Latin Word(s) of the Week: studere (stoo-DAY-ray) – to study. This word, like most Latin words, has many meanings. For us, we are most interested in its common meaning of “to study.” As you can see, the word “student” comes …
September 15, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: autumnus (ah-ooh-TOOM-noos) – autumn. It’s still a little bit hot out, but I detect a few leaves falling. Classwork: We will finish Lesson 23 today, including a few more Bible readings. We …
September 8, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: cras (KRAHS) – tomorrow. As I write this, we have our first real class tomorrow! Notes: We finished our “second year” last year and we start our “third year” this year. We …
June 9, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: postremus (POH-streh-moos) – final/last. We have come to our last class and our last word for catechism year! Notes: We will finish Lesson 22 today and the “year” on today. Thank you …
June 2, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: discipulus (dee-SCHEE-poo-loos) – student. We have some new students from last class to this, so I thought of this word. There are many derivatives and related words, and I’m sure you can …
May 19, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: viridis (vee-REE-dees) – green. It’s no coincidence that this word sounds like our last word for spring, ver. The words for spring, man, life, green are all conceptually related. Notes: As a …
May 12, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: ver (VEHR) – spring, as in the season. There are many related Latin words, and some derivates. The one that comes to mind is of course vernal. Notes: As noted on our …
April 14, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: palma (PAHL-mah) – palm. This one is easy! Our English word palm comes from the Latin (and also several other languages) all of which sound the same or similar. Isn’t that interesting? …
April 7, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: cibus (CHEE-boos) – food. Although there probably are surely many derivatives of this word, I came up empty trying to think of any. Still, while fasting during Lent, my mind is on …
March 31, 2019 Latin Word(s) of the Week: cibus (CHEE-boos) – food. Although there probably are surely many derivatives of this word, I came up empty trying to think of any. Still, while fasting during Lent, my mind is on …