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SCRIBENDO DISCES SCRIBERE.

By writing, you will learn how to write.

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tiny kitten holds pen in mouth while trying to write on paper. Text: SCRIBENDO DISCES SCRIBERE. by writing, you will learn how to write.
January 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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VENTUS EST VITA MEA.

English & details (it's part of Lesson 11!)
proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2025/01/lati...

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long-hair tortie cat sitting on fence post staring into the wind; the wind is blowing all her fur back. text: VENTUS EST VITA MEA.
January 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Discamus nos omnes novas artes!

Discat qui nescit; discendo sapientia crescit.

Let him learn who does not know; by learning wisdom grows.

(medieval Latin saying: it rhymes!)

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kitten stares intently at upside-down wind-up toy. text: Discat qui nescit; discendo sapientia crescit.
January 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
laurakgibbs.bsky.social
that definitely deserves a cat :-)

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January 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
laurakgibbs.bsky.social
that definitely deserves a cat :-)

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January 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Here's a round-up of projects I'm working on:
RiddleWizard.LauraGibbs.net: riddle game + riddle-writing activities
LibriVox.LauraGibbs.net: recording for LibriVox
#LatinViaProverbs: an #EasyLatin course for beginners
#GreekLOLCats for Greek proverbs plus #EasyGreek reading
and more at LauraGibbs.net
screenshot of Riddle Wizard website showing a graphic with colorful question marks
January 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Latin Lesson 12: Masc. Nouns
proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2024/12/less...
Risus optima medicina
Fames optimus est coquus
Fames est gladius acutissimus
Habitus est altera natura
Dominus illuminatio mea

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snaggle-toothed cat smiling with eyes closed at camera. text: Risus optima medicina. Laughter is the best medicine.
January 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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I'm here as a Twitter refugee...wanting to get back online because I've been teaching LATIN by blog and wanted to share those materials with #AncientBlueSky #LatinLanguage #LinguaLatina #Classics ...we're on Lesson 24 now: proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2025/01/lati...
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Cat peeking out from inside a frog statue in a garden. Text: Patria est ubicumque est bene. Your homeland is where it is good.
January 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Latin Lesson 14: Qualis...talis...
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Qualis avis, talis cantus
Qualis avis, talis nidus
Qualis mater, talis et filia
Qualis pater, talis filius
Qualis herus, talis et canis

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Himalayan cat and big blue and orange parrot sitting on sofa together, staring at each other face to face. Text: Qualis avis, talis cantus. As the bird, so its song.
February 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
laurakgibbs.bsky.social
And for people who want to start #LatinViaProverbs with Lesson 1, here you go:
proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2024/12/lati...
Scientia potentia.
Conscientia testis.
Innocentia eloquentia.
Nocumentum documentum.
Juventus ventus.

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Cat sitting on a laptop computer keyboard with paw on the screen. Text: Scientia potential. Knowledge is power.
January 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Latin Lesson #22: More Neuter -e Endings
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Dulce otium.
Natale solum dulce.
Inevitabile est fatum.
Futurum invisibile.
Heu, heu, praeteritum non est revocabile tempus.
:-)
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cat sits in window watching the sunset; it is almost dark. text: Heu, heu, praeteritum non est revocabile tempus. Alas, alas, past time is not able to be called back.
February 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Lesson 6: More Fem. Nouns
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Mediocritas optima est
Omnis est misera servitus
Furtiva Venus dulcior
Nunc nox, mox lux
Quam dulcis libertas!

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big cat sitting on top of a shoebox, crushing a cat inside the shoebox whose head is just sticking out. text: Omnis est misera servitus.
January 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Latin Lesson #15: More Masc. Nouns
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Optimus magister bonus liber
Bonus liber amicus optimus
Potus furtivus dulcis est
Ubi amor, ibi oculus
Ubi dolor, ibi digitus

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small ginger tabby kitten on a table has its head stuck in a coffee cup which contained coffee with milk; you can see coffee dribbled down the side of the cup. text: Potus furtivus dulcis est. A stolen drink is sweet.
February 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Latin Lesson #16: A Few Participles
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Rex est lex vivens.
Iudex est lex loquens.
Nemo sapiens nisi patiens.
Nemo nisi sapiens liber est.
Bis puer est senex.

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tuxedo cat dangling from a branch high in a tree. text: Nemo sapiens nisi patiens. No one is wise unless they are patient.
February 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
laurakgibbs.bsky.social
and here's Lesson 24: 1st Dec. Review
proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2025/01/lati...

Via antiqua via est tuta
Patria est ubicumque est bene
Longa est vita si plena est
Nonne anima plus est quam esca?
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa

#AncientBlueSky #LatinLanguage #EasyLatin #LatinViaProverbs
grey and white cat stands on stairs on top of heap of shredded toilet paper, staring right at the camera; text: Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
February 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Lesson 5: Noun-Is-Adjective, Fem. cont.
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Mendax fama
Jacta alea est
Spes ultima dea
Dum vita est, spes est
Ubi pericula, ibi gloria

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One of my fav sayings:
Cat standing on hind legs, hoding up paws folded, looking both sad and hopeful. text: Spes ultima dea. Hope is the last goddess.
January 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
laurakgibbs.bsky.social
here's Latin Lesson 9: Feminine -us nouns
proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2024/12/lati...
Parva domus, parva cura.
Parva domus, magna quies.
Legis manus longa.
Haec manus inimica tyrannis.
Ex glande ardua quercus.

#AncientBlueSky #LatinLanguage #LinguaLatina #EasyLatin #LatinViaProverbs #LatinLOLCats
5 tiny kittens curled up in a garden pot with other pots containing plants all around them. text: Parva domus, magna quies. Small house, great peacebut awake .
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Latin Lesson 13: More Masc. Nouns
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Carcer numquam pulcher.
Nemo magister natus.
Homo mundus minor.
Totus echinus asper.
Fumus, ergo ignis.

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a Sylvester black and white stuffed toy cat and a matching black and white real cat stick their paws out through the bars of a window which looks like a prison cell. text: Carcer numquam pulcher. Prison is never pretty.
January 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Latin Lesson #20: More Neuter Nouns
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Caecum odium.
Simul dictum, simul factum.
Si satis est, multum est.
Ubi periculum, ibi lucrum.
Ubique medium caelum est.

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Tabby cat looking up into a bright blue sky. Text: Ubique medium caelum est. Everywhere is the middle of the sky.
February 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
laurakgibbs.bsky.social
the world cannot ever have enough Latin cats!!! :-)

here's one of the #LatinLOLCats cum equo / with horse:

FURTIVA VENUS DULCIOR.
Furtive love (is) sweeter.

details:
proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2024/12/lati...

#AncientBlueSky #LatinLanguage #LinguaLatina #Classics #LatinViaProverbs #EasyLatin
horse sticks head out over fence, eyes wide as cat sitting on fence railing gives the horse a kiss; it is snowing. text: Furtiva Venus dulcior. Furtive love (is) sweeter.
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Latin Lesson #18: Masc. Adjectives
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Avarus semper est pauper.
Nullus dies omnino malus.
Hodie nullus, cras maximus.
Vir quidem unus, nullus est.
Illiteratus rex est asinus coronatus.
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tiny kitten crouches on bowl of dry cat food that is bigger than he is. text: Avarus semper est pauper. The greedy man is always poor.
February 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
laurakgibbs.bsky.social
it's almost one year since I started this Latin course for beginners using PROVERBS and CATS... here's lesson #172:
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it all started at the holiday party in my building last year when someone said they wanted to learn Latin.
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Latin Lesson #172: More mixed verbs
The focus for today's lesson is more sentences with a mix of verbs: different conjugations, both active and passive.  You will also see seve...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Latin Lesson 3: Noun-Is-Noun / Word Order
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Vita est somnium.
Peregrinatio vita est.
Est vipera invidia.
Rex est lex.
Est adulator laudator.
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cat sleeping on porch, rolling on back, leg dropping, paws relaxed. text: Vita est somnium. Life is a dream.
January 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Latin Lesson 23: More Neuter Words
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Lac gallinaceum.
Ubi mel, ibi fel.
Tempus breve est.
Nil magis nostrum est quam tempus.
Praeteritum nihil, praesens instabile, futurum incertum.

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tiny cat standing on analog alarm clock looking worried. text: Praeteritum nihil, praesens instabile, futurum incertum. (The) past (is) nothing; (the) present, unsteady; (the) future, uncertain.
February 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Latin Lesson #19: Neuter Nouns & Adj.
proverbsgrammar.blogspot.com/2025/01/lati...

Rarum carum
Medium certum est
Nullum malum impunitum
Nullum mendacium semper occultum
Pravum lignum numquam rectum

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this one is my cat :-)
big grey cat all twisted and curled around in a fuzzy cat bed. text: Pravum lignum numquam rectum. Crooked wood can never be straight.
February 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM