

So, yeah, I'm very busy now.

"Declinatio Octopus, Octopi in Quodam Libro"
"Inflection Octopus, Octopi in a Certain Book"

Rose Williams, a veteran Latin instructor, wrote a series of Latin-language books for the younger folks. One of them is this one:

Octavus Octopus: Octavus the Octopus

Well, look how the word octopus is declined in the book:


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"Declinatio Latina: Adiectiva Irregularia Tria"
"Latin Inflection: Three Irregular Adjectives"

I started to wonder how the Greek regular adjectives μέγας ("great"), πολύς ("much," "many"), πρᾷος ("mild") could be declined in Latin. This is what I came up with:

megas, megala, mega (μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα);
megalus, megala, megalum;
"great"

Stem
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"Formae Plurales Verbi Pegasus"
"Plural Forms of the Pegasus"

Pegasuses and pegasi are fine.

The pegasuses form follows the regular rules of English pluralization.

The pegasi form follows the regular rules of Latin pluralization.

So:

Pēgăsus (-os ), i, m., = Πήγασος,
I. the winged horse of the Muses, who sprang from the blood of Medusa ( Read more... )