by Dwane | Jul 23, 2014 | Education, Latin
My students and I just finished another trip through Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, by Hans Orberg. Today was the last day of a Latin class that began several years ago. Since we bogged down in the book, the class was off schedule. I promised students we would...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | English, Vocabulary
This summer, I read The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer. Years ago, I read Lingua Latina, by Hans Orberg. I was discouraged with Latin and ready to quit. Orberg’s book showed up at the right time. Were it not for his book, I would not be a Latin teacher...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | Latin
It’s no secret that I believe students should start with the Vulgate (the Latin Bible) before tackling the Latin Classics. In a recent blog about this, I provided a link to Faith Comes By Hearing. By using the link, and by typing “Latin” into the...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abdicate [ab: away + dicare: to dedicate, consecrate, or set apart] The literal meaning of abdicate is: to set oneself away from something. The dictionary definitions do not deviate far from the literal meaning. Abdicate: To relinquish; to renounce; to abandon; to...
by Dwane | Jul 19, 2014 | Education, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Amoral [Greek ά (without) and Latin mos, moris (custom, habit, morals)]. The moral of a story teaches us a good lesson. From the moral, we learn the right thing to do. If we are amoral, we are without standards. We do not care about right and wrong. Sometimes...
