Abyss

abyss: a bottomless pit; an unfathomable depth; or even, a hopeless situation. From Greek ἄβυσσος (bottomless).  This word breaks down into ἀ (not) and βυθός (deep place). I’ve never seen this abyss, though I hope to while traveling “out West” this...

Expert

Expert: a person with a particular skill, special knowledge, or a person who knows a lot about a particular subject. Expert derives from the Latin expertus (tried, tested, proven by experience).  Expertus is the past participle of the verb experior (to test, to put to...

Diagramming Direct Objects

The next video in the English diagramming series is here! I am slowly working my way through the famous First Year Latin text by Robert Henle.  This is not my favorite Latin book (Lingua Latina, by Hans Orberg is.), but, I have quite a few students working their way...