Bestiaria Latina: Audio Latin Proverbs

Thoughts about teaching and learning from an online instructor at the University of Oklahoma. :-)

July 31, 2007

Manus digiti coaequales non sunt, omnes tamen usui

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In English: The fingers of the hand are not equal, but all are useful. I thought this would make a good follow-up to yesterday's saying ...

Manus operarii corporis, digiti chordarum plectra

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In English: The hands are the body's workers, the fingers are pluckers of strings. Carrying on with the theme of sayings about the hand...
July 30, 2007

Haec manus inimica tyrannis

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In English: This hand is hostile to tyrants. After posting all last week about "ears" in Latin, I thought I would feature a differ...
July 27, 2007

Auribus oculi fideliores sunt

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In English: The eyes are more trustworthy than the ears. Since I have been posting sayings about the ears this week , I thought this would m...
July 26, 2007

Auriculas asini Mida rex habet

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In English: King Midas has donkey's ears. After the previous proverb , which also featured the proverbial ears of the donkey, I thought ...
July 24, 2007

E verbis fatuos, ex aure tenemus asellum

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In English: We hold a donkey by the ear; we hold fools by their words. After yesterday's proverb about how the walls have ears, I thoug...
July 23, 2007

Parietes habent aures

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In English: The walls have ears. After my previous post about parietes , "walls," I thought this saying would make a good follow-...
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