by Dwane | Aug 21, 2014 | Ebook, Education, Latin
Recently, I received this question: I have a 17 year old daughter who has done Visual Latin through lesson 45, but hasn’t read Lingua Latina. She is planning on finishing through lesson 50. I noticed your on line classes use the book along with the DVD. I was...
by Dwane | Aug 20, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abrasion: A scrape. Fall off of a bicycle and you may end up with an abrasion. Abrasion can also be the act of wearing or rubbing off. For example: The constant abrasion of chairs left scratches on the hardwood floors. Abrasion come from the Latin word abradere,...
by Dwane | Aug 19, 2014 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts
Online students… one of you asked today about liberi, libero, and liber. Here is the answer: http://youtu.be/KTTzZE1PoSI
by Dwane | Aug 19, 2014 | Education, English, Latin
Online students… one of you asked today about liberi, libero, and liber. Here is the answer: http://youtu.be/KTTzZE1PoSI
by Dwane | Aug 19, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abnormal: not typical, something out of the ordinary. Don’t get this word confused with its positive equivalent, exceptional. If you are abnormal, you are exceptional… in a worrisome sort of way. Abnormal has an interesting derivation. Ab, of course, means...
by Dwane | Aug 16, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abhor: to regard with disgust; to hate extremely, or with contempt; to loathe, detest, or abominate. From Latin ab (away) and horreo (to dread, shudder at, or bristle). Example: She abhorred the weekly staff meeting.
