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The bee simile highlights the business of all the people and the suitable buzz in the city. All seem to be working cohesively together as a unit as they all perform their personal tasks. Its positivity is...

The subjunctive is what's known as a "mood", which merely means that it's used in a different way to "normal" (indicative) verbs. That is, in most cases, to express an element of doubt...

Erat: Third person singular imperfect active indicative of esse "to be." "He/she/it was."

Appellāta est: Third person singular perfect passive indicative of appellare "to c...

"In Asia, there was once an acient city which was called Troy. The Greeks beseiged that city for ten years and at last captured it."

Ablative absolutes are a common type of phrase found in Latin. They seem a little complex at first, but once you learn to recognise them, they are one of the easiest kinds of phrase to notice and translat...