by Dwane | Jul 25, 2014 | Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow has a long and interesting history. The name of the flower is part Greek, part Latin. Achillea, comes from the Greek name Ἀχιλλεύς. According to legend, Achilles would carry the plant with him onto the battlefield. He...
by Dwane | Jul 24, 2014 | Education, English, Grammar, Latin, ScreenCasts
by Dwane | Jul 24, 2014 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts
I’ve never loaded a video to wordpress before. This is a test. Is this...
by Dwane | Jul 23, 2014 | Education, Latin
My students and I just finished another trip through Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, by Hans Orberg. Today was the last day of a Latin class that began several years ago. Since we bogged down in the book, the class was off schedule. I promised students we would...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | Latin
It’s no secret that I believe students should start with the Vulgate (the Latin Bible) before tackling the Latin Classics. In a recent blog about this, I provided a link to Faith Comes By Hearing. By using the link, and by typing “Latin” into the...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abdicate [ab: away + dicare: to dedicate, consecrate, or set apart] The literal meaning of abdicate is: to set oneself away from something. The dictionary definitions do not deviate far from the literal meaning. Abdicate: To relinquish; to renounce; to abandon; to...
