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June 9, 2014
Literal translation of the Latin: Let's not chatter rumors about others from the back, but let us openly speak in front of them what we think.
Here's how the Latin works.
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Latin
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English
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Parsing
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Grammar Points
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Ne
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Not
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Introduces negative clause with
subjunctive
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garriamus
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let’s chatter
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garrio, garrire; negative hortatory
subjunctive + ne
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rumores
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rumors, gossip
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acc. pl. masc. noun
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rumor, rumoris; obj. of garriamus
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de
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about
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Prep + abl.
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governs aliis
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aliis
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others
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abl. pl. masc. adj.
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adj. used as substantive
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a
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from
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Prep. + abl.
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governs tergo; phrase means, ‘behind’
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tergo
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the back
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abl. sing. neut. noun
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tergum, tergi
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sed
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but
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conj.
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palam
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openly
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adv.
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dicamus
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let us speak
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1st pers. pl. act. pres. subj.
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dico, dicere, dixi, dictum; hortatory
subjunctive
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coram
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in front of
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prep. + abl.
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governs ipsis
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ipsis
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them, themselves
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abl. pl. masc. adj.
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ipse, ipsa, ipsum
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quid
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what
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acc. sing. neut. pronoun
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quis, quid; obj. of censemus
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censemus
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we think
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1st pers. pl. act. pres. ind.
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censeo, censere, censui, censum;
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