munusculum minus inscripsissem, sed non est littera Romana quae Ioachimici vicesimam significat
I’ll be sure to recommend this place to my friends
Zago, zagas, zagat
Winespeak—
DICTA ARBITRI VINI
It’s an intense chalky white marked by overtones of turpentine and lead, with a bright, long-lasting finish
Vinum peralbum cretosum est, resinam terebinthinam et cerussam redolens, nec sine polimine nitido durabili
It’s a pointless little red wine with a unique balance of ignorance and pretension made by an obnoxious millionaire Napa Valley dilettante for self-important dumb-lucky dickheads just like him
Vinum irritum pusillum rubrum est, incomparabiliter librans ignorantiam suam cum ostentatione, a quodam Trimalchione Napaensi confectum salaputiis gloriosis immerito fortunatis, persimilibus sui
It’s a dirt-cheap head-banging screw-top bum wine that I poured into a leftover bottle with a fancy French label while no one was looking
Vappa vilissima est, quae capitis dolores facit, quamque ex lagona obturamento versatili clausa in lagunculam reliquam, cui pittacium Gallicum speciosum affixum erat, transfudi, dum nemo me spectabat
* It’s a dirt-cheap head-banging screw-top bum wine that I poured into a leftover bottle with a fancy French label while no one was looking.
** My compliments to the chef—the empire lost a truly inspired poisoner when he decided to go to cooking school.
The Bestseller List—
TABULA LIBRORUM VENDIBILISSIMORUM
Quick and Easy Decorating Secrets That Let You Turn a Rustic Hovel into a Charming Country Home without Busting Your Budget by Vitruvius
Artis Ornatus Arcana Per Quae Casa Tua Rustica Celeriter Expediteque Converti Potest in Villam Venustam Sine Sumptu Extra Modum Vitruvius Pollio scripsit
Toujours, Gaul by Julius Caesar
Semper, Gallia C. Iulius Caesar scripsit
Eat Right—for that Lean and Hungry Look! by Cassius
Edi Recte—ut Speciem Macram et Ieiunam Geras auctore C. Cassio Longino
Great-Tasting Hot Meals Your Slaves Can Whip Up in Two Days or Less by Cato the Elder
Edulia Calida Sapidissimaque quae Familia Tua Potest Parare Duobus Diebus vel Uno M. Porcius Cato descripsit
Cleopatra’s Hour-a-Day Bun-Firming Love-Muscle Sexercise Workout by Mark Antony
De Cleopatrae Callipygiana Exercitatione Aphrodisiaca Per Unam Horam in Singulos Dies Musculorum Venereorum M. Antonius scripsit
Letters to My Cat by Pliny the Younger
Epistulae ad Felem Suam quas C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus scripsit
What Color is Your Catapult? by Frontinus
Cuius Coloris est Catapulta Tua? Sextus Iulius Frontinus scripsit
Oracles Say the Darnedest Things by Livy
Oraculis Inusitatissima Enuntiantur Titus Livius scripsit
Entrail Reading for Dummies by Cicero
Haruspicium Stipitibus Explicat M. Tullius Cicero
Men Are from Troy, Women Are from Greece by Virgil
E Troia Viri, Ex Graecia Feminae Oriuntur P. Virgilius Maro scripsit
Now You Can Lose Weight without Vomiting with the Revolutionary Lark’s Tongue Diet by Apicius
Nunc Adipem Deponere Potes Sine Vomitu per Diaetam Novam atque Inauditam Quae Linguarum Alaudarum Esum Praescribit L. Apicius scripsit
Latin for Trekkies—
SERMO LATINUS SECTATORIBUS PEREGRINATIONIS ASTRALIS
Our shields are down to 25 percent and those stupid sparks are coming out of all the control panels!
Scutorum nostrorum potestatis remanet solummodo quarta pars, et istae scintillae ridiculae ex omnibus claviaturis gubernatoriis evolant!
We’re being controlled by a subordinating conjunction of time implying purpose or intent
Coercemur coniunctione subiunctiva temporali quae propositum vel intentionem significat
Resistance is futile. Prepare to be assimilated into the subjunctive.
Resistere irritum est. Praeparate vos ad translationem in modum subiunctivum.
It’s our only hope. Activate the transitive verbs and engage the ablative of separation.
Hoc sola spes nobis est. Verbis transitivis citis, adhibe casum ablativum separationis.
We’re entering the
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