{"id":2867,"date":"2013-12-24T22:07:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T22:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2013-12-24T22:07:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T22:07:15","slug":"the-hobbit-in-latin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/the-hobbit-in-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hobbit in Latin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Holidays to all you Latin Lover, Latin Learners, and Latin Enthusiasts! If you find yourself with a gift card for the Holidays or with some spare time with relatives&#8230;I would recommend watching and reading &#8220;The Hobbit!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Sneak Peek [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfflhfn1W-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Hobbit&#8221; is J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s masterpiece which has hit both the silver screen and millions of paper backs and hard backs. The book was luckily translated into Latin: &#8220;ILLE HOOBITVS.&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2871\" alt=\"514ASwnDMlL__SY344_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_BO1,204,203,200_\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/12\/514ASwnDMlL__SY344_PJlook-inside-v2TopRight10_SH20_BO1204203200_-195x300.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/>The cover is a brilliant mosaic on the dragon Smaug, who guards a glorious treasure hoard.\u00a0 You can learn more on the wonderful art of mosaics;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancient.eu.com\/article\/498\/\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.The book tackles some interesting difficulties from names to songs like Gandalphus for Gandalf and some interesting poetic choices for songs such as:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zakVfDY0xZk\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/zakVfDY0xZk<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">OR<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: That&#039;s what Bilbo Baggins Hates! (Song) [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o5MwScwGass?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can follow to the book&#8217;s Latin&#8217;s translation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Frange uitra et catilla!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> ulctros unde, fucas flecte!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Biblo Baggins odit illa-<\/em><br \/>\n<em> nunc et cortices incende!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> textum seca, sebum calca!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> lactem funde cellae terra<\/em><br \/>\n<em> linque in tapeto ossa!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> uinum sperge super porta!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> has patellas aestu laua;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> has contunde magna claua;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> si nonnulla sint intacta,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> uolue ea e culinca!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Biblo Baggins odit illa!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> caue! caue! heac catilla!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Now, I hope each and everyone you enjoy your Christmas with you family, friends, neighbors, and so on! Be safe and Consider starting your New Year with the Hobbit! So I will leave you with the beginning words of the novel:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>In foramine terrae habitabat hobbitus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So remember,\u00a0greatness can have very small beginnings. Have a safe holiday and I will see you in 2014!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"226\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/12\/514ASwnDMlL__SY344_PJlook-inside-v2TopRight10_SH20_BO1204203200_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Happy Holidays to all you Latin Lover, Latin Learners, and Latin Enthusiasts! 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