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- Feb 2024
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boards.straightdope.com boards.straightdope.com
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Does latin really have no synonyms (or pronouns, apparantly)? No-one is ever weaponless, or without excuse, for example. It’s always “absent weapon” and “absent excuse” etc. Is there no verb ‘to be’ in latin? Nobody is Roman, they “stand roman”, they ‘stand’ anything that they might otherwise be. They stand hungry, they stand a senator, and so on. Characters never speak, or say, or tell anything. They only “break words”. Oh, and they all seem to be absent pronouns whenever they stand breaking words.
The use of "absent" is excessive in the show Spartacus. This, supposedly, is done with intention. It need mimic the Latin language structure. Though, how does absent this and that aid in that?
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spartacus.fandom.com spartacus.fandom.comPrimus1
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The primary event of a series (usually a day's worth) of gladiatorial games. Basically, the "main event" or "main attraction".
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος, translit. Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Spartacus was Thracian
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- Apr 2017
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nationalera.wordpress.com nationalera.wordpress.com
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“The earth shall be dissolved like snow, The sun shall cease to shine; But God, who called me here below, Shall be forever mine. “And when this mortal life shall fail, And flesh and sense shall cease, I shall possess within the veil A life of joy and peace. “When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining like the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun.”
A common thing for slaves to do was to sing songs of hope and joy which spread the idea of better days and freedom around plantations.
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