Archive for October, 2009
Ancient Roman Festivals Posted by kunthra on Oct 9, 2009
October fourth is the leiunium Cereris or the Feast of Ceres. Ceres is the goddess of plants and motherly love. She is depicted in ancient Roman art with a scepter, basket of flowers and corn ears. The Romans adopted Ceres after a particularly severe famine in 496 B.C. A temple on the Aventine Hill in…
Word of the Day Answers Posted by kunthra on Oct 6, 2009
The Word of the Day is a great tool to help you hear the word as it is pronounced, see the word as it is spelled, and understand the word in context. a) poorly, badly (male) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=02-27-2009 b) foolish (ineptus) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=03-04-2009 c) joy, delight (gaudium) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=03-06-2009 d) friendship (amicitia) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=03-07-2009 e) to sleep (dormire) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/latin.htm?date=03-08-2009 f)…
Word of the Day Posted by kunthra on Oct 3, 2009
How would you say these words in Latin? All these words are in the Word of the Day exercise. a) poorly, badly b) foolish c) joy, delight d) friendship e) to sleep f) to be born g) to be pleasant, to charm h) enemy i) fear j) to be silient, to be still k) to…