Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 19, 2002 14:23
21 yrs ago
Latin term
shannon
idibus juniis
Latin to English
Other
TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING ROMAN DATES:
PAIDIE IDUS MARTIAS
v IDUS FEBRUARIAS
VIII KALENDAS MAIAS
IDUBUS JUNIIS
PAIDIE IDUS MARTIAS
v IDUS FEBRUARIAS
VIII KALENDAS MAIAS
IDUBUS JUNIIS
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | Dear Shannon |
corin
|
| 5 +2 | June 13 |
Evert DELOOF-SYS
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| 5 +1 | 13th of June |
Cris Hirzoiu
|
| 3 -1 | with/for the Ides of June |
Paul Stevens
|
Proposed translations
+5
8 mins
Selected
Dear Shannon
Although Romanian is a Romance language, with more than 70% of its words having a Lating origin, I'm afraid you will need a Latin>English translator to ... execute your order.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Heathcliff
: Oooh, well done, Corin!
12 mins
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| agree |
giogi
: exactly!
36 mins
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| agree |
Elvira Stoianov
: and it's not the first time Shannon thinks that Latin is the same as Romanian (maybe she learned in her historz classes that Rome is the capital of Romania)
1 hr
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| agree |
Tehno
5 hrs
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| agree |
Egmont
31 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
-1
12 mins
Paul Stevens
Native in English
Accurate and reliable translations
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
with/for the Ides of June
I believe, if I correctly recall my Latin O level of 20+ years ago!
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
David Wigtil
: Time nouns in the ablative indicate "point of time" or 'time at/on which."
5 hrs
|
+1
28 mins
Cris Hirzoiu
Austria
Austria
Austria
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, German to Romanian, and 2 more.
13th of June
Idus -uum f. pl. [the Ides , a day in the Roman month; the fifteenth day of March, May, July, October; the thirteenth in other months].
+2
28 mins
Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium
Seasoned linguist
Native in: Dutch 
, Flemish
Works in: English to Dutch, French to Dutch, Dutch to English, and 31 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
June 13
Go to
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~silver/Reference/calendar.html
for full explanations and a calendar
HTH
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Note added at 2002-11-19 14:56:44 (GMT)
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By the way, it should be \'pridie idus Martias\' (not \'paidie\') (March 14)
v idus Februarias : February 9
viii kalendas Maias: May 25
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~silver/Reference/calendar.html
for full explanations and a calendar
HTH
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Note added at 2002-11-19 14:56:44 (GMT)
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By the way, it should be \'pridie idus Martias\' (not \'paidie\') (March 14)
v idus Februarias : February 9
viii kalendas Maias: May 25
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