Classical Words

daunt (Wordsmith) pulverulent (OED) Latinitweet: senex: old man: noun. Example sentence:Senex potest dicere se diu vixisse.Translation:The old man can say that h… http://t.co/fT3HAzwk — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 13, 2012

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commemorate (Merriam Webster) redound (Wordmith) osmic (OED) fantast (Dictionary.com) Latinitweet: adulescens: young man: noun. Example sentence:Adulescens sperat se diu victurum esse.Translation:The young man h… http://t.co/DAC9QPFJ — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 12, 2012

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benevolent (Merriam Webster) ratiocinate (Wordsmith) Latinitweet: certe: certainly: adverb. Example sentence:Ut sit magna, tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.Translation:Though it … http://t.co/sMOuNlym — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 11, 2012

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… only the Twitterverse has items of interest for us today: fumus: smoke, steam: noun. Example sentence:Ubi fumus, ibi ignis.Translation:Where there's smoke, there's fire. http://t.co/iooeXv1Q — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 10, 2012 nempe truly, certainly, of course — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) June 9, 2012 ἁλίσκομαι ἁλίσκομαι [ᾱλ], defect. Pass., Act. supplied by αἱρέωto be…

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incorrigible (Merriam Webster) operose (OED) Latinitweets: dubium: doubt: noun. Example sentence:Ubi dubium ibi libertas.Translation:Where there is doubt, there is freedom. http://t.co/9J19eNpf — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 9, 2012 dictātūra, ae, f. The office of a dictator, dictatorship — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) June 9, 2012 nanciscor, nactus and nanctus to get, obtain, receive a thing…

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