Ch 8 · Lesson 29Latin · Chapter 8 · Lesson 29 · Phrase session
Famous lines, read properly
Eight Latin lines everybody quotes. Now you can take each one apart and see why it is put the way it is.
Why these go together
Caesar's , , is in Suetonius, Divus Iulius 37; opens Catullus 85; is Virgil, Eclogues 10.69. Some are distilled rather than quoted: comes from Virgil's inreparabile , and , from Vegetius, who wrote desiderat , praeparet .
, , .
I came, I saw, I conquered.
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I hate and I love.
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Love conquers all.
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Time flies.
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Art takes long, life is short.
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In wine there is truth.
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If you want peace, prepare for war.
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Know yourself.
Matching
0/8Match each phrase to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/8Put the missing word back.
Veni, , vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)
Odi et . (I hate and I love.)
Omnia amor. (Love conquers all.)
Tempus . (Time flies.)
Ars longa, vita . (Art takes long, life is short.)
In veritas. (In wine there is truth.)
Si vis pacem, para . (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
Nosce te . (Know yourself.)
Lesson 29 of 33 in this chapter