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) - most famously in Censeo Carthaginem esse delendam ("I think Carthage must be destroyed").

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 more ago used to argue about this in a point-scoring kind of way, but I don't think that there is a hard-and-fast rule : it's only necessary to choose the one which ...

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 source text, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling, surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might otherwise be ...

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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. Share Improve this answer

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 paratus is being used here simply as an adjective, as happens. Either way, I'd say paratus fuit means 'has been/was prepared,' not 'had been prepared.' –

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 esset. But one occasionally comes across forms which use the perfect system of sum instead, e.g. amatus fuit, amatus fuisset. Many grammars and textbooks don't even mention ...

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 principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Both Deus in adiutorium and Gloria Patri are common building blocks of longer prayers, as in the Roman ...

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 et viginti, vir Romanorum omnium et sua aetate et posteriore tempore fere primus. I understand what the sentence means.

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 closing formula like Q.E.D., quod erat faciendum and quae erant facienda both fit the bill. Hope that makes sense! –