Nov 21, 2023 · In Quod erat demonstrandum the sense of necessity can be attributed completely to the gerundive. As in our case, often the gerundive is coupled with the verb esse (to be) - …

Nov 25, 2017 · It's often appropriate to select between erat and fuit by thinking of expressions such as 'was', 'was at the time', 'used to be', and so on. Learned Latinists a hundred years and …

The Latin adverb sic ("thus"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written") inserted after a quoted word or passage, indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the …

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Jan 28, 2022 · Sīc erat means something like "it was like this" or "it was this sort of way", so I would say "this is what it was" (or perhaps "this is how it was") is a reasonable translation. …

Mar 26, 2016 · The normal way of forming the perfect passive system is: perfect passive participle + a form from the present system of sum, e.g. amatus est, amatus erat, amatus sit, amatus …

May 6, 2020 · Paratus fuit is actually equivalent to paratus est (perfect passive), not paratus erat (pluperfect passive). There's a whole question devoted to this. Of course, it's also possible that …

May 5, 2017 · sicut erat. The Gloria Patri is a very common prayer, so only the first words of each sentence are written. The full prayer is: Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto Sicut erat in …

Dec 20, 2021 · Interea ad Hispanias, ubi occisis duobus Scipionibus nullus Romanus dux erat, P. Cornelius Scipio mittitur, filius P. Scipionis, qui ibidem bellum gesserat, annos natus quattuor …

May 31, 2019 · Classic Latin probably wouldn't bother for the whole 'quae facienda erant' phrase unless to a specific effect. I just thought it sounded more idiomatic, but if OP needs a kind of …