01/04/15 Latin word of the day for 01/04/15: prosperō, prosperāre, prosperāvī, prosperātus -- 1st conjugation transitive verb. 1) to make successful 2) to prosper Sī magistrātūs legēs prūdentēs fēcissent, cīvitās populusque sē prosperārent. If politicians had made sensible laws, the country and the people would have prospered. Dē hāc sententiā: 1) Mixed contrary to fact condition is used. 2) If clause (protasis) is using contrary to fact past condition and the concluding clause (apodosis) is using the contrary to fact present condition. 3) The sentence implies that the politicians have not made sensible laws, and we continue to suffer from their incompetency. 4) Other common mixed condition is mixed future condition with the protasis in future less vivid condition and the apodosis in future more vivid condition. 5) Go to isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic990126.files/conditionals.pdf for more detail. 01/03/15 Latin word of the day for 01/03/15: alvus, alvī -- 2nd declension FEMININE noun. 1) bowels 2) womb 3) stomach Sī omnēs fiant frugivorī, alvus astricta sit omnīnō exstirpata. (REVISED) Sī omnēs fiant frugivorī, constrictio alvī eīs omnīnō remōta sit. (Courtesy of Diane Anderson) If everyone should become a vegetarian, the constipation would be completely eradicated. (REVISED) If everyone should become a vegetarian, the constipation would be entirely done away with for them. (Courtesy of Diane Anderson). Dē hāc sententiā: 1) Future less vivid condition is used. 2) Present subjunctive tense is used in both clauses - if clause (protasis) and concluding clause (apodosis). 3) Protasis is translated with the auxiliary should and apodosis with the auxiliary would. 4) Alvus astricta -> constipation per Smiths English-Latin Dictionary. 5) Frugivorus -> vegetarian per Lexicon Recentis Latinitate. 01/02/15 Latin word of the day for 01/02/15: prōgredior, prōgredi, prōgressus -- deponent verb. 1) to go forward, to advance 2) to go out Sī technologia Graeca antiqua per sēcula prōgressa esset, iam ad astra alia issēmus. If the Ancient Greek technology had progressed through the ages, we would have gone to the other stars by now. Dē hāc sententiā: 1) Contray to fact past condition is used. 2) Pluperfect subjunctive tense is used in both clauses - if clause (protasis) and concluding clause (apodosis). 3) Protasis is translated with the auxiliary had and apodosis with the auxiliary would have. 01/01/15 Latin word of the day for 01/01/15: habitō, habitāre, habitāvī, habitātum -- 1st conjugation verb. Transitive: 1) to inhabit Intransitive: 1) to love, dwell 2) to remain, be always in Sī in Romae antiquae habitārem, linguam Anglicam discerem. If I were living in Ancient Rome, I would be learning English. Dē hāc sententiā: 1) Contray to fact present condition is used. 2) Imperfect subjunctive tense is used in both clauses - if clause (protasis) and concluding clause (apodosis). 3) Protasis is translated with the auxiliary were (...ing) and apodosis with the auxiliary would (be). 12/31/14 Latin word of the day for 12/31/14: orbis, orbis -- 3rd declension masculine noun. 1) circle, ring 2) a circular motion 3) a rotation 4) a disc or disc shaped object 5) orbis terrae/terrārum -> Earth, the world 6) sphere, ball Sī psychopathicus alicubī cottīdiāno nōn nāscetur, orbis terrārum erit locus placidior. If a psychopath is not born somewhere every day, the world will be a more peaceful place. Dē hāc sententiā: 1) Simple fact future (future more vivid) condition is used. 2) Future indicative is used in both clauses. Occasionally future perfect is used in either or both clauses with the virtually same meaning as the future tense. 3) In translating, the if clause verb is translated as present tense, and the verb in the concluding clause as future. 12/30/14 Latin word of the day for 12/30/14: socolata, socolatae -- 1st declension feminine noun. 1) chocolate Sī socolata in manū tuā liquefēcit, tu digitōs tenācēs habuisti. If the chocolate melted in your hand, you had sticky fingers. Dē hāc sententiā: 1) Simple fact past condition used. 2) Both clauses take perfect or imperfect indicative tenses. 3) Translate each verb in the past indicative. 12/29/14 Latin word of the day for 12/29/14: perfectus, perfecta, perfectum -- 1st and 2nd declension adjective. 1) complete 2) perfect Sī hodiē linguae Latīnae studeō, diēs meus est perfectus. If I study Latin today, my day is complete. Dē hāc sententiā: 1) Simple fact present condition used 2) Present indicative tense is used in both clauses
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