Verbum Hodiernum: INTERROGO

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INTERROGO Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the first conjugation verb INTERROGO, a compound of the verb rogo. From this Latin root, we get the English noun "interrogation," along with the related adjectives "interrogatory" and "interrogative."

The Latin noun takes a direct object; you interrogate someone in the accusative, te interrogo, "I question you, I interrogate you." The subject of the interrogation can be expressed with the preposition phrase de, or it can introduce an indirect question.

Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs:

Multa interrogans fit ingratus.

Magis docet qui prudenter interrogat.

Qui bene interrogat, bene docet.

Prudens interrogatio quasi dimidium sapientiae.

Qualis interrogatio, talis responsio.

Non meretur audire veritatem, qui fraudulenter interrogat.

Responsio secundum interrogationem intellegenda.

Versuta interrogatio, arguta responsio.

Interrogatus de alliis, respondet de caepis.

Priusquam interroges, ne vituperes quemquam.

Interrogatus non respondens pro confesso habetur.

Qui bene interrogat, bene dignoscit.

Plus potest unus stultus interrogare quam decem sapientes respondere.

State super vias, et videte et interrogate de semitis antiquis quae sit via bona et ambulate in ea.

Tres sunt infelices: qui scit, et non docet; qui docet, et non vivit; qui nescit, et non interrogat.

Tres sunt infelices: qui scit, et non docet; qui docet, et non vivit; qui nescit, et non interrogat.


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Verbum Hodiernum: QUI

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QUI-QUAE-QUOD Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is XXX, which is a Today's word is the sneaky little relative pronoun, QUI-QUAE-QUOD, (genitive cuius), which is much used in Latin, and sometimes so confusing to English speakers..

Latin meaning and usage: I'm not going to try to provide an overview of the use of the relative pronoun, but here is a link to the section on the syntax of the relative pronoun in Allen & Greenough's Latin Grammar. Pay special attention to section 308 - it includes a lot of good information, especially on the differences between the way the relative pronoun is used in Latin as compared to its use in English.

Latin word formation: The relative pronoun qui-quae-quod is also used as an interrogative adjective (Quae puella? Which girl?), and the forms of the relative pronoun and interrogative pronoun quis-quid overlap perfectly, except for the nominative singular forms. You can also see the qui-quae-quod pronoun used in many other Latin compouns, such as quidam, quicumque, etc.

English cognates and derivatives: There is a famous Latin phrase using this relative pronoun that we still use in English: QED, which stands for: Quod erat demonstrandum.

Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs; for more information, see the page at the Scala Sapientiae, which also contains notes on some of the proverbs cited below:

Esto quod esse videris.

Qui non habet, ille non dat.

Deus dat cui vult.

Quod vis videri, esto.

Cum dixeris quod vis, audies quod non vis.

Quod bonum est, bonos facit.

Qui sibi malus, nulli bonus.

Agamus quod agendum.

Nihil dat qui non habet.

Sibi quisque habeat quod suum est.

Quod tuum, tene!

Sumus quod semper facimus.

Non semper ea sunt quae videntur.

Qui petit a te, da ei.

Quod verum est, meum est.

Id quod volunt, credunt quoque.

Vincit qui se vincit.

Frater est amicus quem nobis dedit Natura.

Quod sequitur fugio; quod fugit, ipse sequor.

Gratis dare debemus, quae gratis accepimus.

Verbum Hodiernum: CAELUM

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CAELUM Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is CAELUM meaning "sky" or "the heavens." The standard spelling is caelum, but you will sometimes find the spelling coelum. From this Latin word we get the English word "celestial," and you will also recognize the word for sky in other Romance languages, such as French ciel, Spanish cielo, etc. I used to live on a street called Camino Cielo, "Sky Street," when I was little!

Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs; for more information, see the page at the Scala Sapientiae, which contains notes on some of the proverbs cited below, as well as additional proverbs:

Nil novi sub caelo.

Animum debes mutare, non caelum.

Caelum terrae, terram caelo misces.

Utere praesenti, caelo committe futura.

Ridenti domino nec caelo crede sereno.

Ridenti domino et caelo ne crede sereno.

Quid si caelum ruat?

Adhuc caelum volvitur!

O adolescentes, ad caelum mittite mentes!

Cetera animalia terram spectant, homo solus caelum intuetur.

In caelo quies.

Regnet iustitia et ruat caelum.

Novos caelos et novam terram expectamus, in quibus iustitia habitat.

Fiat iustitia et ruat caelum.

Caelum duos soles non admittit.

Suspice caelum et numera stellas, si potes.

Suspice caelum, et numera stellas, si potes.

Mane rubens caelum venturos indicat imbres.

Ubique medium caelum est.

Dives difficile intrabit in regnum caelorum.