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Article: Students resurrect almost-dead language.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2006
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Byline: Renee Koury
Oct. 29--If you thought Latin was a dead language, hundreds of students who descended on Palo Alto's Castilleja School on Saturday might have two words for you: Minime vero! Loosely translated, it means "No way!" Not only don't they groan about memorizing verbs, about 400 students from Berkeley to Los Gatos to Reno gathered on their day off to immerse themselves in everything Latin. They competed in Latin spelling bees, took tests on ancient mythology and listened to lectures on Greek astronomy. They learned there really is conversational Latin, analyzed the Latin in Harry Potter's spells, and even learned to hurl insults in the ...
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