Certamen Scribendi
August 24, 2023
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Certamen Scribendi (July 6th) Winner + New Prompt Last week, participants were asked to render the following line from the opening of Cicero’s famous Catilanarian
We had some solid entries this week, and choosing a winner has proven challenging. Last week’s prompt was to translate the following into Latin: Why did the chicken. . .
We are getting back into the swing of things, now, so to speak, with another Certamen Scribendi. This week, we would like participants to render the following classic joke and punchline into Latin: . . .
Last week’s prompt was to write an epigram. . .
discipuli morosi sunt et tristia morae
illos adduxit. vita magisteria
The passage was tricky, especially the opening sentence and demanded that the translator pay close attention to the meaning of the period rather than the words themselves.
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