Why, what a very singularly deep young man this deep young man must be

[sovay]

Brundisium venimus vii Kalend. Decembr. usi tua felicitate navigandi; ita belle nobis
         flavit ab Epiro lenissimus Onchesmites.
hunc σπονδειάζοντα si cui voles τῶν νεωτέρων pro tuo vendito.

—Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 7.2.1

I arrived in Brundisium on the seventh day from the Kalends of December, and I had your own luck sailing; so fairly for me
         did blow from Epirus the gentlest Onchesmites.
That spondee you may pass off as your own to whichever of the newer poets* you like.

*Why is it that I can find reasonably informative Wikipedia entries for novi poetae in Dutch and Italian, while the English entry for "neoteric" only talks about Catullus' rejection of luxurious social norms? Oh, specious article. Don't make me rewrite you.

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[tithenai.livejournal.com]

I long, lust, yearn, for the knowledge of classical languages that would allow me to ask such a question -- though in this case, I can actually answer it by saying, "'Coz Wikipedia isn't all written by academics." But it doesn't make me feel smart to say so. *sniff*

Do rewrite the article, that I may read it!

[sovay]

I long, lust, yearn, for the knowledge of classical languages that would allow me to ask such a question

Learn Greek! It's good for the constitution.

Do rewrite the article, that I may read it!

Hee. Once my life settles down at the end of this year, I may seriously do so.