Vīta Nostra, Locūtiōnēs #4 | Useful Latin Expressions (Patreon)

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Idiomatic expressions found in the book Vita Nostra: Subsidia ad Colloquia Latina by Stephen A. Berard.

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Part 4! Audio mainly in English. Expressions in this podcast:

1. cordī esse : to be important to

2. sēcum pugnāre : to be inconsistent

3. diem dē/ex diē : from day to day, day after day

4. in diēs : as the days proceed, every day, increasingly

5. in diem : each day, daily ( = cotīdiē )

6. prīmō mēnse : at the beginning of the month

7. ex ōrdine : in order, taking turns, one after another

8. ē/prō rē nātā : as the circumstances dictate, spontaneously, on the spur of the moment; at once

9. ex sententiā : to one's liking

10. ex animī sententiā : to the best of my knowledge

11. mihi arrīdet ( ≠ mē arrīdet ) : it appeals to me

12. litterās discere : to learn to read and write

13. sūs Minervam [docet] : the pig teaches Minerva

14. opus est : to need

15. eandem cantilēnam [semper] canere : to keep harping on the same theme

16. nōn nēmō : many, quite a few actually

17. parēs cum paribus facillimē congregantur

- cicada cicadae cāra, formīca formīcae

: birds of a feather flock together

18. meae farīnae est : he/she is my sort of person/my cup of tea

19. prō certō habere, certum scīre : to know for sure

20. aegrē ferre : to not be able to stand/bear/put up with