Classical Words
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laudable (Merriam-Webster) tablinum (OED) desultor (Wordnik) Latinitweets: verb 3: pello , pellere, pepuli, pulsus => drive http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 28, 2013 *doctus, docta, doctum* adj – learned, trained, experienced #etymology of English noun "doctor" – someone who has earned an doctorial degree — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) March 27, 2013 dēcĭpŭla,…
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pyroclastic(OED) Latinitweets: verb 3 deponent: loquor , loqui, locutus sum => speak http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 27, 2013 bŭtŭbatta = nugatoria, trifles, worthless things nūgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. nugator, trifling, worthless, useless, futile, nugatory — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) March 26, 2013 κάμπτω —bend, curve, II.turn or guide a horse or…
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opus signinum (OED) vulcanize (Wordnik) Latinitweets: adjective: felix , felicis => fortunate, happy http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 26, 2013 *tango, tangere, tetigi, tactus* – to touch #etymology of English adjective "tactile" – having to do with the sense of touch — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) March 24, 2013 haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus…
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serpentine (Dictionary.com) impregnable (Wordsmith) periplus Latinitweets: noun 1: Roma , Romae, f (Romae: at/in Rome) => Rome http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 22, 2013 pŏpīno, ōnis, m. a frequenter of eating – houses, a gormandizer — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) March 21, 2013 ἴουλος [ῑ], ὁ down, the first growth of the…
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insouciance (Dictionary.com) demotic (Merriam Webster) discursive (Wordsmith) philomuse (OED) Latinitweets: verb 3: pono , ponere, posui, positus => put, place, put up http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 21, 2013 Prohibition is regularly expressed in classic prose 1) by nōlī w/ Infinitive, 2) by cavē w/ Present Subjun 3) by nē w/ Perf…
rogue classicism 