by Dwane | Dec 13, 2014 | Education, Latin, Visual Latin
This week, I received this inquiry: “We currently own years 1 & 2 of Visual Latin. My daughter is enrolled in Classical Conversations where we use Henle. She is struggling and I am now wondering if we should hold off the Henle and complete years 1 & 2 of...
by Dwane | Dec 12, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Adage – a wise saying. For example: Eagles soar, but weasels do not get sucked into jet engines. From Latin ad (to, toward) and agere (to do, to drive). Here are a few more of my favorite adages: Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald....
by Dwane | Dec 11, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
I was wondering this morning… Why in the world is a butterfly called a butterfly? Found out more than I ever wanted to know. Personally, I like the German theory. These insects are actually milk-stealing undercover witches. In Middle English, Butterfly was...
by Dwane | Dec 10, 2014 | Education, Latin, Vocabulary
December: the twelfth month of the year. December follows November, and precedes January. In the ancient Roman calendar, December was the tenth month of the year. Naturally, the ancient Romans wanted a creative name for the month, so, they named the month December…...
by Dwane | Dec 5, 2014 | Latin
Found this note in an old email from a student. “Also, for the girls (I doubt boys’ll be interested) who’ve watched Frozen in your Latin class(es), this is an awesome video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guZxkqIBbp4. Someone translated and sang the...
by Dwane | Dec 4, 2014 | Grammar, Latin, Visual Latin
Recently, I received this question: When an adjective governs case and is followed by a prepositional phrase, where is it placed in the sentence? Here is my reply: As for adjectives, watch the nouns and the prepositions closely. If there is no preposition, the noun...
