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Is one of the most famous Latin prayers — AVE MARIA — actually "bad Latin"? Join me for a fascinating etymology story which takes us to the beginning of the Roman Empire, to the Roman Republic and its struggle against the Carthaginian Empire in the Punic Wars, and back to Biblical Times in the Old Testament.
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Quintilian quote in Latin:
latin.packhum.org/loc/1002/1/7/6264-6268@1#7
Translated into English:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Quintilian/Institutio_Oratoria/1B*.html#5
The attested occurrences of "have" in Classical Latin literature:
latin.packhum.org/search?q=%23have%23&first=1
Etymologies:
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ave#Latin
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Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
00:00 Intro
00:26 "ave" etymology & Quintilian
01:30 Domus Faunī
03:16 Hawwah
04:12 How to say "bless you!" in Latin when someone sneezes
05:00 H is pronounced in Classical Latin
06:02 "Maria" etymology
07:50 both words from Hebrew/Aramaic
Is one of the most famous Latin prayers — AVE MARIA — actually "bad Latin"? Join me for a fascinating etymology story which takes us to the beginning of the Roman Empire, to the Roman Republic and its struggle against the Carthaginian Empire in the Punic Wars, and back to Biblical Times in the Old Testament.
🦂 Sign up for my Latin Pronunciation & Conversation series on Patreon:
patreon.com/posts/54058196
📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks:
luke-ranieri.myshopify.com
🦂 Support my work on Patreon:
patreon.com/LukeRanieri
Quintilian quote in Latin:
latin.packhum.org/loc/1002/1/7/6264-6268@1#7
Translated into English:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Quintilian/Institutio_Oratoria/1B*.html#5
The attested occurrences of "have" in Classical Latin literature:
latin.packhum.org/search?q=%23have%23&first=1
Etymologies:
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ave#Latin
☕️ Support my work with PayPal:
paypal.me/lukeranieri
And if you like, do consider joining this channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCLbiwlm3poGNh5XSVlXBkGA/join
🏛 Latin by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: luke-ranieri.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/latin-by-the-ranieri-dowling-method-latin-summary-of-forms-of-nouns-verbs-adjectives-pronouns-audio-grammar-tables
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🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam
👨🏫 My Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata playlist · Free Latin Lessons:
youtu.be/j7hd799IznU
🦂 ScorpioMartianus (my channel *entirely* in Latin & Ancient Greek)
youtube.com/ScorpioMartianus
🎙 Hundreds of hours of Latin & Greek audio:
lukeranieri.com/audio
🌍 polýMATHY website:
lukeranieri.com/polymathy
🌅 polýMATHY on Instagram:
instagram.com/lukeranieri
😊 polýMATHY on Facebook:
facebook.com/lukepolymath
🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast:
youtube.com/LegioXIII
👕 Merch:
teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus
🦂 ScorpioMartianus.com
🦅 LukeRanieri.com
☕️ Supported in part by LanguageMugs.com : languagemugs.com/shop/?wpam_id=11
📖 My book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon:
amzn.to/2nVUfqd
Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
00:00 Intro
00:26 "ave" etymology & Quintilian
01:30 Domus Faunī
03:16 Hawwah
04:12 How to say "bless you!" in Latin when someone sneezes
05:00 H is pronounced in Classical Latin
06:02 "Maria" etymology
07:50 both words from Hebrew/Aramaic
