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Spoken Latin: What does “In Alienas Manus Devenire”?

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In this part of the series Loci et locutiones I talk about the words aliquid in manus alienas devenire, taken from Cicero’s letter (I.9) to his dear friend Atticus. I talk about its meaning and how to use it.

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Daniel Pettersson

Teacher, author, and CEO of Legentibus Daniel Pettersson, M.A., is co-founder of Legentibus and Latinitium. He is also working on his Ph.D. dissertation on Humanist Colloquia. Daniel believes in the importance of Latin literature in the modern world and that you can teach yourself Latin with the right motivation, method, and material.

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