Classical Words
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minim (Merriam Webster) vastity (Worthless Word for the Day) Latinitas: *efficio, efficere, effeci, effectus* – to accomplish, bring about #etymology English adj "efficient" – competent, productive & not wasteful — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) May 28, 2012 violentus: violent: adjective. Example sentence:Tarquinio tyranno expulso mortem violentam non timeo.Translation… http://t.co/TtcH6cyW — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 29, 2012…
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epitome (Merriam Webster) ventose (Dictionary.com) … latinitas: vulnus: wound: noun. Example sentence:Haec omnia vulnera belli tibi nunc sananda sunt.Translation:All these woun… http://t.co/O0piYqKc — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 27, 2012 āla, ae, f. for axla, contr. from axilla, (Hesych.) = shoulder = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel. Lit., a wing, as of a bird —…
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pervade (Merriam Webster) … and a dash of latinitas: cibus: food: noun. Example sentence:Quod cibus est aliis, aliis est venenum.Translation:What is food to some is … http://t.co/lM8G8K6r — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 26, 2012 certiorem facere, to inform, apprise, showcertior, be informed — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) May 26, 2012 … and just a touch…
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damask (Merriam Webster) demiurge (Dictionary.com) rugose (OED) maleficiate (Worthless Word for the Day) … from the Latin Twitterverse: mori: to die: verb. Example sentence:Quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur.Translation:Whom the gods love dies young. http://t.co/obcbs0Wx — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 24, 2012 https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/205491694504902657 … and on the Greek side: https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/205489946524532737
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chrestomathy (Dictionary.com) insuavity (Worthless Word for the Day) … and from the Latin twitterverse: *merx, mercis* f. – commodity, goods (in the plural) #etymology of English noun "merchandise" – manufactured goods — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) May 23, 2012 https://twitter.com/#!/latinlanguage/status/205090416356368385 https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/205043347960770561 … and Greek: https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/205042700599296000 … not sure if I have some duplicates there …
rogue classicism 