by Dwane | Feb 21, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Some time ago, my interest in Latin took a sharp turn. Actually, I ran of the road. Instead of studying Latin, instead of reading books in Latin, instead of reading books about Latin… I started tracking down the English words that had come from Latin. On...
by Dwane | Feb 20, 2015 | Education, English, German, Vocabulary
Sledding: the perfect disruption of productivity. It has snowed here in middle Tennessee for the first time in forever. I don’t mind, since the cold never bothered my anyway. My productivity, though, has plummeted. There are five kids living in my house, some...
by Dwane | Feb 19, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Cui bono: A Latin phrase meaning “to whose gain,” or “for whose good”. If someone stands to gain from a crime, or a government stands to gain from war, someone else may question their motivation with a short, “Cui bono?”
by Dwane | Feb 19, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration of overstatement. Hyperbole derives from the Greek ὑπέρ: above and βάλλειν: to throw. A figure of speech which express much more, or much less than the truth, or which represents things much more or much less, much better or worse than...
by Dwane | Feb 18, 2015 | Education, Latin, Vocabulary
I received this inquiry: From what we can tell, the vocabulary list provided for us doesn’t have all the words that are in the Lingua Latina book. The kids are having a hard time knowing for sure if they are answering the questions at the end of the chapters...
by Dwane | Feb 18, 2015 | Education, Latin
Yesterday, one of my Online Latin classes reached chapter 13 of Lingua Latina. In chapter 13, Hans Ørberg introduces students to the Roman dating system. The dating system has nothing to do with romance, match.com, or eharmony.com. I am referring to the calendar....
