May 2, 2013

  • From Penn News: A select group of local young authors is looking to unlock a mystery. Following in the footsteps of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who penned Sherlock Holmes, or Agatha Christie, who wrote Murder on the Orient Express, a small group of up-and-coming mystery writers headed to the Penn Museum in April to research…

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  • mammonism (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: noun 1: aqua , aquae, f => water http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) May 2, 2013 salvus: safe: adjective. Example sentence:Hanc rem publicam salvam esse volumus.Translation:We wish this repub… http://t.co/QifLm0mjVZ — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 2, 2013 rēapse, adv. —contr. from re and eapse, an old form for ipsā; hence…

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  • ante diem vi nonas maias a.k.a. Floralia (day 6) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of…

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  • Loebsprache via Laudator Temporis Acti

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  • Disappearance of Latin via Laudator Temporis Acti

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