The farmer praises the trumpet.

Jan 25, 2007 06:40

"The farmer praises the trumpet.""Agricola tubam laudat."
When I had first year Latin in high school, that was one of the sentences for translation in text exercises. It struck me as the silliest sentence imaginable. I could see myself transported back to the ancient Trajan marketplace in Rome as a farmer. I might be selling some of my frumentum ( Read more... )

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Billy is instructed on animal transport. gallianoparfait January 25 2007, 17:33:05 UTC
O, civile! Si ergo!
Fortibus es in ero.
O, nobile! Deus trux.
Vatis enim?
Causam dux!

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gallianoparfait January 25 2007, 18:15:55 UTC
Agricolae in oribus puellarum sunt.

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Dave Proc anonymous January 27 2007, 02:40:15 UTC
This farmer plays his trumprt while praising his chickens ;)

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Re: chickens gallianoparfait January 27 2007, 09:58:28 UTC
Pulli tubam Davidumque amant.

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