Classical Words of the Day

verb 3: opprimo , opprimere, oppressi, oppressus => crush, overwhelm http://t.co/wkhp7tBvWL #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

— LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) September 23, 2013

ridere: to laugh, to laugh at: Part of speech:

verb

Example sentence:

Rident st… http://t.co/J1MEZKhyEV

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) September 23, 2013

pĭgĕo, gŭi, and pĭgĭtum est
—third pers. sing. impers., it irks, troubles, displeases, one
—oft. w/ acc. personae and gen. rei; w/ inf.

— Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) September 20, 2013

“@arturoviaggia: @LiddellandScott Now where can one get some of that cheese, pray tell.”

—From a cheesemonger (τυροπώλης, ου, ὁ)

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) September 20, 2013

In Greek, the negative adverb of the protasis (if…) is regularly μή, that of the apodosis (…then) is οὐ. GU 1394

— Greek+Latin Grammar (@AncientGrammar) September 18, 2013