- cross-posted to:
- linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Explanation: In Classical Latin, you generally place the verb at the end of a sentence. Cicero was fond of making long, elaborate sentences filled with nested statements in his speeches, so he is somewhat notorious amongst Latin students for taking forever to get to the damn verb and make it clear what he’s actually talking about.
Oh, it’s always clear what he’s talking about.
Cicero is always talking about Cicero and his greatest merits. Sometimes he’ll mention other people, but only if they are related to the subject at hand - Cicero and his merits.
Yes, I’m butthurt that this twerp’s almost entire bibliography has survived the tides of time while other, more interesting and important works such as Claudius Tyrrhenika or Cato’s Origines have disappeared.
But Aielman, when Cicero, Father of the Fatherland, the Republic from the villain Catiline saved…
