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Podcast: Latin from Zero Trevi Fountain · Latin from Zero: By Digital Monastery

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SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Latin from Zero, a weekly podcast from Digital Monastery.
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SPEAKER_00: Each week, we explore a real Latin text, breaking it down into clear, understandable pieces.
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SPEAKER_00: Let's get started.
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SPEAKER_00: Inscriptions on the Trevi Fountain.
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SPEAKER_00: These are the three principal Latin inscriptions on the facade of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
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SPEAKER_00: Clement XII,
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SPEAKER_00: Pontifex Maximus,
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SPEAKER_00: adorned the Aqua Virgo,
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SPEAKER_00: a water renowned for its abundance and wholesomeness,
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SPEAKER_00: with magnificent splendor,
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SPEAKER_00: in the year of the Lord's 1735, the sixth year of his pontificate.
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SPEAKER_00: Benedict XIV, Pontifex Maximus, completed it.
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SPEAKER_00: The statues and bar leaf panels having been set in place.
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SPEAKER_00: By order of Clement XIII, Pontifex Maximus, the work was completed in all its splendor.
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SPEAKER_00: Clemens duodecimus pontifex maximus.
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SPEAKER_00: Aquam virginem copia et salubritate commendatam.
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SPEAKER_00: Cultum magnifico ornavit.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno domini millesimo, septingentesimo, tricesimo quinto.
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SPEAKER_00: Pontificatus sexto.
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SPEAKER_00: Perfecit benedictus quartus decimus pontifex maximus,
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SPEAKER_00: positis sinis et anaglifis tabulis,
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SPEAKER_00: ius su clementis tertii decimi pontificis maximi,
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SPEAKER_00: opus cum omni cultu absolutum,
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SPEAKER_00: anno domini millesimo, septingentesimo, sexagesimo secundo.
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SPEAKER_00: Reading line one.
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SPEAKER_00: Clemens duodecimus pontifex maximus.
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SPEAKER_00: Aquam virginem copia et salubritate commendatam.
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SPEAKER_00: Cultum magnifico ornavit.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno domini millesimo septingentesimo tricesimo quinto.
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SPEAKER_00: Pontificatus sexto.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 1.
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SPEAKER_00: Clemens duodecimus pontifex maximus.
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SPEAKER_00: Clement XII, Supreme Pontiff.
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SPEAKER_00: Clemens Duodecimus Pontifex Maximus.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 2.
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SPEAKER_00: Aquam Virginem Copia et Salubritate Comendatam.
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SPEAKER_00: The Aqua Virgo.
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SPEAKER_00: Praise for its abundance and healthfulness.
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SPEAKER_00: Aquam Virginem Copia et Salubritate Comendatam.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 3.
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SPEAKER_00: Cultum Magnifico Ornavit.
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SPEAKER_00: Adorned it with magnificent splendor.
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SPEAKER_00: Cultum Magnifico Ornavit.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 4.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Tricesimo Quinto.
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SPEAKER_00: In the year of our Lord, 1735.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Tricesimo Quinto.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 5.
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SPEAKER_00: Pontificatus Sexto.
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SPEAKER_00: In the sixth year of his pontificate.
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SPEAKER_00: Pontificatus Sexto.
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SPEAKER_00: Reading line 1 again.
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SPEAKER_00: Clemens duodecimus pontifex maximus.
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SPEAKER_00: Aquam virginem copia et salubritate commendatam.
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SPEAKER_00: Cultum magnifico ornavit.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno domini millesimo, septingentesimo, tricesimo quinto.
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SPEAKER_00: Pontificatus sexto.
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SPEAKER_00: Reading line 2.
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SPEAKER_00: Perfecit Benedictus Quartus Decimus Pontifex Maximus.
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SPEAKER_00: Benedict XIV, Supreme Pontiff, completed it.
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SPEAKER_00: Reading line 2 again.
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SPEAKER_00: Perfecit Benedictus Quartus Decimus Pontifex Maximus.
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SPEAKER_00: Reading line 3.
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SPEAKER_00: Positis signis et anaglifis tabulis.
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SPEAKER_00: Ius su clementis tertii decimi pontificis maximi.
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SPEAKER_00: Opus cum omni cultu absolutum.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno Domini millesimo septingentesimo sexagesimo secundo.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 1.
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SPEAKER_00: Positis signis et anaglifis tabulis.
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SPEAKER_00: With signs and carved tablets placed.
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SPEAKER_00: Positis signis et anaglifis tabulis.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 2.
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SPEAKER_00: Ius su clementis tertii decimi pontificis maximi.
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SPEAKER_00: By the order of Clement XIII, Supreme Pontiff.
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SPEAKER_00: Ius su clementis tertii decimi pontificis maximi.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 3.
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SPEAKER_00: Opus cum omni cultu absolutum.
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SPEAKER_00: The work was finished with all splendor.
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SPEAKER_00: Opus cum omni cultu absolutum.
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SPEAKER_00: Segment 4.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Sexagesimo Secondo.
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SPEAKER_00: In the Year of Our Lord 1762.
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SPEAKER_00: Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Sexagesimo Secondo.
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SPEAKER_00: Reading line 3 again.
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