iacta alea est : the die is cast - attributed to Julius Caesar by the historian Suetonius, on the occasion of Caesar leading his troops across the Rubicon and into Italy, January 10, 49BC.
       
     
tweets / ancient authors
Harrium valde taedet linguae Latinae studere.
       
     
tweets / sine Legone - et feles!
TOXIC is @OxfordWords ’ 2018 Word of the Year. τοξον is the ancient Greek for bow, hence the adjective τοξικος : having to do with archery. φαρμακον is the Greek for medicine. φαρμακον τοξικον - a poison smeared on arrows - entered Latin as TOXICUM
       
     
tweets / iucunda
etiam sanato vulnere, cicatrix manet : even when the wound is healed, the scar remains - traditional
       
     
tweets / maxims
essem tener, essem mollis, valdeque iam humanus, si cor modo haberem : I’d be tender, I’d be gentle, and awful sentimental, if I only had a heart
       
     
tweets / movies
~ puer qui vixit : the boy who lived ~ This is Peter Needham’s translation of Harrius Potter’s first chapter. I learnt a lot from his translation and go back to it often.
       
     
tweets / pop culture