by Dwane | Mar 17, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Do I need Visual Latin to use Word Up? Do you want to sound smart? Then listen to old Earl Nightingale, who once said, “Before you do anything else, master your language.” I have taught Latin and Greek for years. I know, from experience, that these languages will...
by Dwane | Mar 17, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Hippodrome: A theater. In ancient times, a race course for horses. This word has changed quite a bit. These days, a hippodrome is a large performance locale. In the old days, a hippodrome was a horse race track. If you have ever watched Ben Hur, you have seen a...
by Dwane | Mar 17, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Equidae: the scientific term for the horse family. Equidae is a taxonomic family containing horses and related animals. All the related animals are extinct, except those in the family Equus. The Equus family includes horses, zebras, donkeys, and onagers. Not sure...
by Dwane | Mar 16, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Hippocampus: a mythological creature. The hippocampus was part dolphin, part horse. Archaeologists have found paintings to the hippocampus in the ruins of Pompeii. Hippocampus may also refer to a genus of fish with a neck and head that look remarkably like a...
by Dwane | Mar 16, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Adduce: to bring forward, present or offer for consideration. To cite as evidence. The defense adduced a to prove the fact. Adduce comes from the Latin word adduco, meaning, I lead up to. Adduco derives from two Latin words. The preposition ad: to, or toward, and the...
