This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas novembres

October 29, 2013October 29, 2013 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

ante diem iv kalendas novembres

ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 4)– games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
1729 — birth of James Boswell (biographer of Johnson)

… and ten years ago, rogueclassicism wasn’t really saying much … there were some hallowe’en things and assorted movie items, but that’s about it …

Classical Words of the Day

October 29, 2013October 29, 2013 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

crepuscule (Dictionary.com)
cornucopia (Merriam-Webster)

Linguatweets:

adjective: crudelis , crudele => cruel http://t.co/wkhp7tBvWL #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

— LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) October 29, 2013

saepe: often: Part of speech:

adverb

Example sentence:

Milites Caesaris saepe a… http://t.co/8bibAMDULy

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) October 29, 2013

piscis, is, m.
—a fish

piscator, piscatoris, m.
—fisherman

piscārĭus, a, um
—piscis, of or belonging to fishing or fish

— Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) October 28, 2013

βομβάξ
—interjection, prodigious!

βομβᾱλοβομβάξ
—intensified βομβάξ

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) October 28, 2013

a is used only before consonants; ab before vowels & h and l, n, r, and s; rarely before c, j, d, t; abs is common only in phrase abs te.

— Greek+Latin Grammar (@AncientGrammar) October 28, 2013