by Dwane | Sep 2, 2014 | Latin, ScreenCasts
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by Dwane | Aug 30, 2014 | Latin, ScreenCasts
There are certain prepositions in Latin that automatically drive the next word into the Ablative case. This often confuses my students, and perhaps it confuses you as well. No...
by Dwane | Aug 29, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Ab ovo: From the beginning; complete; thorough. The literal translation of this Latin phrase is “from the egg”. The Romans used a phrase, “ab ovum usque ad malum” to describe a complete process. The phrase means, “from the egg to the apple”. It describes a complete...
by Dwane | Aug 28, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Ab irato: From anger. Ab irato is a legal phrase. It describes decisions made in anger. Such decisions (based on hatred, or anger) are frequently detrimental. Fortunately, heirs have recourse. They can file a suit against rash action. The suit is an “ab irato”...
by Dwane | Aug 27, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Ab initio: from the beginning; from the start. In law, ab initio may refer to the time a legal document becomes, well, legal. In science, ab initio points to first principles, or basic laws. Ab initio is a Latin phrase, meaning (you guessed it), from the beginning....
by Dwane | Aug 26, 2014 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Acre: a plot of land equal to 4,840 square yards. In Old English, an æcer was simply a “tilled field”. Later, the word described the amount of land plowed by oxen in a single day. This is an old word. Variations show up in many ancient European languages. In Latin,...
