Classical Words of the Day

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comestible (Merriam Webster)
lucifugous(Wordnik)

Latinitweets:

verb 4: dormio , dormire, dormivi => sleep http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

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filius: son: noun. Example sentence:Filium ducis currentem ad hostes videmus.Translation:We see the son of the g… http://t.co/OUrjvn1S

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii idus novembres

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ante diem vii idus novembres

ludi Plebeii (day 4) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues
63 B.C. — Cicero accuses Lucius Sergius Catilina of various misdeeds (the so-called Second Catilinarian Conspiracy) …
8 B.C. — Death of Maecenas, patron of Vergil, Horace, and many other artists in Augustan Rome