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Classics@UnivReading @uorclassics.bsky.social · 10d

Prof. Eleanor Dickey was interviewed by @thesaurosaur.bsky.social about Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek for the TLL Podcast. Check it out below:

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-yqpx8...

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Adam Gitner (TLL Lexicographer) interviews Prof. Eleanor Dickey (Reading) about her recent book Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek: A Lexicon and Analysis. Several Latin words are discussed, including a...

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · 19d

It also sounds like "hypnotist". A kind of pun by metathesis.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · 22d

The Thesaurus linguae Latinae podcasts are mostly about Latin words, and mostly in English. But the latest episode is in German, an interview by Swaantje Otto with Marcus Deufert, mostly about the TLL, but also a little about his work on a new edition of Roman comic fragments: tllpod.podbean.com

TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis | TLLCollegium

Latin lexicography for your ear: short descriptions of long-lived Latin words.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Sep 8

The idea of "proficiens" plays a surprisingly large role in the secondary literature on Lucan, where it was supposed to characterise Pompey's portrayal. Surprising, because Lintott had noted in one short paragraph in 1971 that this was based on a 180 degree misreading of Seneca (CQ 21 p. 504-5).

Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Thesaurus linguae Latinae has a very intermittent podcast (including a talk by me on "pharus"). The latest entry is by Charles McNamara on "proficio": tllpod.podbean.com

TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis | TLLCollegium

Latin lexicography for your ear: short descriptions of long-lived Latin words.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Sep 1

Anthony Boucher had a detective (Fergus O'Breen?) who appears in conventional mysteries and also in fantasy stories.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 29

The latest installment of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae is finally in print. From "reus" to "robustus".

Cover of fascicle XI.2.12 of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae, reus-robustus.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 18

The last sentence reads like it was written in self disgust, after he saw what he'd written in the first sentence.

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Monumenta Germaniae Historica @monumenta.bsky.social · Aug 18

In recent months, a significant amount of time has been devoted to our database of employees of the MGH since their founding in 1819. We are currently focused on documenting the genesis of our editions. All MGH editors will be included shortly. Have a look!
data.mgh.de/databases/mg...

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · Aug 15

📢 New SCS Blog Post

Kathleen Coleman, "Biographies of Latin via the endangered TLL Fellowship"

A vital resource for the SCS under threat. Please read!

Blog: Biographies of Latin via the endangered TLL Fellowship | Society for Classical Studies

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 14

Anyone had "A Band" yet?

Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 10

Brad Bird.

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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · Aug 5

#Video - Aus unserer Mediathek: Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) ist das maßgebliche #Wörterbuch des antiken Lateins. So wird dort gearbeitet:

#Latein #Lexikon #Grundlagenforschung #Akademienprogramm

Aus unserer Forschung: Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae

Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae ist das maßgebliche Wörterbuch des antiken Lateins: Als einziges Lexikon bezieht der Thesaurus alle überlieferten Texte bis ca. 600 n. Chr. ein, umfasst also einen Zeitra...

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 1

Common in Miyazaki's films: My neighbour Totoro (tiny truck), Spirited Away (car), Arietty (car). You could include some others, e. g. The Castle of Cagliostro, but the "getting there" portion is a bit more extended.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 1

Oh and "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955)

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 1

A Canterbury Tale (1944) sort of counts. The main characters arrive in a Kent village by train and spend the rest of the film in Kent (mostly in the village, but the final scenes in Canterbury).

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Spectator has always had a slightly odd status: a lot of fairly normal conservatives, but also Taki Theodoracopulos (apparently from 1977). It seemed to have some special dispensation to be somewhere writers could publish without embarassment despite his presence.

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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · Jul 29

Gerade findet in der BAdW die internationale TLL Summer School in Latin Lexicography statt, mit Forschenden in verschiedenen Karrierestufen, deren Arbeit sich mit dem lateinischen Wortschatz der #Antike befasst: thesaurus.badw.de/summerschool...

Fotos: @wolf-bild.bsky.social / BAdW

#Latein

Diesjährige Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) in der Bibliothek des TLL

Zwei Teilnehmerinnen der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) im Gespräch

Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) in der Bibliothek der BAdW

Diesjährige Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) und das Team des TLL im Gruppenfoto

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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · Jul 16

Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin. Call for Papers 2025/26

digital-classicist.bbaw.de/cfp

#DigiClass #DigitalHumanities #AncientSky

Call for Papers - Digital Classicist Seminar

BBAW Description.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Jul 7

oblatum? www.google.com/search?udm=3...

si sapit oblatum - Google Search

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Jul 7

Also, if we include lost works, the Emperor Claudius: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrhen...

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Jul 7

Anyone mentioned Pollio? (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_A...) The history doesn't survive, but it had a big influence on others that did.

Gaius Asinius Pollio - Wikipedia

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Sólveig Hrönn Hilmarsdóttir @solveighilmars.bsky.social · Jun 13

Call for Papers: Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages. Towards Third Wave approaches and beyond

Taking place at the University of Cambridge 26-28 March 2026!

Abstract submission deadline on September 15th.
Full call and further information at svalconference.wordpress.com

SVAL. Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages

Towards Third-wave approaches and beyond

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Sólveig Hrönn Hilmarsdóttir @solveighilmars.bsky.social · Jun 2

www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Out now! Special collection of the Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, ed. by Ezra la Roi and Dalia Pratali Maffei. 🥳
My article on lexical variation between epistula and litterae in the Ciceronian correspondence is available open access 😃

Special collection: Language Change from Above and from Below in Greek and Latin; Guest Editors: Ezra la Roi and Dalia Pratali Maffei

Volume 11, issue 1 of the journal Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics was published in 2025.

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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · May 28

🎶Ein besonderer Flügel an der LMU: Gebaut von Beethovens Freundin Nanette Streicher, klingt er wie ein ganzes Orchester. Musikwiss. Hartmut Schick spricht mit @lmumuenchen.bsky.social über seine Bedeutung. Prof. Schick leitet das BAdW-Projekt "Richard-Strauss-Gesamtausgabe" tinyurl.com/5n8hptx6

Historischer Flügel: „Man wird fast ein bisschen süchtig nach diesem Klang”

Ein Instrument für besondere Konzerte an der LMU: Der Flügel, gebaut von Beethovens Freundin Nanette Streicher, klingt, als würde man ein ganzes Orchester hören. Im Interview spricht Musikwissenschaft...

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