by Dwane | Sep 19, 2014 | Education, Latin, ScreenCasts, Visual Latin
Here is the fifth in the series, “Memorizing the Latin...
by Dwane | Sep 18, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Ablative: a certain case of Latin nouns. The word derives from ablatus, which is from aufero, (to carry away), ultimately from ab (away) and fero (I carry). In it’s original sense, we use the ablative case when describing actions of carrying something away, or taking...
by Dwane | Sep 17, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Disabuse: To free from a mistaken belief or error; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. It is our duty to disabuse ourselves of false notions and prejudices. Disabuse comes from the Latin prefix dis- (away) and the verb abusus sum...
by Dwane | Sep 16, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abnormous: irregular; exaggerated; misshapen; enormous. This is an old word, one that has dropped out of use. What a shame. Let’s bring it back. Here’s a start: “Stop pulling me down with your abnormously negative attitude.” Abnormous is a combination...
by Dwane | Sep 15, 2014 | Education, Greek, Latin, Motivation
In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but the classics. I think this is wise; the greatest service we can do to education today is to teach fewer subjects. No one has time to do more than a few things well before he is twenty, and...
by Dwane | Sep 13, 2014 | Latin, Visual Latin
I received this email last week. Though I have tried to respond several times, the server keeps tossing it back my way. I am afraid it isn’t going through. I will post the email and my response here. Hopefully, you will find it. (You know who you are.) Of...
