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Dē foedā pulchritūdine et crūdēlī cāritāte (魔女の旅々 03)

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Potestne pulchritūdō occultāre foeditātem? Potestne cāritās esse crūdēlis? In hāc pellīculā maga, nōmine Elaina, dum iter per rēmōtās terrās facit, spectat quodcumque illīc spectandum est, ut illās intellegat, nec vērō sē immiscet rēbus, quod tāle est vōtum spectātōrum. Iam diū hanc pellīculam vertī latīne et putāvī abhinc paucōs diēs fortassē hanc decēre fēstō illī quod "Halloween" vocātur ab anglicīs.  🦇   DRIVE LINK   🦇 (Quod quālitās in Drive terribilis est, pellīculam ex Drive antē prehendere suādeō)

Catullus XXXVI

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Iterum, chartam ad Lesbiam amīcam mīsit Catullus implōrāvitque illae ut cum eō redīret. “ Lesbia ”, inquit, “ mea puella, licetne mē dēmum tē visēre? Nequīquam hīc maneō, crucior tamen. Tam ūrentēs amore flammās pectore diūtius nōn possum retinere. ” Paucōs post diēs, puella cum requiēscit, ad dōmum epistula advēnit. Sīne tītulō legendō scit vērō esse Catullī iterum. Suspirat, et parvōs observat libellōs in pegmātibus iacentibus, pulchrōrum verbōrum plenōs Catullī (atque nōn tam pulchrōrum etiam), dum scrībēns responsiōnem excogitat decentem. “ Nōlō adhūc, Catulle, nōlō quidem tibi mēcum restituere quoad tam trucia versa scrībere dēsinās. Cum ita ēgerās, Venerī deae Cupīdīque vōveō mē regressūram atque ēlectīssima illa pessimī scrīpta poētae īgnīs iactūra. ” ★★★ “Pessimī poētae versa prō dīs cremātūra, vōvēsne?” dicit. “Nōlī solicitāre, mea puella, eās ipse crēmābō. He he…” Sīc locūtus est, fortassē, atque librōs Volusī in manū tenēns haec lūcida verba scrīpsit Catullus, in aet...

Kagami no Kojō

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   ///  Disclaimer : This post might have mistakes in it. Read at your own discretion. Suggestions and corrections made by nice people are always welcome. Quī īrācundē queritur, sānē pudendus est. /// Salvēte! Hunc librum iam iappōnicē finīvī. Quod eum valdē dīlēxī, in animō mihi erat aliquid dē eō latīnē scrībere, sed tamen nesciēbam quid esse dicendum, atque vēre dē librī finale tantum scrībere volēbam. Itaque, argumentum vertī latīnē et, ut nēminī gaudium librī legendī spoliem, arbitror indicārē textum ut "spolium" (id est anglicē spoiler ) oportēre. Nec vērō pūtō quīdam umquam haec legat quī dē tālibus rēbus cūret. Cēterum pūtō haec verba mea significatiōnem ūllam modo habēbunt eīs quī librō iam lēctō ea legere coeptent. Meh, sīc vīta. ARGUMENTUM Kokoro Anzai discipula est in prīmō cursū scholae pūblicae mediae "Yukishina Quinta". Ab mense Aprīlī (quod secundum kalendarium iappōnicum mēnsis prīmum est scholāris cursūs), irrīsā et lacessītā alliīs ab puerīs, ...

LITTLE BUSTERS! - Carmina, fēlēs et adulēscentia.

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  /// Disclaimer : This post might have mistakes in it. Read at your own discretion. Suggestions and corrections made by nice people are always welcome. Quī īrācundē queritur, sānē pudendus est. ///   DĒ ARGŪMENTŌ:  Riki Naoe ūsque ā prīmā aetāte parentibus caret. Postquam mortuī erant ad summam dēspērātiōnem pervēnit, sed paulisper tantum, namque ā circulō puerōrum, "Little Busters" nōminātur, servātus est. Hīs sodālibus nōmina erant Kyōsuke Natsume, Masato Inohara, Kengo Miyazawa, et Rin Natsume . Fēlīciter īnfantiam trānsiit cum eīs lūdendō, ut fuerint hērōēs quī īnfatīgābiliter contrā quōsque malefactōrēs pugnārent. Riki infīnītum gaudium cūnctum tempus amīcīs suīs impendendō repperit, etiamsī stultī erant vel sī missiōnēs semper irritae ēveniēbant, et dēmum sōlitūdō maerorque eius ita ēvānuērunt. Multōs post annōs grex omnis in eādem scholā interest et Riki secundī annī discipulus nunc est. Etiamnunc tam stultē et beātē tempus impendunt alterī alterōs, Kyōsu...

How to type macrons for writing latin?

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 This post is not exactly about latin, but I think some people might find it useful. Typing characters that are not on the keyboard is difficult. Or it would be, if it wasn't for WinCompose . If you are like me, and don't like changing the language of your computer to maori or whatever, this is a good solution. According to it's web: "WinCompose is a  compose key  for Windows. It allows to easily write special characters such as  é ž à ō û ø ☺ ¤ ∅ « ♯ ⸘ Ⓚ ㊷ ♪ ♬  using short and often very intuitive key combinations". Being clear, it is a free desktop application that each time you type a sequence of letters in your keyboard it will write a specific symbol. When installing it, the following symbol will appear on the taskbar. To activate the default symbols available, you just type the "composition key", which is normally "alt gr" (you can check what it is by right clicking the WinCompose symbol → Options → Composition). When clicking the composi...