by Dwane | Feb 27, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Metaphor: a short similitude; a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object. For example: The soldier was a lion in combat. From Greek μεταφερω (to transfer), which further derives from μετα (over) and φερω (carry). Mixed metaphors are fun. ...
by Dwane | Feb 27, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abate: To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as pain abates; a storm abates. Once upon a time, this word meant, ”to put an end to, or to destroy” Over time, abate came to represent something diminishing in power, or diminishing in strength. Abate passed...
by Dwane | Feb 26, 2015 | Ebook, English, Latin, Vocabulary
When Latin went out of business, many Latin prepositions got jobs as prefixes in English. For instance, the Latin preposition “ad” meaning, “to, toward” became the English prefixes ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-. This process...
by Dwane | Feb 18, 2015 | Ebook, Motivation, Vocabulary
One of my goals this year is too blog every day (except Sunday). Today is day 45. So far, it is working. What is not working, however, is the “word of the day.” From 2010 to 2013, I posted a “word a day” almost daily. Late in 2013, after my...
by Dwane | Feb 17, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Motivation
Last weekend I finally published my ebook, Via. Via, in Latin, means: the way. I wanted to show students how to learn Latin, instead of telling them why they should learn Latin. Part of the game of learning Latin is a time management game. A childhood friend of mine,...
by Dwane | Feb 13, 2015 | Ebook, English, Latin
Dear Student, Do you want to learn Latin? Good. You have chosen a good goal. Unfortunately, choosing the goal is often harder than reaching the goal. I am sure you know this already. I have taught Latin for nearly two decades. Latin is one of my favorite subjects....
