by Dwane | Aug 22, 2014 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Meteor: a shooting star; a space rock passing into Earth’s atmosphere, appearing as a bright light in the sky. From Greek μετέωρον (the thing high up). Mετέωρον further derives from μετα (among, between, over) and ἀείρω (to lift, to rise...
by Dwane | Aug 22, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abstain: to withhold oneself; to refrain from voluntarily; to refrain from indulgence. I attempted to abstain from chocolate and coffee once. Ah… to be young and foolish again. Abstain comes from Latin ab (away) and tenere (to hold).
by Dwane | Aug 21, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Absent: gone, not there, not present physically, or not present mentally. Absent derives from Latin absunt, which means, they are not here. Absunt itself derives from Latin ab (away) and the infinitve esse (to be). With the condition of American schools these days,...
by Dwane | Aug 21, 2014 | Ebook, Education, Latin
Recently, I received this question: I have a 17 year old daughter who has done Visual Latin through lesson 45, but hasn’t read Lingua Latina. She is planning on finishing through lesson 50. I noticed your on line classes use the book along with the DVD. I was...
by Dwane | Aug 20, 2014 | Education, English, Greek
Aegis: a shield, or protective armor; protective influence or power. Aegis comes from the Greek word Αιγίς. The Aegis was the shield of Zeus in Greek mythology. Though made of goatskin, it was extremely strong. These days, if you are under the aegis of someone, you...
by Dwane | Aug 20, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abrasion: A scrape. Fall off of a bicycle and you may end up with an abrasion. Abrasion can also be the act of wearing or rubbing off. For example: The constant abrasion of chairs left scratches on the hardwood floors. Abrasion come from the Latin word abradere,...
