[1] Habēsne
animālia domestica? │ Do you have pets? [literally: domestic animals]; the term
animālia domestica was used in Ancient Rome to refer more to farm
animals, but the adjective domesticus literally means ‘pertaining to the
house’ and so it can encompass pets or animals that were kept in the house to
perform functions e.g. as guard dogs or for pest control.
Compare:
animālia fera:
wild animals i.e. the ones you would fight in the Colosseum
bestia: beast
bēlua: wild beast;
monster
[2]
cattus, -ī [2/m]
(Late Latin)*: cat
cricētus, -ī
[2/m]: (Neo-Latin)* hamster
luscinia, -ae
[1/f]: nightingale
psittacus, -ī
[2/m]: parrot
sīmia, -ae [1/f]:
ape; monkey; cercopithēcus, -ī [2/m]: long-tailed monkey
avis, -is [3/f]:
bird
canis, -is [3
m/f]: dog
fēlēs, -is [3/f]: cat
mūs, mūris [3
m/f]: mouse
passer, -is [3/m]:
sparrow
piscis, -is [3/m]:
fish
serpēns, serpentis
[3 m/f]: snake
testūdō, testūdinis [3/f]: tortoise;
turtle
*See vocabulary
notes
02.03.25: Comenius
XXVI; Apes, long-tailed monkeys … and forest men!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/635336292410976/
[3] The
presentation video shows two different ways of expressing ‘have’ and will be
reviewed in the next post:
[i] habeō │ I have
[ii] mihi est │
[literally: to me there is …] I have
[i] Some words
that are in Classical Latin may have referred to a particular type of
animal; Pliny the Elder who wrote The Natural History refers to certain
animals but it isn’t always clear what he specifically had in mind. The word hippūrus,
-ī [2/m], according to several – but not all – online sources, may
have referred to a golden carp, gold fish:
https://logeion.uchicago.edu/hippurus
https://neolatinlexicon.org/latin/goldfish/
See also:
27.08.24: shark
tales
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/505677705376836/
*[ii] Late Latin: approximately
from the 3rd to the 6th century AD
*[iii] Neo-Latin:
from the Renaissance period; Latin words created or original Classical
words ‘reworked’ to convey, for example, new ideas or discoveries to be
communicated to higher institutions of learning where study was conducted
primarily in Latin. However, it is not confined to that, and Neo-Latin is still
developed until today.
cricētus: hamster;
this is a good example of Neo-Latin. Hamsters were unknown to the Romans but
they’re known to us who might want to talk about them; cricētus is a genus
i.e. a term used to describe a category of animal under the heading of
cricetidae that includes rodents e.g. hamsters, voles, muskrats
https://neolatinlexicon.org/latin/ is a good starting point for
finding Neo-Latin vocabulary but tread carefully because it isn’t always
reliable. Always cross-reference online to see how frequently a word is used
especially among Latin teachers and / or well-produced textbooks from
established writers.
See also:
14.08.24:
follow-up; food and drink [8]; the kivium question
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/497335606211046/
20.08.24:
follow-up; food and drink [11]; vocabulary [1] (pineapple; tomato)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/497863519491588
14.11.25: The
kinda dicey, thorny, charming question of the potato …
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/832050049406265/
Almost all the images are Roman (the tortoise is Egyptian); there are many depictions of animals from Ancient Rome, which shows how important animals were to them both as 'mousers' in their house and a major factor in agriculture. Of all the Roman images I have ever seen, the red one of the little sparrow stealing figs is my favourite: a gentler Rome, not one of battles or political intrigue.
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