New Latin blog...

[Cato]

Just thought I'd let everyone know...

I've started a blog on Latin and related topics. It's not completely done, and I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet, but if you're interested check it out at:

http://www.latinlanguage.us

Like I said it is definitely a work in progress, but I thought I'd share it now, incomplete as it is. I'm probably start taking it more seriously in the new year. Thx:-)

[QMF]

Great Cato! Looks good.

I have one criticism, however. I'm not entirely fond of your translation from Quintillian; I'm fine with loose translations, but I think you removed one significant part of the original text from your translation. The detail that I think you missed is at the beginning; here's my translation up to that point:
He who knows what should be said and how it should be said...

Other than that it looks great. For students, the quoque is not "also" (I made this error initially); it is quo + -que, an interrogative used in the indirect question, referring to modo.

[Fulgor Laculus]

Macte virtute, Cato carissime!
Magno cum studio hunc blogem exspecto. Di sint tecum hoc in opere!

[Cato]

I have one criticism, however. I'm not entirely fond of your translation from Quintillian; I'm fine with loose translations, but I think you removed one significant part of the original text from your translation. The detail that I think you missed is at the beginning; here's my translation up to that point:
He who knows what should be said and how it should be said...

Absolutely correct; I should have proofread better...

[freznow]

Oh that's neat! And to think I was rather oblivious to how much Latin there was on the internet just yesterday! This forum is great. I'll be keeping an eye on your blog.

[Diaphanus]

Macte virtute, Cato carissime!
Magno cum studio hunc blogem exspecto. Di sint tecum hoc in opere!

How are you declining blogem, exactly? Like vox? I was thinking of blogum -i n., myself. I've been using ephemeris interretialis.

[Fulgor Laculus]

This was merely the product of an on-the-spot Latinization: blog, blogis was simply the first think that popped in my head. I really like your ephemeris interretialis, by the way. Maybe it can be abbreviated (as blog < weblog) too - epheretis ???

[Diaphanus]

This was merely the product of an on-the-spot Latinization: blog, blogis was simply the first think that popped in my head. I really like your ephemeris interretialis, by the way. Maybe it can be abbreviated (as blog < weblog) too - epheretis ???

Perhaps just ephemeris could work by itself.

Blogis -is m. (cf. ignis) sounds better to me because it avoids the unnatural final -g. The verb could be blogire (cf. ignire), and its agent nouns would be blogitor and blogitrix.

[Akela]

Looks very good. I am impressed

Just one question, though: are you sure you want to keep linking here with the tag "Akela's Latin Forum"? Starting the forum aside, this place has been built by those participating in discussions - which cannot be done by anyone alone.

[Akela]

Cato, did you notice that your blog is being linked to in the external section of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Latin ?

This is a big achievement for a website, to be listed as an external resource by Wikipedia

[Iohannes Aurum]

This very website is also in the external links for the Wikipedia entry on Contemporary Latin if you had noticed.

[Akela]

I noticed. This forum accepts the compliment