by Dwane | Mar 14, 2015 | Ebook, Education, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Hi there! At some point in the past few years, you joined an online Latin class with me. Or, perhaps it was a Greek class. I told you then that you could repeat the class for free. I am here to remind you that I was not kidding. You can repeat the class… for...
by Dwane | Mar 14, 2015 | English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Aphorism: A maxim; a precept, or principle expressed in few words containing some important truth. “While there are loads of trite and silly statements, a good aphorism is supposed to stand the test of time and remain true and elegant — a very difficult...
by Dwane | Mar 12, 2015 | Ebook, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Plerophory: full confidence; total assurance. With a plerophory of assurance, each of the Avengers spoke into some imaginary, unseen, perfectly clear audio communications system. I mean, seriously, how were they able to seamlessly communicate with each other in the...
by Dwane | Mar 11, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Latin, Visual Latin, Vocabulary
Years ago, my family was foreclosed on. We ended up living with my wife’s parents for some time. I was a school teacher, earning a teacher’s salary. This is not such a bad thing if you work for the government, but I was a teacher in a private school. We had...
by Dwane | Mar 10, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
I am sick and tired. Didn’t want to post the word of the day. Could not think about it. Then, one of my daughters said, “I’ll help you, dad. How about phillumenist?” I had no idea what a phillumenist was. I looked it up. So, here is the word of...
by Dwane | Mar 9, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Semaphore: A signaling system. A semaphore uses flags, lights, or mechanical arms to send messages, usually to travelers. You might see a semaphore next to the railroad tracks. The word might also refer to a system of sending messages by holding the arms or flags in...
