Need Latin help again

[Draloric]

I'm not sure that Speculo means spying in the sense that is required. How about ius in percipiendo which covers the learning and the seeing part?

The deponent 1st conjugation speculor, -ari, -atus sum, "to spy out, watch, observe, examine, explore," here in the sense of reconnoitering, seems the likeliest verb to me, at least. A speculator is a "spy" or "explorer" and speculatorius, -a, -um is the adjectival form for having to do with, or pertaining to, a spy, spying.

 

[Ze]

He's using it as a gerund, which is active. You can't use the present participle like this in Latin ever -- you just wrote "Law in the thing spying right now," which makes no sense. Personally, I'd use the verbal noun, since this is an overall activity of espionage, as opposed to actually peeping where you should not, so ius in speculatu or ius in speculatione, but ius in speculando is valid Latin.

QFT.
If the opinion of an Italian is worth something... (been studying Latin for 8 years at school)

 

[Jack Daniel]

Whatever you do, at least make sure you say "jus" and not "ius." I have no respect at all for people who will use "v" for consonantal "u", but always use "i" for both the consonantal and vocalic sounds. It's just so annoyingly inconsistent!

 

[Lord Rasputin]

Whatever you do, at least make sure you say "jus" and not "ius." I have no respect at all for people who will use "v" for consonantal "u", but always use "i" for both the consonantal and vocalic sounds. It's just so annoyingly inconsistent!

Wrong. Never, ever use "J." (The word "ius" is pronounced "Yoos," never "juice.") You may use "V" in the lowercase for the semivowel "W," but never use "J." No less than Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (the standard) follows this rule -- always uses "I," uses both "U" and "V." Same story with Minkova's Introduction to Latin Prose Composition and Bradley's Arnold.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Wrong. Never, ever use "J." (The word "ius" is pronounced "Yoos," never "juice.") You may use "V" in the lowercase for the semivowel "W," but never use "J." No less than Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (the standard) follows this rule -- always uses "I," uses both "U" and "V." Same story with Minkova's Introduction to Latin Prose Composition and Bradley's Arnold.

In modern pronunciation guides you can even substitue 'y' for ease of translation, but 'J' is right out.
The modern Latin derivatives are a great pathway to excellence on this.
Juan - WHAN
Jesu - YEAH-su
Jaime - HI-may
Not a 'J' amongst the bunch.

 

[Pale]

I'm having wonderful memories from The Life of Brian while reading this thread.

Thank you all.

Brian: "Dative?"
Centurion presses sword to Brian's throat.
Brian: "Accusative! Accusative!"

 

[Ry]

Man, for a dead language you'd think there'd be a bit of consensus...

 

[Thunderfoot]

Latin's a dead, dead language.
Dead as it can be.
First it killed the Romans,
now it's killing me.

 

[Ry]

Latin's a dead, dead language.
Dead as it can be.
First it killed the Romans,
now it's killing me.

*sniff* ... *sniff*

That was beautiful.

 

[Clueless]

Latin's a dead, dead language.
Dead as it can be.
First it killed the Romans,
now it's killing me.

Ah.... good times. Good times.