Classical Words of the Day:

June 6, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

cognoscente (Merriam Webster)
paraprosdokian (Worthless Word for the Day)

Latinitweet:

hospes: stranger, guest, host: noun. Example sentence:Dic, hospes, Spartae te nos hic iacentes vidisse patriae f… http://t.co/pkjf1UTL

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Classical Words of the Day

June 5, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

tempestuous (Merriam Webster)
apoplectic (Dictionary.com)
liege (Wordsmith)

Latinitweets:

tacere: to be silent: verb. Example sentence:Qui tacet consentire videtur. Translation:He that is silent is thou… http://t.co/3GnFSwzP

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 5, 2012

*tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum* – to try #etymology of English verb "attempt" – to make an effort to achieve something #goforit

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Classical Words of the Day

June 4, 2012June 4, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

enjoin (Wordsmith)
putative (OED)
histrionics (Dictionary.com)

A dabbling of Latinitas:

nuntiare: to announce: verb. Example sentence:Hostibus appropinquantibus senatus Cincinnato nuntiavit eum factum… http://t.co/VuYEfhZr

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Classical Words of the Day

June 1, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

armamentarium (Dictionary.com)

cunctator (Wordsmith)

Latinitas:

mollis: tender, mild: adjective. Example sentence:Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas.Translation:Often the pr… http://t.co/jrlW8iUj

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 1, 2012

*tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum* – to try #etymology of English verb "attempt" – to make an effort to achieve something #goforit

— Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) May 31, 2012

Classical Words of the Day

May 31, 2012 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

fugacious (Merriam Webster)
eviternity (OED)
theolepsy (Worthless Word for the Day … actually yesterday’s, I think)

Latinitas:

continere: to hold together: verb. Example sentence:Rege expulso spes fidesque virorum liberorum rem publicam co… http://t.co/EJjQlN7h

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 31, 2012

*tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum* – to try #etymology of English verb "attempt" – to make an effort to achieve something #goforit

— Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) May 31, 2012

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