Notices by Minimus (minimus@archaeo.social)

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 344
Silvius lacertam mirabilem, cuius species scincus est, in convivio amiculae offendit (Silvius meets an amazing lizard of the skink type at his little friend's party). scincus eum cum linguā caeruleā lambit! (The skink licks him with a blue tongue!)

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 341
lectus novus iucundus est! (The new bed is lovely!) Silvius bene dormit et de crastinis facinoribus somnit (Silvius sleeps well and dreams of tomorrow's adventures).

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 340
Silvius amiculis natalicias dat (Silvius gives a party for his friends). tata mammaeque ei gladium ligneum fecerunt (Daddy and Mummy have made him a wooden sword!)

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 339
diēs natalis Silvii adest! (It's Silvius' birthday!) amici ei codicilli et imagines mittunt (His friends send notes and pictures). felix diēs tibi sit, Silvi! (Happy birthday, Silvius!)

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 336
Minimus novum lectum construxit, et Minima culcitam suit (Minimus has made the new bed, and Minima has sewed a mattress). Silvius avide stridet (Silvius squeaks eagerly). diē Veneris hic dormiet (He'll sleep here on Friday)!

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 334
Silvius in capite Vibrissae* insidet, et eam invitat ad natalitia. (Silvius perches on Vibrissa's head and invites her to his birthday party). stridet "noli amiculos meos consumere, si vis!" ("Don't eat my little friends, please!" he squeaks.
*iterum Merlinus est

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 332
Silvius amicos ad natalitia Idibus Novembris invitat (Silvius invites his friends to his birthday party on November 15th). Minimus epistulam scribit; Silvius tabulam suavio signat (Minimus writes the letter; Silvius marks a kiss on the tablet)

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 331
Silvius in cunabulis stat et tatae stridet, "paene unum annum natus sum! mihi licet in lecto grande dormire?" Silvius stands up in his crib and squeaks to Daddy, "I'm nearly one! Am I allowed to sleep in a grown-up bed?"

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 330
Silvius in vigilantis somnia raedam automatam agitat (Silvius is driving a self-propelled chariot in his daydream). raeda minuta, nomine Minimusculus, in Augustā Taurinorum fabricata est (The tiny car, called a Topolino, was made in Turin).

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 329
vesper Novembris frigidulus est (The November evening is a bit cold), mures ignem festivum accendunt (The mice light a bonfire). conferti in sellā sedent et flammas spectant (They sit close together on a bench and watch the flames)

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 324
Silvius et amiculi per foramina in magno pepone prospectant (Silvius and his little friends look out of holes in a big pumpkin). fortissimi sunt: nec umbras nec strigas timent (They are very brave: they aren't scared of ghosts or witches)!

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 323
Minimus oculos rotundos et os subridens in peponi insculpit (Minimus carves round eyes and a smiling mouth into a pumpkin). Silvius cupit cultellum tractare, sed tata eum vetat (Silvius wants to handle the knife, but Daddy forbids him).

ClassicsTober 21
Marcus Aquillius Regulus was a rich and famous orator, legacy-hunter and informer. Pliny the Younger tells us that when his son died, Regulus ordered statues and a biography of him, and the wholesale slaughter of the boy's pets as funeral sacrifices.
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ClassicsTober 22 & #fabulamurina (mouse story) 318
Martialis, poeta Hispanus, epigramma de caseo maximo scribit (Martial, the Spanish poet, is writing an epigram about an enormous cheese). Silvius gestit caseum gustare (Silvius is impatient to try the cheese)!
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 317
Silvius temptat aedificatiunculam cum lateribus veris construere (Silvius is trying to construct a little building with real bricks). lateres diligenter struit et murum murinum molitur (He lays the bricks carefully and builds a mouse wall)!

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Silvius et Minimus in lanternam fictilem repunt (Silvius and Minimus creep into a pottery lantern). similis est lanternae in cavo, sed multum maior (It's like the lantern in the mousehole, but much bigger)!

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 313
Silvius symphoniae organi adest; talem musicam numquam audivit! (Silvius attends an organ concert; he has never heard such music!). statim constituit organum proprium fistellis construere (He immediately decides to build his own organ with little pipes)!

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 312
Silvius candelabrum ornatum de musivo vitreo invenit (Silvius finds a candle holder decorated with glass mosaics). solium splendidus est musculo, praecipue in sole meridiano (It's a splendid throne for a mouse, especially in the midday sun)!

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 308
Silvius casellulam fictilem fecit (Silvius has made a tiny pottery house). nunc lineam rubram circum casellulam pingit (Now he's painting a red line around the little house). noli in situlam pigmenti incedere! (Don't step in the bucket of paint!)

ClassicsTober 13 & #fabulamurina 307
Zenobia procuratrix regni Palmyrae pro filio, regina clara est (Zenobia, regent of Palmyra on behalf of her son, is a famous queen). Vaballathus diadema gerit sed mater regit (Vaballathus wears the crown, but his mother rules).
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