February 2013
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posted with permission: Hippocrates: Volume X. Edited and translated by PAUL POTTER. Loeb Classical Library 520. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxii + 432. Hardcover, $24.00/£15.95. ISBN 978-0-674-99683-0. Reviewed by Lesley Dean-Jones, University of Texas at Austin In 1983, after a hiatus of fifty-two years, Potter produced the fifth volume in…
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zephyrean (Dictionary.com) hagiarchy (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: preposition: ad , + accusative (used as prefix for verbs) => to, towards, at http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) February 27, 2013 *inanis, inane* 3rd declension adjective – empty, meaningless #etymology of English adjective "inane"- silly, stupid — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) February 27, 2013 vībex (vībix), īcis, f.…
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ante diem iv kalendas martias Equirria — the first of two days of horse racing (the second was on March 14) dedicated to Mars; the reasons are obscure, but probably have something to do with preparing horses for the upcoming campaigning season 116 A.D. — supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 2) 1874 — birth of…
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American Philological Association: APA Blog : From President Denis Feeney: New AHA Resource on the Value of the Humanities.
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He has a wife, you know: Flowchart of the Senate’s power in the Republican period..