Classical Words

ameliorate (Wordsmith) lexiphanicism (Wordnik) Latinitweets: pronoun: idem , eadem, idem => the same http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) September 26, 2012 feliciter: happily: adverb. Example sentence:Omnes sapientes feliciter, perfecte, fortunate vivunt.Translation:A… http://t.co/tU1dWqmk — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) September 26, 2012

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hypothecate (Merriam-Webster)ramify (W ordsmith) Latinitweets: noun 1: dea , deae, f => goddess http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) September 25, 2012 ridere: to laugh, to laugh at: verb. Example sentence:Rident stolidi verba Latina. Translation:Fools laugh at th… http://t.co/Nn0VcUej — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) September 25, 2012

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sententious (Dictionary.com) crepitate (Wordsmith) thurification (Worthless Word) stichometry (Wordnik) Latinigraeciquetweets: adjective: audax , audacis => bold, daring http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) September 24, 2012 quam: how: adverb. Example sentence:Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu. Translation:How well you live is impor… http://t.co/4UsJWvJ1 — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) September 24, 2012 *iniuria, iniuriae* f…

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At the OUP blog: Two English apr-words, part 1: ‘April’ … plenty of ClassCon in this one

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Apologies for neglecting this feature the past few days … I’m in the process of cleaning up and organizing links etc. in Netvibes in anticipation of the demise of my iGoogle page in the near future. I still don’t have a proper update for y’all, but my spiders brought back a page from something called…

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