29.05.24: useful quotations

Every welcome message says that the posts are not random, and neither are the quotations. Here are some quotations that introduce the second declension of nouns. Avoid the minefields: there’s no need to go into deep analysis – there’s one language point to note (in bold) in every one of them, and there’s no need to have endless FB debates about who said it, when they said, if they said it or whether it was translated from another language or what the deeper philosophical meaning is, or whether a different word order appeared in Instagram. It is enough to say that every ending of the second declension is in them – in order singular and plural. A couple of them are adjectives but acting as nouns; that doesn’t matter – the endings are the same and so is the usage.

[1] Deus ex māchinā

[1] Verbum sapientī satis est.

[2] Dā pācem, domine, in diēbus nostrīs

[3] Vōx populī

[3] Exemplī grātiā

[4] Vae miserō mihi!

[5] Philosophum nōn facit barba.

[5] Ad īnfīnītum

[6] In vīnō vēritās

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[1] Caecī caecōs dūcentēs

[1] Verba volant, scrīpta manent.

[2] Rōmānī, īte domum!

[3] Stultōrum īnfīnītus est numerus.

[4] Vae victīs!

[5] Fortūna amīcōs parat, inopia amīcōs probat.

[5] Sīc ītur ad astra.

[6] Quod nōn est in āctīs nōn est in mundō.

[6] Ex librīs