Monty Python’s Latin lesson

[guy]

This clip from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” (1979) is why I could never learn Latin:

 

[guidoLaMoto]

Sixty-five years after first commiting it to memory, "qui quae quod....cuius cuius cuius.....cui cui cui...." still flows like fresh spring water...even when I forget to take my Arricept....

...not to mention "hic haec hoc....huius huius huius..."

Edited Monday at 08:52 AM by guidoLaMoto

[guidoLaMoto]

Speaking of Latin in inscriptions, etc,this site https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/ is useful and easy to use. If you enter a word that's used in one of its declined/conjugated forms, the site will tell you how it's being used and also show its base form.....Works for many languages, including ancient Greek....Lost at the bottom of the page is a place for English to Latin translation.

...and here's a good list of common abbreviations used in inscriptions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_Latin_abbreviations

"DM" is a common one on tombstones- Dis Manibus = (dedicated) to the Manes (spirits of the dead)

Edited 53 minutes ago by guidoLaMoto