Latin Dictionary

Latin: His brief draft of annals is written in rough mediocre Latin. (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Saxo'S Position.)

Immense knowledge of Latin. (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > History Of The Work.)

His Latin is not that of the Golden Age (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Saxo As A Writer.)

But now that the holy ritual brought also the command of the Latin tongue. (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Preface.)

Latin: Moreover, how many histories must we suppose that men of such genius would have written, could they... (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Preface.)

Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)

attestation: Latin: His brief draft of annals is written in rough mediocre Latin. (The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Saxo'S Position.)

"His brief draft of annals is written in rough mediocre Latin."
attestation: Immense knowledge of Latin. (The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > History Of The Work.)

"Immense knowledge of Latin, both good and bad (especially of the authors Saxo imitated), infinite and prolix industry, a sharp eye for the text, and continence in emendation, are not his only virtues."
attestation: His Latin is not that of the Golden Age (The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Saxo As A Writer.)

"His Latin is not that of the Golden Age, but neither is it the common Latin of the Middle Ages."
attestation: But now that the holy ritual brought also the command of the Latin tongue. (The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Preface.)

"But now that the holy ritual brought also the command of the Latin tongue, men were as slothful now as they were unskilled before, and their sluggishness proved as faultful as that former neediness."
attestation: Latin: Moreover, how many histories must we suppose that men of such genius would have written, could they... (The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Preface.)

"Moreover, how many histories must we suppose that men of such genius would have written, could they have had skill in Latin and so slaked their thirst for writing!"
relationship: He set forth and arranged the course of this war in the mother tongue according to the fashion of our country; but I purpose to put it into Latin, and will first recount the most illustrious prince... (The Danish History, > Book Eight.)

"He set forth and arranged the course of this war in the mother tongue according to the fashion of our country; but I purpose to put it into Latin, and will first recount the most illustrious princes on either side."
attribution: So he first tried to crush the power of the Skanians in the field which in Latin is called Laneus (Woolly). (The Danish History, > Book Nine.)

"So he first tried to crush the power of the Skanians in the field which in Latin is called Laneus (Woolly); here he had a hard fight with the rebels."