Classical Words

efflorescence(Merriam Webster) hyperbolic (Wordsmith) residuum (OED) glossic (Wordnik) Linguatweets: verb 4: nescio , nescire, nescivi => not know http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) May 30, 2013 tacere: to be silent: verb. Example sentence:Qui tacet consentire videtur. Translation:He that is silent is th… http://t.co/g0lU64DpSW — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 30, 2013 rĕmissus, a, um—slack,…

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exscind (Wordsmith) ostracism (OED) Linguatweets: verb 3 : verto , vertere, verti, versus => turn http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) May 17, 2013 incidere: to fall in, to fall: verb. Example sentence:Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit.Translation:H… http://t.co/0ipTDSNd12 — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 17, 2013 haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus —draw up/out—drink, swallow,…

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allochthonous (Dictionary.com) impute (Wordsmith) prodrome (OED) nepheligenous (Wordnik) Linguatweets: adjective/adverb: satis , indeclinable => enough http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) May 16, 2013 dux: commander, leader: noun. Example sentence:Caesare duce nihil timebimus.Translation:Since Caesar is the co… http://t.co/CQLr6pXRUH — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 16, 2013 ex-pers, tis, adj. —(pars) having no part in, not…

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circadian (Dictionary.com) petrify (Wordsmith) orography (OED) Linguatweets: noun 3: princeps , principis, m => chief, emperor http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) May 15, 2013 hodie: today: adverb. Example sentence:Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit. Translation:He who is not prep… http://t.co/yfEoHtgd7X — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 15, 2013 praebĭtĭo, ōnis, f. —(praebeo),…

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idus maias Festival of Jupiter rites in honour of Mercury rites in honour of Maia the Argei are tossed into the Tiber from the Sublician Bridge …. 251 — martyrdom of Isidore of Chios 392 A.D. — death of the emperor Valentinian II

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