To study another language is to study another people. To study their literature, music, art, science, engineering, daily practices and...

I like the word INEVITABLE. Not because I particularly like its meaning, but because I like the story of its journey into English....

Wordy Weekly 2022 – Introduction Just over a year ago in January 2021, the very first Wordy Weekly was BloggusClassicus’ very first post....

Introduction Some of you who read this will already know that I love my subject Classics: Latin, Greek, Classical Civilization, and...

In a recent article, 'Just Words', inspired by Thucydides, I looked at how human beings can change words’ meaning to fit new situations,...

Wordy Weekly XXXIII Do you know a good punning put down? I do indeed, there is no better put down than a Latin deponent verb. (Dr...