by Dwane | Jan 30, 2015 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Deportment: behavior; demeanor; conduct; how someone behaves in company. The word deportment took a familiar road on its way into the English language. It started out as a few Latin words. The preposition de, in Latin, means: away. The verb portare, means: to...
by Dwane | Jan 29, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Anaphora: the same word or phrase at the beginning of a series of sentences or clauses. Anaphora comes from the Greek word ἀναφορά (carrying back). Αναφορά derives from the preposition ἀνά (up) and φέρω (I carry). This, of course, gives us the literal translation,...
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Porter: the doorkeeper, or gate keeper. This word comes from Latin porta (door). When the doorkeeper helps you carry the luggage, he becomes another kind of porter. He becomes a carrier of burdens. The second usage of the word comes from the Latin verb portare...
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Amphora: Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, or oil. Sometimes amphorae, filled with oil, were awarded to victorious athletes in the games… which is why, even today, trophies take on an amphoral shape. Amphora...
by Dwane | Jan 27, 2015 | Education, English, Grammar, Latin, ScreenCasts
In this short video, learn to diagram subordinating conjunctions in English. Then, learn to translate those sentences into Latin. These sentences are based on the Henle Latin series from Robert Henle. These sentences come from chapter 2 of the first book in the...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
The verb porto, in Latin means, to carry or, to bring. In all its glory, the verb is: porto, portare, portavi, portatum. English pulls quite a few words out of this particular Latin hat. Before we get to that, however, let’s take a look at the way Romance...
