most recent 30 from latin.stackexchange.com 2025-08-06T06:42:11Z https://latin.stackexchange.com/feeds/tag?tagnames=passage-request+origin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdf https://latin.stackexchange.com/q/5265 19 Joonas Ilmavirta https://latin.stackexchange.com/users/79 2025-08-06T22:00:02Z 2025-08-06T14:37:26Z

<p>Did the Romans have a theory for the origin of their language? I assume there were several ideas, and it would be great to see a summary of them. No need to go very deep on any individual theory; a reference and a brief description of each would do. For example, did some grammarians or other scholars think that Latin descends from Greek, or that Latin was given to the Romans by the gods, or that there was a global language of some kind which later split to several different ones, or something else?</p> <p>All Roman thoughts on the matter are welcome as answers, no matter how short or simple. I don't know what kinds of theories they had or if any single one was more prominent than others, so I can't make the question much more specific.</p>

https://latin.stackexchange.com/q/11172 5 ang https://latin.stackexchange.com/users/4950 2025-08-06T11:36:32Z 2025-08-06T15:43:06Z

<p>Socrates famously said, "Wonder begets wisdom."</p> <p>Where is this passage from and what is the full text translation?</p> <p>There seems to be some great missing context...</p>

https://latin.stackexchange.com/q/4844 5 DukeZhou https://latin.stackexchange.com/users/1407 2025-08-06T18:15:57Z 2025-08-06T20:39:06Z

<blockquote> <p>"Sophocles is wise, Euripides is wiser than Sophocles; but Socrates is the wisest of all men."</p> </blockquote> <p>I've come across this quote in various places on the internet, including many scholarly books, and it is attributed to Suidas, but I'm having trouble finding the early source(s) of the quote. What is the origin of this quote?</p>

https://latin.stackexchange.com/q/4432 6 user1641 https://latin.stackexchange.com/users/0 2025-08-06T18:04:26Z 2025-08-06T19:09:48Z

<p>I can't find where this text comes from:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ambulatoria enim est voluntas hominum usque ad vitae supremum exitum.</p> </blockquote> <p>I can't find the author on the internet. What is the source of this phrase?</p>

https://latin.stackexchange.com/q/1267 7 Ben Kovitz https://latin.stackexchange.com/users/118 2025-08-06T23:26:08Z 2025-08-06T20:28:35Z

<p>In the essay "Of Empire", Francis Bacon wrote:</p> <blockquote> <p>All precepts concerning kings are in effect comprehended in those two remembrances: <strong>Memento quod es homo</strong> and <strong>Memento quod es Deus</strong> or <strong>vice Dei</strong>—the one bridleth their power, and the other their will.</p> </blockquote> <p>Bacon chose the pronoun <strong>those</strong> rather than <strong>these</strong>. Is he referring to some well-known "remembrances" already stated by someone else, or are these original with Bacon?</p>

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