Classical Words of the Day

May 23, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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 …

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas junias

May 23, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

ante diem x kalendas junias

English: Bust of Pompey from the Ny Carlsberg ... — English: Bust of Pompey from the Ny Carlsberg Glyphotek. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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

63 B.C. — Pompey takes Jerusalem (by one reckoning)

37 B.C. — Herod takes control of Jerusalem

ca. 303 A.D. — martyrs of Cappadocia

1617 — birth of Elias Ashmole