RockingClassics

Latin language enthusiast. Check out weekly tweets of modern music rendered in Latin et alia. Requests welcome. is/eius/ei/eum/eo. Alter Ego: @rmavirumquecano

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

We'll be posting popular songs rendered in Latin. Think you can guess the song? Stylistic suggestions and grammatical corrections welcome.

[David J. Wright @rmavirumquecano]

🚨 CFP! @Libertinopatren is organizing another online conference for the summer! If you tuned in for the #NakedSoul, you’ll know what an amazing conference this is! 🚨 #classicstwitter #teachancient

[Amy Pistone @apistone]

Very excited to be able to finally share a mostly-finalized schedule for the #OurVoices conference -- registration is still open, which is good because I imagine you'll want to sign up IMMEDIATELY after y'all get a look at these fantastic sessions! https://t.co/eZI9Joo2tK

[MRECC @MRECC_Classics]

MRECC is pleased to announce that our organization is officially sponsoring Our Voices, a conference for those who wish to address inequities in Latin pedagogy (and the study of the Ancient Mediterranean).
When? Feb. 15 and 16
Where? Columbia University
https://t.co/sdPslJ0fXx

[David J. Wright @rmavirumquecano]

Registration is open for the Our Voices! It’s a conference for teachers and students who want to make the study of Latin more equitable. If you can’t make it, please consider donating! #classicstwitter #teachancient #latinteach
https://t.co/ordB7xW7nv

[Amy Pistone @apistone]

Friends! Romans! Countryfolk! I'm incredibly excited to announce this conference that @GregoryStringer and @SkyeAShirley and I have been working on -- Our Voices: A Conference for Inclusive Classics Pedagogy. Registration is open, February 15-16 in NY!
https://t.co/aLZrwMK7j5

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

@MrBoscovitch @apistone Congratulations to both of you, right on! I knew this one was not as broadly known, but it was too good to pass up using the "Last Remaining Light" for the last song. Plus it's a wonderful song, give it a listen when you have a chance!

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Volve me in tuis agris glacialibus
Frange ossa mea ut ea resanescentia observes
Mersa me in tuis venis sitientibus
Ubi observabo et opperiar et orabo imbrem
Flecte sicut fumus et spira iterum
Deorsum in fauces tuas, intra costas tuas,
Per spinam tuam et omnem nervum
#RoaminRomans

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Just a reminder that we're 4 for 4 on guessing the song and artist so far! This is the last one for #RoaminRomans, so decipher it for a good cause!

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Volve me in tuis agris glacialibus
Frange ossa mea ut ea resanescentia observes
Mersa me in tuis venis sitientibus
Ubi observabo et opperiar et orabo imbrem
Flecte sicut fumus et spira iterum
Deorsum in fauces tuas, intra costas tuas,
Per spinam tuam et omnem nervum
#RoaminRomans

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

@apistone There are probably other better examples one could dig up were one so inclined, but I try to make it one of my guiding principles not to drive myself crazy trying for perfect "classical" latinity 😅

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Somniavi me videre te ambulantem
In collem niveum
Umbrans hiemalem caelum
Dum ibi stabas numerans cornices
Unus dolori, duo gaudio,
Tres puellis et quattuor pueris,
Quinque argento, sex auro,
Septem arcano numquam narrando

#RoaminRomans

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

@apistone Full points! The Lewis and Short entry s.v. 'phalanx' (see link below) has an (admittedly late) exemplum of genitive used for the numbers of a group noun, which I think is the most likely interpretation of 'murder of one' here?
https://t.co/t83fvrFyfj

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

@apistone Ita vero! Et quid nomen carminis est?

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

@ala_Camillae @BrittaAger Ita vero! And an excellent gif, full points all around!

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Relinquebar fabricis meis
Multi dies defluxerunt nihilo ostendu
Et moenia proruebant
In urbe amata nobis
Canae nubes volvunt super colles
Ferentes tenebras desuper
At si clauditis oculos vestros,
Sentitne paene sicut
Nihil sane mutavit?

#RoaminRomans

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

@cnoocy Maxime! Et translationem tuam amo!

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Memini visum in oculis tuis
Cum intimavi tibi hoc esse valere
Precabaris me non hac nocte,
non hic, non nunc,
Videmus sursum idem caelum nocturnum
Adsimilamus solem non surrecturum
Cohaerebimus unam aliam noctem
Alicubi, quodam modo

#RoaminRomans

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

@coon_chris A very reasonable question! It's a misspelling of "ostentu" because I was tired when composing that translation. The English is "with nothing to show", and I decided to render that using an ablative supine form.

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Just a reminder that deciphering songs for the next few days is important! We're 1 for 2 so far, and another song is just about to drop!

[RockingClassics @RockingClassics]

Alright y'all, we've reached the final 5 days of #RoaminRomans! One song a day should do get us to our goal of 5k characters. How about a double-down though? For each song I tweet from here until Dec. 15, if y'all get the artist and title I'll donate an additional $10!