Classical Words of the Day

noun irregular: nihil , indeclinable => nothing http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

— LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 4, 2013

delectare: to be pleasant, to charm: verb. Example sentence:Nihil agere delectat. Translation:It is pleasant t… http://t.co/LEczFTJ5dQ

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) March 4, 2013

nanciscor, nactus and nanctus

to get, obtain, receive a thing (esp. by accident), to meet with, stumble on, light on, find a thing

— Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) March 3, 2013

ἄωτον [ᾰ],τό, and ἄωτος, ὁ,

1. the choicest, the flower of its kind: in Hom. of the finest wool
2. that which gives honour & glory

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) March 3, 2013

Diminutives often express affection, pity, or contempt: dēliciolae, little pet; muliercula, poor woman; Graeculus, miserable Greek AG 243

— Greek+Latin Grammar (@AncientGrammar) March 3, 2013