by Dwane | Sep 20, 2014 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts, Visual Latin
For those memorizing the complicated Latin endings, here is my favorite group of nouns… the Third...
by Dwane | Sep 19, 2014 | Education, English
Fascinating article by John-Erik Jordan, a writer over at Babble languages. 139 Old Norse Words That Invaded The English Language When I say “Old English” what comes to mind? The ornate, hard-to-read script? Reading Beowulf in your high school English class? The kinds...
by Dwane | Sep 19, 2014 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Acrolith: a stone head, a statue with a wooden body and head of stone. The U.S. government isn’t the only nation to debase. The “brilliant” powers that be have replaced the silver in our coins with cheaper metals. This official trickery is nothing new. In ancient...
by Dwane | Sep 19, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Acuminate: ending in a sharp point. Look for this word in Botany books. Acuminate leaves are leaves that get to the point. Acuminate comes from the Latin verb acuminare (to sharpen to a point). It is related to the Latin word for needle,...
by Dwane | Sep 19, 2014 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts, Visual Latin
Here is the fifth in the series, “Memorizing the Latin...
by Dwane | Sep 18, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Ablative: a certain case of Latin nouns. The word derives from ablatus, which is from aufero, (to carry away), ultimately from ab (away) and fero (I carry). In it’s original sense, we use the ablative case when describing actions of carrying something away, or taking...
