May 23, 2012
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chrestomathy (Dictionary.com) insuavity (Worthless Word for the Day) … and from the Latin twitterverse: *merx, mercis* f. – commodity, goods (in the plural) #etymology of English noun "merchandise" – manufactured goods — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) May 23, 2012 https://twitter.com/#!/latinlanguage/status/205090416356368385 https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/205043347960770561 … and Greek: https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/205042700599296000 … not sure if I have some duplicates there …
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ante diem x kalendas junias Tubilustrium — a purification of the battle trumpets which, like the one which occurred in March, was designed to prepare the troops for war (perhaps … this tubilustrium is somehow connected with the following) Festival of Vulcan 1270 B.C. — Pierre Henri-Archer suggests this day for the fall of Troy…
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Laudator Temporis Acti: Perusta Solibus.
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Antiochepedia = Musings Upon Ancient Antioch: A Tombstone under the Mosque.
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Bread and Circuses: Disappointment at Museum und Park Kalkriese.
rogue classicism 