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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3302198, member: 83956"]One note. In Latin, when one person addresses another, the vocative form of the name is used. Typically this isn’t a translation problem since the vocative case is often the same as the nominative, except for names ending in —us and -ius, which have vocative endings of -e and -i, respectively. So if you wanted to say “Hello Anna,” you’d simply say, “Ave, Anna.” But if you wanted to say, “Hello Marcus,” you’d say, “Ave, Marce.” </p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt anyone called an adult Caligula “Caligula” to his face. But it’s possible that some Praetorian said, “Ave, Gai” before stabbing him in a Palatine alleyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3302198, member: 83956"]One note. In Latin, when one person addresses another, the vocative form of the name is used. Typically this isn’t a translation problem since the vocative case is often the same as the nominative, except for names ending in —us and -ius, which have vocative endings of -e and -i, respectively. So if you wanted to say “Hello Anna,” you’d simply say, “Ave, Anna.” But if you wanted to say, “Hello Marcus,” you’d say, “Ave, Marce.” I doubt anyone called an adult Caligula “Caligula” to his face. But it’s possible that some Praetorian said, “Ave, Gai” before stabbing him in a Palatine alleyway.[/QUOTE]
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