June 16, 2017
And here's how the grammar of this Latin tweet works:
Latin
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English
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Parsing
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Grammar Points
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Prae
|
before
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Prep.+Abl.
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se
|
itself
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abl. sing. refl. pronoun
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se, sui
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fert
|
brings
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3rd pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb
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fero, ferre, tuli, latus; the idiom prae se ferre means “manifests,
shows, professes.”
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amor
|
love
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nom. sing. masc. noun
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amor, amoris
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ut
|
that
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conj.
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re
|
in truth
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abl. adverb
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res, rei
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ingenioseque
|
and ingeniously
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adv; enclitic conj.
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agamus
|
we act
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1st pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb
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ago, agere, egi, actus
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Bona
|
Good
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nom. pl. neut. adj.
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bonus, bona, bonum
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proposita
|
intentions
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nom. pl. neut. noun
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propositum, propositi
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non
|
not
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adv.
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sufficiunt
|
are enough
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3rd pers. pl. pres. act. ind. verb
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sufficiō, sufficere, suffēcī, suffectus
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Homines
|
People
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nom. pl. com. noun
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homo, hominis
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non
|
not
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adv.
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sunt
|
are
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3rd pers. pl. pres. ind. verb
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sum, esse, fui
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numeri
|
numbers
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nom. pl. masc. noun
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numerus, numeri
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sed
|
but
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conj.
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fratres
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brothers
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nom. pl. masc. noun
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frater, fratris
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curandi
|
(who) must be cared for
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nom. pl. masc. gerundive
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curo, curare, curavi, curatus
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