January 2013
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In the interests of keeping online Latin teaching alive and well: If you teach at a college/university, or know of one, that offers Latin classes online, would you please let me know off-list? UGA is, at least for the immediate future, discontinuing its online Latin offerings, and, having been involved in distance education for a…
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Latest from our friends at YLE: Oratio praesidentis Niinistö Sauli Niinisto, praesidens rei publicae Finniae, Kalendis Ianuariis suam primam incipientis anni orationem nationi habuit. In prima eius parte legatos parlamentares et ministros regiminis ad consilia audacia capienda hortatus est. Nisi id fecissent, quaestiones ad senescendum et aes alienum conflandum pertinentes solvi non posse. Addidit…
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From a University of Southampton press release: Archaeologists from the University of Southampton studying a Neolithic archaeological site in central Greece have helped unearth over 300 clay figurines, one of the highest density for such finds in south-eastern Europe. The Southampton team, working in collaboration with the Greek Archaeological Service and the British School at…
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Some of the coverage of the recent AIA/APA shindig in the popular press is starting to trickle to the e-waves, including a very interesting account of a talk by Elizabeth Greene of the University of Western Ontario on the ‘status’ seen in Roman children’s footwear. Here’s the incipit: Even on the farthest-flung frontiers of the…
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pseudology (Dictionary.com) ramify (Merriam Webster) praxis (Wordsmith) nemophilist (OED) Latinitweets: adjective: scelestus , scelesta, scelestum => wicked http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) January 8, 2013 ignis: fire: noun. Example sentence:Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum. Translation:Only you can prevent fo… http://t.co/RLmALw9b — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) January 8, 2013
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