Sam Teaches Latin and Ancient Greek
@samteacheslatin.bsky.social
I teach Latin at a prep school in Connecticut and Greek to my brother on the internet. He/Him/His most of the time.
Which medieval Latin text is the most medieval?
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Which medieval Latin text is the most medieval?
"Crās erunt feriae. Ergo sunt duo diēs ante feriās: diēs hodiernus et crastīnus! Nesciō quid tam difficile sit." - Rōmānōs vērī simile est dixisse.
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"Crās erunt feriae. Ergo sunt duo diēs ante feriās: diēs hodiernus et crastīnus! Nesciō quid tam difficile sit." - Rōmānōs vērī simile est dixisse.
Google AI studio didn't have to attack me like this
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Google AI studio didn't have to attack me like this
The current set of LLMs do provide much broader access to an experience formerly the province of tech billionaires - having someone much more qualified than you flatter your mediocrity by gushing over the brilliance of your dumb ideas, then squander resources irresponsibly bringing them to fruition.
October 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The current set of LLMs do provide much broader access to an experience formerly the province of tech billionaires - having someone much more qualified than you flatter your mediocrity by gushing over the brilliance of your dumb ideas, then squander resources irresponsibly bringing them to fruition.
What's the name of the drop-down thingy that good dictionaries like @logeiongklat.bsky.social have, where it gradually narrows results as you enter letters?
October 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What's the name of the drop-down thingy that good dictionaries like @logeiongklat.bsky.social have, where it gradually narrows results as you enter letters?
Prose comp textbooks have too much "Pindarus dixit aquam optimam omnium esse" and not enough "Pindarus dixit hominem esse quasi somnium tenebrae."
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Prose comp textbooks have too much "Pindarus dixit aquam optimam omnium esse" and not enough "Pindarus dixit hominem esse quasi somnium tenebrae."
tuam ambulandī ratiōnem amō; es puella mea; dēfixum in tē oculum habeō.
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
tuam ambulandī ratiōnem amō; es puella mea; dēfixum in tē oculum habeō.
Which second declension animal is the best?
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Which second declension animal is the best?
I admit I've never understood the ancient distinction between periods, cola, and commata. Is there any modern who has gone through it clearly and systematically with examples, pointing out specifically how they differ from our modern notions of sentences, clauses, and phrases?
September 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I admit I've never understood the ancient distinction between periods, cola, and commata. Is there any modern who has gone through it clearly and systematically with examples, pointing out specifically how they differ from our modern notions of sentences, clauses, and phrases?
This coming fall will mark the second time I've begun a second year in the same job. Both summers I had a lovely time at a Latin immersion event and then had my ambitious summer plans detailed by a back injury. At least this one was a bit more exciting. . .
August 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This coming fall will mark the second time I've begun a second year in the same job. Both summers I had a lovely time at a Latin immersion event and then had my ambitious summer plans detailed by a back injury. At least this one was a bit more exciting. . .
You ever think about what a funny looking word synonym is?
May 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
You ever think about what a funny looking word synonym is?
Are there Latin novellas that make substantial use of -que? Alarmed by this statistic from @kballestrini.bsky.social (based on the selection he uses) and the general que-lessness of my materials this year.
May 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Are there Latin novellas that make substantial use of -que? Alarmed by this statistic from @kballestrini.bsky.social (based on the selection he uses) and the general que-lessness of my materials this year.
You guys it's finally here
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March 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Pet peeve: when people call the highly structured long periods of Cicero & Demosthenes "run-on sentences."
March 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Pet peeve: when people call the highly structured long periods of Cicero & Demosthenes "run-on sentences."
"I only teach grammar-translation north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a Hawkins from a Henshaw."
March 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"I only teach grammar-translation north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a Hawkins from a Henshaw."
I'd like to spend some time next week having a conversation with my Latin III students about what there is to be read in Latin, in hopes that they will be able to have some kind of informed input into the topic for their Advance Latin class next year.
February 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'd like to spend some time next week having a conversation with my Latin III students about what there is to be read in Latin, in hopes that they will be able to have some kind of informed input into the topic for their Advance Latin class next year.
It turns out the youth still pop for Calvin & Hobbes
Between Latin teacher groups & harmonica groups I've been popping over to Facebook much more often lately, and the algo has figured out that if it shows me a Calvin & Hobbes strip, I will read it. At any rate tonight it reminded me of this important Sappho/Catullus 31/51 comparandum.
February 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It turns out the youth still pop for Calvin & Hobbes
Can anyone recommend to me a reasonably nice physical edition of the Greek text of the Alexander Romance?
February 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Can anyone recommend to me a reasonably nice physical edition of the Greek text of the Alexander Romance?
On the other site, the algo eventually decided that like three guys were gonna be my best friends. They always interacted with my nonsense and their stuff was always promoted to me. This basically mirrors how I exist in actual life,and I was pretty happy with it.
December 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
On the other site, the algo eventually decided that like three guys were gonna be my best friends. They always interacted with my nonsense and their stuff was always promoted to me. This basically mirrors how I exist in actual life,and I was pretty happy with it.
If I were to assign a few representative samples of Latin Love Elegy to be read in translation, which ones should I assign, and what translation(s) should I use?
December 17, 2024 at 7:37 PM
If I were to assign a few representative samples of Latin Love Elegy to be read in translation, which ones should I assign, and what translation(s) should I use?
So is the treatment of quoque in novellas merely a matter of ignorance/carelessness combined with a fashionable and pedagogically defensible deprioritization of strict Latinitas at the elementary level, or are there active advantages?
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
So is the treatment of quoque in novellas merely a matter of ignorance/carelessness combined with a fashionable and pedagogically defensible deprioritization of strict Latinitas at the elementary level, or are there active advantages?
New -pedia just dropped
November 23, 2024 at 7:15 PM
New -pedia just dropped
What are the statistics on -āsse vs. -āvisse as the first conjugation perfect infinitive? I'm used to teaching from grammar textbooks that only teach the latter form, but if I'm purely interested in providing the most useful input, which form should I use?
November 21, 2024 at 1:34 PM
What are the statistics on -āsse vs. -āvisse as the first conjugation perfect infinitive? I'm used to teaching from grammar textbooks that only teach the latter form, but if I'm purely interested in providing the most useful input, which form should I use?
εἶπέ τις, Ἡράκλειτε, τεὸν μόρον
November 18, 2024 at 8:30 PM
εἶπέ τις, Ἡράκλειτε, τεὸν μόρον