Classical Words of the Day:

verb 3: effugio , effugere, effugi => escape http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

— LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) April 2, 2013

*olfacio, olfacere, olfeci, olfactus* to sniff at, to detect the odor of #etymology English adj "olfactory" – relating to the sense of smell

— Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) April 1, 2013

botulus, botuli N (2nd) M

sausage
black pudding
stomach filled with delicacies (haggis?)
rude word

— Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) April 1, 2013

παραπλήσιος, α, ον —coming alongside of: hence, coming near, nearly resembling; of numbers, nearly =, about as many; of size, about as large

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) April 1, 2013

The genit. is used w/causā, grātiā, for the sake of|ergō, bc of|īnstar, like|prīdiē, day before|postrīdiē, “” after|tenus, as far as AG 359b

— Greek+Latin Grammar (@AncientGrammar) April 1, 2013