by Dwane | Jan 20, 2018 | English, Vocabulary
Ventriloquy: The act, art or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come not from the person, but from some distant place. Ventriloquy comes from the Latin word ventriloquus which itself comes from two other Latin words. Venter means stomach...
by Dwane | Jan 19, 2018 | Visual Latin
A Visual Latin user discovered a spelling mistake in Visual Latin, lesson 10. In the answer section, question 3 should have the following answers: feminam. Here is what you will see: 3. Adam saw the woman __femininam__. (femina) Fortunately, the ending is correct. ...
by Dwane | Jan 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pauciloquent: Using few words. Brief in speech. Taciturn. Succinct. Laconic. Breviloquent. Pauciloquent comes from the Latin words paucus which means “few” and the Latin verb loquor, meaning “I speak”. “The pauciloquent beggar received few pennies.” “The...
by Dwane | Jan 16, 2018 | English, Vocabulary
In our series, “Word Up: Live!” this morning, we looked at two English words. Here they are: Loquacious: talkative; garrulous; apt to blab and disclose secrets. Loquacious comes from the Latin verb loquor, meaning “I speak”. Here are a few example...
by Dwane | Jan 15, 2018 | Latin
I have finally started working my way through some of the English to Latin exercises in First Year Latin by Robert Henle. This is the beginning of a long project. I hope that it will be helpful to those struggling through this notoriously difficult...
