Nigel Holmes
@nigelholmes.bsky.social
Lexicographer at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
A quick warning, in case there's anyone like me with dual citizenship planning to get an ETA to travel to Britain. They don't seem to allow that. Here's what the government website (www.gov.uk/eta/when-not...) says:
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A quick warning, in case there's anyone like me with dual citizenship planning to get an ETA to travel to Britain. They don't seem to allow that. Here's what the government website (www.gov.uk/eta/when-not...) says:
The latest installment of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae is finally in print. From "reus" to "robustus".
August 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The latest installment of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae is finally in print. From "reus" to "robustus".
Haiku/hexameter
Vere fugante
nives niveus decor
additur horto.
Vere fugante
nives niveus decor
additur horto.
March 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Haiku/hexameter
Vere fugante
nives niveus decor
additur horto.
Vere fugante
nives niveus decor
additur horto.
1/3
It is no wonder, said the old wise men
Who from Troy’s walls watched Helen walking by,
If for her beauty we endure such pain.
What are our ills to one glance from her eye?
It is no wonder, said the old wise men
Who from Troy’s walls watched Helen walking by,
If for her beauty we endure such pain.
What are our ills to one glance from her eye?
January 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1/3
It is no wonder, said the old wise men
Who from Troy’s walls watched Helen walking by,
If for her beauty we endure such pain.
What are our ills to one glance from her eye?
It is no wonder, said the old wise men
Who from Troy’s walls watched Helen walking by,
If for her beauty we endure such pain.
What are our ills to one glance from her eye?
Our neighbour, the Marstall:
regius hic equiti munitur circus equoque
ut recte ille iubere hic iussa capessere discat
The royal riding school here stands
For rider and for steed,
That one can learn to give commands,
The other learn to heed.
regius hic equiti munitur circus equoque
ut recte ille iubere hic iussa capessere discat
The royal riding school here stands
For rider and for steed,
That one can learn to give commands,
The other learn to heed.
December 31, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Our neighbour, the Marstall:
regius hic equiti munitur circus equoque
ut recte ille iubere hic iussa capessere discat
The royal riding school here stands
For rider and for steed,
That one can learn to give commands,
The other learn to heed.
regius hic equiti munitur circus equoque
ut recte ille iubere hic iussa capessere discat
The royal riding school here stands
For rider and for steed,
That one can learn to give commands,
The other learn to heed.
Almost out of the re- compounds. The latest Thesaurus part reached us yesterday.
December 10, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Almost out of the re- compounds. The latest Thesaurus part reached us yesterday.
A curious bit of 18th century detail in Patrick O'Brian's The Golden Ocean here. It's Horace Odes 3,2,1, but with 'amici', favoured by Bentley, instead of 'amice', printed in most modern editions.
December 1, 2024 at 9:36 AM
A curious bit of 18th century detail in Patrick O'Brian's The Golden Ocean here. It's Horace Odes 3,2,1, but with 'amici', favoured by Bentley, instead of 'amice', printed in most modern editions.
Is one of these is the original and the other a copy?
November 21, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Is one of these is the original and the other a copy?