by Dwane | Sep 5, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Acrimonious: angry, bitter, acerbic; bitterness of expression proceeding from anger. From Latin acer, acris (bitter, pungent, sharp, sour) and the suffix monium (state, or condition). Acrimony, then, is the “condition of being sour.” Example: After the acrimonious...
by Dwane | Sep 3, 2014 | Education, Grammar, Latin, ScreenCasts
by Dwane | Sep 2, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abscond: to escape; leave hurriedly and secretly; run away; hide. From Latin abscondere (to hide; to conceal). Example: The marmot absconds in the winter. Another example, from a lousy chapter in my own life: He absconded with the funds.
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...
