Classical Words of the Day
- divertissement (Merriam Webster)
- adulate (Wordsmith)
- volant (Dictionary.com)
On the Latin side:
liberare: to set free, to liberate: verb. Example sentence:Veritas vos liberabit.Translation:The truth will set … bit.ly/NCPhYO—
Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 18, 2012
con-stīpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
to press or crowd closely together—
Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) June 17, 2012
… and Greek:
φορά
Ion. φορή, ἡ: (φέρω):—A. as an act,
I. (from Act.) carrying
B. that which is borne
1.load, freight, burden
2.rent, tribute,—
Henry George Liddell (@LiddellandScott) June 17, 2012
ἀμφισβήτητος
ἀμφις-βήτητος, ον, disputed, debatable, γῆ Th. 6.6.—
Henry George Liddell (@LiddellandScott) June 17, 2012
… and for grammar mavens in general:
The “Illative” coordinating conjunctions: ergō, igitur, itaque , ideō, idcircō, inde, proinde, therefore, accordingly. GS 224 #grammar—
Greek+Latin Grammar (@AncientGrammar) June 17, 2012
The subjunctive, in its simplest and most primitive use, in Homer, expresses futurity, like the fut. ind. & has οὐ for its negative GW I.II—
Greek+Latin Grammar (@AncientGrammar) June 17, 2012
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas quinctilias
64 A.D. — Great Fire at Rome, which was later blamed on Christians (according to someone’s reckoning … more likely in July?)
c. 135 A.D. — martyrdom of Hypatius
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