Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution

Sodium = natrium, natri(n.) Potassium = kalium, kalii(n.) Iron = Ferrus, ferri(m.) gold = aurum, auri(n.) Tin = stannum, stanni(n.) Lead = plumbum, plumbi(n.) Silver = argentum, argenti(n.) H YDRAR G YRUM = Mercury Copper = Cuprum, Cupri(n.) Hydrogen - contains the Greek word hydros (water) and genus, geni, which means “birth, origin, creation” . Hydrogen , therefore, literally means… “water-creat...

pathos; pathetic; path + ology; patho + meter; a + pathy; anti +pathy; sym + pathy; tele + pathy; patho + genic; patho + phobia; patho + mania; em + pathy;

Trigonometry from Modern Latin trigonometria (Barthelemi Pitiscus, 1595), from Greek trigonon "triangle" from tri- "three"+ gōnia "angle, corner" + metron "a measure." "branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sides and angles of triangles," Geometry - “a measuring of the earth” from combining form of gē (gaia) "earth, land" + -metria "a measuring of" Geometry is, with arithmetic, o...

Con + tempor + ary - “with” + “tempor, temporis” “With the times” Google: refers to one who lives at the same time as another (Contemporaneous) Con + nect - “with” + “ nectere = to bind” “To bind together with” Con + templ + lation + “with” + “ templatum = surveyed, observed” "reflect upon, ponder, study, view mentally, meditate," from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari "to gaze at...

Discussing Derivatives of Random Latin and Greek Roots (Pt. 1)

Here are some guided questions to ask yourself as we move through this lesson! It's good stuff I promise... Within the word Sarcopenia, the root word “SARCO-” refers to _______________. When etymologizing the word “ Sarc oma ”, “sarc-“ + “-oma” literally means what?____________________________ Hippocrates named masses of cancerous cells as “Karkinos.” What does Karkinos mean is English? __________...

There was an unexpected reward when the vaccine turned out to be polyvalent and worked against several diseases. POLY -. Is that a prefix? No, it’s a base, a Greek base, meaning “many, much.” Next element? VAL -, a Latin base meaning “be strong, be worthy.” Last element? The suffix -ent, meaning “-ing,” so this word is what part of speech? An adjective. And what do you think it means? Construct an...

quadraphonic; pyroconductivity; pseudandry; supererogatory; metempsychosis; reincarnation; hypercorrections.

The first one, - itis , meaning “an inflammation of, an inflammatory disease of.”  In a medical context, that suffix has adopted the specialized sense of “inflammation” and occurs broadly ─ arthritis, bursitis, appendicitis, etc. The second suffix, - oma which has a basic sense of cancer or tumor. Here’s something you need to become used to about all the medical terms we’re looking at. ...

ANA TOMY LATISSIMUS DORSI QUADRI CEPS FEMORIS BI CEPS BRACHII TRI CEPS BRACHII “ ANTE ” IS A PREPOSITION IN LATIN THAT MEANS : “BEFORE” “IN FRONT OF” “ POST ” IS A PREPOSITION IN LATIN THAT MEANS : “AFTER” “BEHIND” “LATER” GASTRO CNEMIUS BI CEPS FEMORIS

There are three important rules to remember: (1) the// thematic vowel in fourth conjugation is -i-; (2) the future tense sign in fourth conjugation is -e- and; (3) the third-io conjugation resembles fourth conjugation more than third. The formation of the present tense in fourth conjugation follows the same pattern as the other conjugations: a fourth-conjugation verb base is added a thematic vowel...

Here are two important rules for you to remember: (1) the thematic vowel in third conjugation is a short vowel; it appears as -i- or -u- in the present and -e- in the imperfect (2) The tense sign for the future in third conjugation is -e-; the future tense in third conjugation uses no thematic vowel Third conjugation has the most number of irregularities of the four conjugations in Latin. Here is...

We’ve already encountered first- and second-declension nouns. Now we’ll address the third. A fair question to ask, and one which some of you may be asking, is why is there a third declension at all? Third declension is Latin’s “catch-all” category for nouns. Into it have been put all nouns whose bases end with consonants -- yep, any consonant! That makes third declension very different from first...

1. Sacro + penia “Muscle” + “poverty” loss of muscle tissue as a natural part of the aging process. 2. Sarc + oma “Flesh” + “tumor” a malignant tumor of connective or other nonepithelial tissue. 3. Sarc + phagus “flesh/muscle” + “eating/consuming” (preceded it was the meaning “glutton”) a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations...

Spondylolisthesis -   defined by a slipped vertebra spondylos "a vertebra," and in plural "the backbone," From the gk: “olisthánein" = to slip Spondylosis - involves the separation of the pars interarticularis “Osis” - breakdown of ATHERO + SCLER + OSIS Athero = groats Scler = hardening Osis = diseased condition of atherosclerosis is a medical disorder that damages the lumen of the arteries b...

Prepositions are small words which indicate place, motion, cause, time, manner, and the like. Those which indicate place include “in, at, on, near, beside, along, among, over, under.” Among those betokening motion are “from, toward, up, down, around, into, onto” and so on. Others show cause, such as “because of, for, by, with, out of.” English has around one hundred and fifty small words that can...

jacere, jectum; to throw Pendere , pensum; to hang or weigh  ballein; to throw pandere, passum; to spread out

derma; dorsum; gaster; nervus; sanguis; sedeo;

1. What is the Latin word that we get the word “ Science ” from? 2. Energy literally means? 3. Why is the element, Silver, Ag on the periodic table? 3. “ Hypo” + “ thesis”  5. What is one (1) derivative that comes from the Latin word “ Centum ?” 6. What Latin verb is in the word observe ? 7. Constellation = con: “_______________” + stella: “_________________” 8. Solution comes from the Latin...

caput; cerebum; cerebral, precipitate; and many more!

Stick with me as I go over terms in both Greek and Latin that address emotions, feelings, and thoughts that humans experience.

Words gone over: humanus (L); anthropos (G.); ego (L); vir (L); femina (L); gyne (G); homo, hominis (L); autos (G.);

Alba;  insula; amica; natrium; kalium; hydra-gyrum;  argentum; aureus; and more!

The nominative case - Its primary function is to indicate which noun or nouns serves or serve as the subject of the sentence. The subject of the sentence is the noun or nouns which perform the action of the verb. A sentence can have more than one subject, for instance, “Caesar and his army attacked Gaul.” In that case, “Caesar” and the “army” are both the subject of the sentence. The genitive case...

Con + tempor + ary - “with” + “tempor, temporis” “With the times” (Contemporaneous) Tempo - the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played. (Tempor) Co + habitation = (habito, habitare - “to live/ to live and/or have a home”) Co + labor + ate = to work together Con + solidate = to bring together with (solidatum= to make solid/ bring together) Con + done = give with/together “With” +...