Two coffees tonight cost two bucks
Staying to read stuff that truly sucks
From Aeneid to Lucretia
All are victims of hysteria
Because of Zeus! Jupiter on high!
That thou should let poor Lingxi die!
That thou should snatch away my breath
Save me now by granting me death!
O Vocative! O Vocative!
Not nominative or locative!
Ms. Ortiz! O dear Sonia…
I hate Ab Urbe Condita!
(I am sorry for being intrusive
Good luck! This is subjunctive.)
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Facebook wall message to a classmate, written two days before the Latin final exam.
Vocative, nominative, locative, etc. are cases for nouns in Latin.
Ab Urbe Condita: Titus Livy’s History of Rome. The preface is considered one of the most difficult Latin texts, and it was to be thoroughly tested in the final.
