The Vulgar Eclectic

Tag: latin

  • “By teaching, we learn”

    After trying for awhile, without a great deal of success, to practice Latin on my own, I decided to start taking weekly Latin lessons from an online teacher. It’s been a little over three months of lessons now, and I am really, really enjoying it. It helps that I have a fantastic teacher. She is…

  • Autobiography of Joseph Scaliger

    I just finished reading the Autobiography of Joseph Scaliger, translated by George W. Robinson and published in English in 1927. The subtitle gives a good idea of what makes up the book in addition to the opening autobiography: with Autobiographical Selections from his Letters, His Testament, and the Funeral Orations by Daniel Heinsius and Dominicus…

  • Impecunious, an etymology

    Impecunious Merriam Webster’s definition: having very little or no money usually habitually : PENNILESS This is a fun word to say…something about the combination of sounds…the ‘p’ followed by the hard ‘c’, and then the ‘yoo’ sound. Anyway, it’s a nice word. A fancy way of saying “poor”. The reason I mention it here is…

  • A little Latin

    I picked this book up at a thrift store a few years ago. I think it’s really pretty neat. Opening it up, the first thing one sees is a great two page map. Turning to the next page brought me a smile!