by Dwane | Mar 10, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
I am sick and tired. Didn’t want to post the word of the day. Could not think about it. Then, one of my daughters said, “I’ll help you, dad. How about phillumenist?” I had no idea what a phillumenist was. I looked it up. So, here is the word of...
by Dwane | Mar 6, 2015 | English, Greek, Vocabulary
Phosphorus: As a proper noun, an old name Venus, especially seen just before sunrise in the morning sky. Phosphorous is also a chemical element. It highly reactive. When phosphorous comes into contact with the air, it burns. It exists in white (or sometimes yellow),...
by Dwane | Aug 4, 2014 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Latin in Literature
Lucius Malfoy, in the Harry Potter series, is the father of Draco Malfoy. In the last post about J.K. Rowling’s famous series, we looked into the meaning of Draco’s name. In case you weren’t paying attention, Draco is Latin for dragon, or snake....
