Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners
Photo: https://mainzerbeobachter.com/tag/julia-restuta/. 2nd-3rd c. AD. National Archaeological Museum, Zagreb
D(is) M(anibus)
Iūl(iae) Restutae infēlicissimae interfectae annōr(um) X caus(ā) ornāmentōr(um)
Iūl(ius) Restut(us) et Statia Pudentill(a) parent(es)
CIL III 2399
Medallion. ca. 2nd-3rd c. AD.
From http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/polliceverso.html
at the top of the medallion [Médaillon de Cavillargues] there is the inscription STANTES MISSI, “released standing,” signifying missio or release from the arena for the two combatants, who are identified by placards in the background as Xantus, victor in fifteen contests, and Eros, victor in sixteen. The medallion, which depicts a contest between a retiarius and a secutor, dates to the late second or early third century AD and is in the Musée Archéologique (Nîmes).
http://www.maquetland.com/article-phototheque/8858-vie-quotidienne-oscillum-terre-cuite-cavillargues-nimes
http://www.amphi-theatrum.de/1889.html
Laetus sum laudārī … abs tē, pater, laudātō virō.
Cicero, Ad Fam. 5.12.7
CIL 10.809 (restored/rubricated)
Photo © MrJenkins
Romulus Martis
[f]ilius urbem Romam
[condi]dit et regnavit annos
duodequadraginta isque
primus dux duce hostium
Acrone rege Caeninensium
interfecto spolia opi[ma]
Iovi Feretrio consecra[vit]
receptusque in deoru[m]
numerum Quirinu[s]
appellatu[s est]
Romulus Martis filius urbem Romam condidit et regnavit annos duodequadraginta isque primus dux, duce hostium Acrone rege Caeninensium interfecto, spolia opima Iovi Feretrio consecravit receptusque in deorum numerum Quirinus appellatus est.
Translation from http://attalus.org/docs/cil/elogia.html#10.809
Romulus, son of Mars. He founded the city of Rome, and reigned there for 38 years. He was the first general to dedicate the spolia opima to Jupiter Feretrius, after killing the enemy general Acro, king of the Caeninenses. He was accepted among the gods, and was given the name Quirinus.
Reverse of silver denarius of Augustus. BC 19–15. RIC I (second edition) Augustus 86A.
signīs receptīs
Silver denarius. ca. 19–18 BC. Obverse: head of Augustus. Reverse: tiara, quiver, and bow case. © The Trustees of the British Museum R.6184
Armeniā captā
Copper sestertius of Vespasian. AD 71. © The Trustees of the British Museum. R.10657
Iūdaeā captā
Silver denarius of Augustus. 28 BC. © The Trustees of the British Museum. 1860,0328.114
Aeguptō [= Aegyptō] captā
Stone Altar. AD 197–198. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Cambridge, UK). D 1970.3
D(e)ae Fortunae
Virius Lupus
leg(atus) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore)
balineum vi
ignis exust-
um coh(orti) I Thr-
acum resti-
tuit curan-
te Val(erio) Fron-
tone praef(ecto)
eq(uitum) alae Vetto(num)
Deae Fortūnae.
Virius Lupus, lēgātus Augustī prō praetōre,
balineum vī ignis exustum cohortī I Thrācum restituit
cūrante Valeriō Frontōne, praefectō equitum ālae Vettōnum.
Temple of Saturn. Rome. By Diana Ringo (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Verani, omnibus e meis amicis
antestans mihi milibus trecentis,
venistine domum ad tuos Penates
fratresque unanimos anumque matrem?
venisti. o mihi nuntii beati!
visam te incolumem audiamque Hiberum
narrantem loca, facta, nationes,
ut mos est tuus, applicansque collum
iucundum os oculosque saviabor.
o quantumst hominum beatiorum,
quid me laetius est beatiusve?
Could reasonably be done with Shelmerdine 18 (but 21 would cover last two lines)
domum – Shelmerdine 16
participles – Shelmerdine 17
nuntius – Shelmerdine 17
mos – Shelmerdine 18
Interrogative pronoun quid – Shelmerdine 18
Comparative adjectives – Shelmerdine 21