- umber (Dictionary.com)
- ephemeral (Merriam-Webster)
- alabastrum (OED)
- adoxography (Wordnik)
Latinitweets:
adjective: brevis , breve => short, brief bit.ly/IKAclf #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab—
(@LatinVocab) February 21, 2013
dēlūbrum, i, n. de-luo, the place of expiation, hence a temple, shrine (class., esp. freq. in poets and in elevat. prose; usu. in the plur)—
Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) February 20, 2013
ναός, ὁ,
Ion.νηός, Att. nom. νεώς gen. νεώ dat. νεώι acc. νεών
inmost part of a temple, shrine containing the image of the god—
Henry George Liddell (@LiddellandScott) February 20, 2013
The particle ἄν (Hom. κέν, κέ) limits the mood by, generally, limiting the verb— ‘under the circumstances,’‘in that case,’‘then’ GG 1761-2—
Greek+Latin Grammar (@AncientGrammar) February 20, 2013