April 2013
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As long as we’re talking apps, one of interest was mentioned (by Rob Latousek) on Latinteach list these past few days. First up, Imperium Word Tools … here’s the incipit of the description: Imperium Word Tools is a highly developed, modern system, designed to assist in understanding the Latin language. It offers a dictionary at…
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Bemoaning the fact that you are not likely going to be able to get to the much-hyped and much-praised Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum? Non ti preoccupare … there’s an app designed to accompany (and almost substitute for) the exhibition. Check it out: Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum HD
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Besides the New York Times coverage (or perhaps because of it) we mentioned yesterday, Nuntii Latini (the YLE version) seems to be getting more attention. ABC Radio National, e.g., has an audio interview with one of the names behind YLE’s efforts, Tuomo Pekkanen: Finnish radio keep Latin alive Meanwhile, Rue89, riffs on the New York…
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lamia (Merriam-Webster) fulmination (Worthless) Latinitweets: conjunction: sed , indeclinable => but http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) April 23, 2013 effugere: to flee from, to escape: verb. Example sentence:Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest.Trans… http://t.co/oW92rV8i7q — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) April 23, 2013 ātrāmentum, i, n. —any black liquid—Writing-ink, ink—A black pigment or color…
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ante diem ix kalendas maias Vinalia (urbana) — the wine which was ‘bottled’ in the previous autumn was opened and tasted for the first time, after a libation to Jupiter 248 A.D. — third day of celebration of Rome’s 1000th anniversary
rogue classicism 