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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 2d

Būfō in lectō iacēbat, omnibus strāgulīs super caput tractīs.

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

Toad was lying in bed.

He had pulled all the covers over his head.

Toad hides under the covers in bed.

From "Spring"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 2d

Optime sua sponte crescit hedera, optime cavernis solitariis arbutus, dulciusque sine arte canunt aves.

Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 2d

#philosophy #wisdom #virtue #stoic

Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 2d

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 5d

Optima incipientibus pellicula!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jca...

Dē creātūrīs

YouTube video by Łacina

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Georgius Artemon @e17i.bsky.social · 8d

Mihi iterum librum Umberti Ecci “Nomen Rosae“ appellatum legenti, sententia ista iam iamque perplacet: In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 8d

Haud veriora verba!

Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 8d

"I never doubted you, Dr. Andrews."
"Thanks. I never doubted me either."

Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 10d

Knowing Latin well is like a superpower that lets you make up random facts that turn out to be true.
My Latin 2's were creating a story involving a soap-monger. I made up the word sāpōnārius for his occupation. Checked my sources this evening, and what do you know...

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 9d

Me, a naive first time Suburani teacher in August

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 9d

...but every year I notice how my students' Latin proficiency shoots up once I have them start reading easy stories on their own. As Maud Reed said, "One learns to read by reading."

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 9d

This year I started asking students to write their favorite/least favorite class activities on their homework sheets. I've been surprised how many have said that silent free reading in the beginning of class is their favorite. Maybe they just like having a few minutes where I'm not talking...

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 10d

"Flat stones — or, in one case, the shoulder-blade of a whale — formed the stalls."

Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 10d

"Hi Amazon, I would like to buy a keyboard."
"Would you like a banana with that?"

Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 10d

Knowing Latin well is like a superpower that lets you make up random facts that turn out to be true.
My Latin 2's were creating a story involving a soap-monger. I made up the word sāpōnārius for his occupation. Checked my sources this evening, and what do you know...

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 11d

It's finally out! The culmination of several years of work, my biggest project since dissertation.

You can buy it at www.aquinasinstitute.org

And it should eventually be available at aquinas.cc — the first translation of QDV fully available for free in English.

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 12d

Quaedam discipula mea castellum validum ē lutō saxīsque ērexit!
One of my students built a mighty fort out of rocks and mud!

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 16d

Lingua Latīna ex Nihilō: Learn basic Latin from nothing!

Hic est liber. "This is a book."
Librum habeō. "I have a book."
Ecce duo librī. "Here are two books."
Duōs librōs habeō. "I have two books."
parvus "small"
magnus "big"

Lingua Latīna ex Nihilō: Hic est liber / Here is a book

YouTube video by Magister Andrews

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah or maybe you, like, talk to people?

If your phone can go 24 hours without a personal text or call (no, work and spam don't count), you've fallen into these 7 patterns

No pings, no plans, just silence—these seven behaviors could be why your social life’s on mute.

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 18d

Hunting for the verb isn't reading. Translating isn't reading. Parsing isn't reading. Sometimes they're necessary steps on the path to reading, but they're not reading. Reading is reading.

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 18d

Lingua Latīna ex Nihilō: Learn basic Latin from nothing!

raeda "car"
ego sum "I am"
in viā "on the road"
multae raedae rapidae "lots of fast cars"
nūllae raedae "no cars"
nōn hīc, sed ibi "not here, but there"
lūmen "light"
multa lūmina "lots of lights"

Lingua Latīna ex Nihilō: Raedae!

YouTube video by Magister Andrews

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 19d

All the non-authorship arguments are so cool.

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 19d

Check out this illustrated thematic dictionary from 1806. It's like a baby Comenius. I wish there were a better scan available. There's so much great old Latin material online, but it takes work to make it accessible to learners.

archive.org/details/phil...

Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 20d

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · Aug 6

No one sees God unless God lets it be.
Of course not—sunless, who the sun can see?

Dēsine cūr videat nēmō sine nūmine nūmen
Mīrārī; sōlem quis sine sōle videt?

Iacobus Lectius (c.1556-1611)

Plato's Cave. Several groups of people, some in darkness behind a wall, some in a lit room, some outside.

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · Jul 9

Nātus nīl sciēns, antīqua amāns, in eīs perquīrō.

Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · Jul 8

我非生而知之者，好古，敏以求之者也。
"I wasn't born knowing anything. I just love the ancient world and earnestly look for it there."
(Confucius, Analects 7.20)

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Jacob Joseph Andrews @jandrews2.bsky.social · 22d

"It is the gateway into a magic country."

(From Maud Reed, "Julia: A Latin Reading Book," first published in 1924)

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