Ch 9 · Lesson 34Latin · Chapter 9 · Lesson 34 · Phrase session
Sayings that outlived Rome
Six proverbs from Plautus, Pliny, Cicero, the Bible and the Middle Ages, still quoted in English.
Why these go together
is Plautus (Asinaria 495). grew out of Pliny's story of the painter Apelles, who never let a day pass without drawing a line. ? is the question Cicero credits to the judge Cassius. is Ecclesiastes 1:10 in the Vulgate (1:9 in English Bibles), and , was already a saying when Alcuin warned Charlemagne against it.
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The voice of the people is the voice of God.
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So passes the glory of the world.
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No day without a line.
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Man is a wolf to man.
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Who gains by it?
Literally: to whom is it a benefit?
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Nothing new under the sun.
Matching
0/6Match each phrase to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/6Put the missing word back.
Vox , vox Dei. (The voice of the people is the voice of God.)
Sic gloria mundi. (So passes the glory of the world.)
Nulla dies sine . (No day without a line.)
est homo homini. (Man is a wolf to man.)
Cui ? (Who gains by it?)
Nihil sub novum. (Nothing new under the sun.)
Lesson 34 of 38 in this chapter