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Latin in Our Lives: modus vivendi
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The June, 2012 issue of The Atlantic Magazine contains an article, entitled 'The Vietnam Solution' by Robert D. Kaplan, in which he writes about Vietnam's relationship with its neighbor China, 'I found a country seized not only ... with economic development but also with the chaallenge of finding a MODUS VIVENDI with its age-old neighbor...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase MODUS VIVENDI and describe the current relationship between these two countries.
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Article posted August 4, 2012 at 12:47 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sanitas per escam
Article posted July 13, 2012 at 08:04 PM GMT0 •
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The July 16, 2012 issue of Time Magazine contains a food report in its Culture section, entitled 'Certifiably Good' by Alice Park, in which she writes about fine dining chefs who are voluntarily using health-conscious guidelines in a '...new system ...called SPE, short for SANITAS PER ESCAM...(which) stresses not only using local, seasonal ingredients but also combining them in ways that maximize their nutritional value.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SANITAS PER ESCAM and give 2 English words derived from the first word in this phrase.
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Article posted July 13, 2012 at 08:04 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sic semper idiotis
Article posted March 25, 2012 at 06:46 PM GMT0 •
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The April 2, 2012 issue of Time Magazine contains a short report in its Culture section, entitled 'Poor Taste: Bobblehead Blunder', in which a bobblehead doll of John Wilkes Booth had been for sale at the Gettysburg gift shop, but was removed from the shelves since it was found to be in bad taste. The article concludes, though, 'But collectors need not fret; the doll is still available online for $19.95. SIC SEMPER IDIOTIS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SIC SEMPER IDIOTIS and to what Latin phrase, with what English meaning, associated with the Lincoln assassination, is it refering?
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Article posted March 25, 2012 at 06:46 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted March 16, 2012 at 12:32 AM GMT0 •
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What 'video' means in Latin (4 letters)
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Article posted March 16, 2012 at 12:32 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: terra incognita
Article posted January 14, 2012 at 07:11 PM GMT0 •
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The January 9th, 2012 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains a review of several recently released books on Rome by Adam Kirsch, entitled The Empire Strikes Back; Rome and Us,in which he writes about Caligula's invasion of Britain and his troops' being'...fearful of going to a place that at that time was TERRA INCOGNITA...'
What is the English for TERRA INCOGNITA and why would such a phrase be often found on early maps of the world?
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Article posted January 14, 2012 at 07:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: murus sanctus
Article posted January 14, 2012 at 07:06 PM GMT0 •
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The January 9th, 2012 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains a review of several recently released books on Rome by Adam Kirsch, entitled The Empire Strikes Back; Rome and Us,in which he writes about '...a team of oxen (used) to dig the outlines of a MURUS SANCTUS...'
What is the English for MURUS SANCTUS and in what year, according to legend, would Rome have been founded?
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Article posted January 14, 2012 at 07:06 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Roma Quadrata
Article posted January 14, 2012 at 07:03 PM GMT0 •
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The January 9th, 2012 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains a review of several recently released books on Rome by Adam Kirsch, entitled The Empire Strikes Back; Rome and Us,in which he writes about '...the first walls of the so-called ROMA QUADRATA...'
What is the English for ROMA QUADRATA and who, according to legend, erected these first walls of Rome?
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Article posted January 14, 2012 at 07:03 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: C. V.
Article posted November 24, 2011 at 06:15 PM GMT0 •
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-----CLOSED-----The November 7th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article on Broadway actress Nina Ariadna by John Lahr in which he writes 'In a large shoulder bag, she carried her C. V...'
What 2 Latin words does the abbreviation C.V. stand for, what is the English translation of this Latin phrase, AND what is a C.V.?
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Article posted November 24, 2011 at 06:15 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: proscenium
Article posted November 24, 2011 at 06:11 PM GMT0 •
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-----CLOSED-----The November 7th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article on Broadway actress Nina Ariadna by John Lahr in which he writes that '...the PROSCENIUM glowed like a department store window...'
What does the English word PROSCENIUM mean, and what does the same Latin word mean?
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Article posted November 24, 2011 at 06:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:55 PM GMT0 •
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Yadda, Yadda, Yadda (abbrev) (3 letters)
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Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:55 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:54 PM GMT0 •
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"Major' animal (4 letters)
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Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:54 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:53 PM GMT0 •
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_______ quam videri (North Carolina's motto) (4 letters)
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Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:53 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:52 PM GMT0 •
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mossaic tiles (8 letters)
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Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:52 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: propaganda
Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:51 PM GMT0 •
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The November 7th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article on the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street by Hendrik Hertzberg in which he writes of the Tea Party that '...Fox News and talk-radio provided it with a ready-made apparatus for organizing and PROPAGANDA.'
PROPAGANDA,in Latin, means 'that which must be propagated'. What does the English word 'propaganda' mean, and from what Latin phrase of the Catholic Church does PROPAGANDA come?
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Article posted November 24, 2011 at 04:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted October 23, 2011 at 04:50 PM GMT0 •
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In the Year of Our Lord (2 letters)
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Article posted October 23, 2011 at 04:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted October 23, 2011 at 04:50 PM GMT0 •
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Ad ______, unplanned (3 letters)
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Article posted October 23, 2011 at 04:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: angina pectoris
Article posted October 22, 2011 at 06:13 PM GMT0 •
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The October 10th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article on the mystery writer Georges Simenon by Joan Acocella in which she writes that the writer's father had '...died, of ANGINA PECTORIS...'
What is the literal meaning of the phrase ANGINA PECTORIS, and what sickness is it more commonly called?
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Article posted October 22, 2011 at 06:13 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: pre-mortem
Article posted September 18, 2011 at 05:54 PM GMT0 •
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The September 19th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains a drawing by Robert Mankoff of a doctor addressing a hospital patient in bed,looking down at his medical chart, saying, 'O.K., let's just have a look-see at this PRE-MORTEM.'
What is the literal meaning of the phrase PRE (PRAE)-MORTEM, to what more common phrase does it allude and what grammatical mistake does the new phrase contain?
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Article posted September 18, 2011 at 05:54 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Nostrom Puer
Article posted September 18, 2011 at 03:59 PM GMT0 •
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The September 19th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Patricia Marx about a tongue in cheek description of home schooling at the college level. In it she writes about, '...its mandatory work study program...whose motto is NOSTROM PUER (Our Boy)...'
What 2 mistakes do you detect in the Latin for this phrase, Our Boy?
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Article posted September 18, 2011 at 03:59 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Aut disce aut discede
Article posted September 18, 2011 at 03:56 PM GMT0 •
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The September 19th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Paricia Marx about a tongue in cheek decription of home schooling at the college level. Acccomanying the article was a college crest with the Latin motto, 'AUT DISCE AUT DISCEDE.'
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase AUT DISCE AUT DISCEDE, and what do you call the verb forms disce and discede?
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Article posted September 18, 2011 at 03:56 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: stare decisis
Article posted September 18, 2011 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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The August 29th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Jeffrey Toobin in its Annals of Law section, entitled, 'Partners' about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia in which he writes about '...the traditional conservative (judicial) position, which stresses the importance of STARE DECISIS...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase STARE DECISIS and what is its meaning in the American legal system?
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Article posted September 18, 2011 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: canis familiaris/homo sapiens
Article posted September 5, 2011 at 02:25 PM GMT0 •
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The September 5th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains a letter to the magazine in which Charles Kotsonis writes that '...CANIS FAMILIARIS [is] integral to the ascent of HOMO SAPIENS.'
What are both CANIS FAMILIARIS and HOMO SAPIENS more commonly known as?
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Article posted September 5, 2011 at 02:25 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homo floresiensis
Article posted September 5, 2011 at 02:20 PM GMT0 •
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The August 5th/22nd, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article on human DNA, by Elizabeth Kolbert, titled Sleeping with the Enemy,in which she writes that a species was, ...discovered in 2004...HOMO FLORESIENSIS...'
What is the meaning of the Latin word HOMO and according to the name HOMO FLORESIENSIS, on what island, in what country were remains first discovered?
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Article posted September 5, 2011 at 02:20 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homo heidelbergensis
Article posted September 5, 2011 at 02:16 PM GMT0 •
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The August 5th/22nd, 2011 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article on human DNA, by Elizabeth Kolbert, titled Sleeping with the Enemy,in which she writes that, 'Neanderthals and modern humans share a common ancestor...HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS...'
What is the meaning of the Latin word HOMO and according to the name HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS, near what city, in what country were remains first discovered?
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Article posted September 5, 2011 at 02:16 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted August 20, 2011 at 08:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin word on a coin (4 letters)
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Article posted August 20, 2011 at 08:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Ave Atque Vale
Article posted July 29, 2011 at 08:37 PM GMT0 •
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The July 11/18, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article, by Joan Acocella, in the Critic's Notebook, describing the final performances of the Merce Cunningham Ballet Company, with the subtitle, 'AVE ATQUE VALE'.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase 'AVE ATQUE VALE' and why is this a fitting subtitle for an article describing the last performances of a great dance company?
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Article posted July 29, 2011 at 08:37 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Inter arma enim silent leges
Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:30 PM GMT0 •
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The July 4, 2011 issue of Time Magazine contains an article about the US Constitution, by Richard Stengel, entitled The Constitution Today, in which he uses the quotation, 'INTER ARMA ENIM SILENT LEGES.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase INTER ARMA ENIM SILENT LEGES and what is the legal meaning of this quotation?
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Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:30 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Jus Sanguinis
Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:27 PM GMT0 •
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The July 4, 2011 issue of Time Magazine contains an article about the US Constitution, by Richard Stengel, entitled The Constitution Today, in which he writes about the immigration principle, 'JUS SANGUINIS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase JUS SANGUINIS and what is the meaning of this immigration principle?
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Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:27 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Jus Soli
Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:26 PM GMT0 •
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The July 4, 2011 issue of Time Magazine contains an article about the US Constitution, by Richard Stengel, entitled The Constitution Today, in which he writes about the immigration principle, 'JUS SOLI.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase JUS SOLI and what is the meaning of this immigration principle?
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Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:26 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: infra dignitatem
Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:21 PM GMT0 •
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The July 4, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about an author's use of Facebook with his students, by Rebecca Mead, entitled One a Day: Earnest, in which she quotes the author, Jeff Nunokawa, who says, 'I like the INFRA DIGNITATEM element---Facebook is where the kids go.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase INFRA DIGNITATEM and what does Nunokawa mean by his statement?
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Article posted July 10, 2011 at 04:21 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: statim
Article posted April 17, 2011 at 06:30 PM GMT0 •
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The April 4, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about former boxer, Hurricane Carter, by William Finnegan, entitled Hurricane Returns, in which he quotes Carter, defending prisoner David McCallum, saying, David needs to be released STATIM...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word STATIM and what medical contraction, with what meaning, does it also give us?
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Article posted April 17, 2011 at 06:30 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Et expecto resurrectionem Mortuorum
Article posted April 16, 2011 at 07:50 PM GMT0 •
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The April 11, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about a recent Japanese performance of some of Bach's music in New York, by Alex Ross, entitled The Book of Bach, in which he writes about the section of Bach's B-Minor Mass referred to as 'ET EXPECTO RESURRECTIONEM MORTUORUM.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase ET EXPECTO RESURRECTIONEM MORTUORUM and what is a Mass?
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Article posted April 16, 2011 at 07:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Soli Deo Gloria
Article posted April 16, 2011 at 07:44 PM GMT0 •
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The April 11, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the complete recording of all of Bach's cantatas, by Alex Ross, entitled The Book of Bach, in which he writes about the recorder John Eliot Gardiner, whose company is called 'SOLI DEO GLORIA.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SOLI DEO GLORIA and what is a cantata?
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Article posted April 16, 2011 at 07:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ordo templi orientis
Article posted February 20, 2011 at 07:55 PM GMT0 •
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The February 14th & 21st, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the Church of Scientology, by Lawrence Wright, entitled The Apostate, in which he writes about a man '...who belonged to an occult society called the ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS and what is an occult society?
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Article posted February 20, 2011 at 07:55 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: decadus horribilis
Article posted January 30, 2011 at 04:39 PM GMT0 •
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The February 7th, 2011 issue of Time magazine contains an article about the recent State of the Union address, by Joe Klein, entitled Hello, Sunshine, in which he describes the optimistic tone of the President's speech to '...the DECADUS HORRIBILIS (which) is officially over.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin/English phrase DECADUS HORRIBILIS, and what is the more frequently used 2 word phrase that it echos?
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Article posted January 30, 2011 at 04:39 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: parens helicopterus
Article posted January 30, 2011 at 04:30 PM GMT0 •
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The January 31st, 2011 issue of Time magazine contains an article about parenting, by Nancy Gibbs, entitled Roaring Tigers; Anxious Choppers, in which she compares the Asian Tiger Mom to '...the hovering American PARENS HELICOPTERUS...who frantically rush ahead of their children, sweeping their paths clear of the tiniest obstacles.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin/English phrase PARENS HELICOPTERUS, and how is this phrase being used here?
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Article posted January 30, 2011 at 04:30 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Vade mecum
Article posted January 23, 2011 at 08:51 PM GMT0 •
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The January 17th, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the US Constitution, by Jill LePore, entitled The Commandments, in which she writes The U.S. Senate...ordered twelve thousand copies of ...(a) pro-slavery VADE MECUM.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase VADE MECUM, and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted January 23, 2011 at 08:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Ursa Major
Article posted January 22, 2011 at 02:26 PM GMT0 •
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The January 24, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on meteor showers by Ian Frazier, entitled Stargazing Dept.: Shower, in which he writes, 'Below the Big Dipper-URSA MAJOR-there used to be a constellation called the Mural Quadrant...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase URSA MAJOR and, since the Romans had no 'J', what Latin word does one look up to find the meaning of 'MAJOR'?
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Article posted January 22, 2011 at 02:26 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: caveat lector
Article posted January 17, 2011 at 07:58 PM GMT0 •
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The January 17, 2011 issue of TIME magazine contains an article by Joe Klein, entitled Finishing the Job in Afghanistan, in which he writes, about special envoy Richard Holbrooke, '...(CAVEAT LECTOR: Holbrooke was a close friend and my son's former boss and mentor in the State Department.)
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase CAVEAT LECTOR, and to what more famous Latin phrase and meaning was he refering?
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Article posted January 17, 2011 at 07:58 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Gaude Virgo Mater Christi
Article posted January 17, 2011 at 07:51 PM GMT0 •
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The January 10, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on Baroque to Renaissance music by Alex Ross, entitled Many Voices, in which he writes, about composer, Hugh Aston's piece, 'GAUDE VIRGO MATER CHRISTI.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase GAUDE VIRGO MATER CHRISTI and who is the Virgo in this piece of Church music?
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Article posted January 17, 2011 at 07:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: timeo Danaos
Article posted January 17, 2011 at 07:03 PM GMT0 •
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The January 10, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a poem by Frederick Seidel, entitled Rain, in which he writes, '...It's the Greek debt. Greece knew It had to stop lying, but TIMEO DANAOS, they're Greeks, Greeks lie...'.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase TIMEO DANAOS, what Latin author wrote it and to what war was he refering?
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Article posted January 17, 2011 at 07:03 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Tolle Lege
Article posted January 17, 2011 at 06:44 PM GMT0 •
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The January 3, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the Vatican Library by Daniel Mendelsohn, entitled God's Librarians, in which he mentions the order that caused thte future Catholic Saint to convert to Christianity: 'TOLLE. LEGE'.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin imperatives Tolle. Lege and which future Saint was converted?
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Article posted January 17, 2011 at 06:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Article posted January 17, 2011 at 06:36 PM GMT0 •
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The January 3, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the Vatican Library by Daniel Mendelsohn, entitled God's Librarians, in which he describes the institution about which he is writing as the 'BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA'.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA, and why does it have a Latin name?
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Article posted January 17, 2011 at 06:36 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Vaticanus Graecus
Article posted January 17, 2011 at 06:33 PM GMT0 •
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The January 3, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the Vatican Library by Daniel Mendelsohn, entitled God's Librarians, in which he describes the label on a manuscript marked "VAT. GR.1001" expanding the abbreviation to :'VATICANUS GRAECUS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase VATICANUS GRAECUS, and what do you think it means as far as identifying the manuscript?
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Article posted January 17, 2011 at 06:33 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homo ludens
Article posted January 2, 2011 at 03:43 PM GMT0 •
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The December 20th/27th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about video game artist ,Shigeru Miyamoto, by Nick Paumgarten, entitled Master of Play, in which he writes 'make something a game, in a supermarket or on a social network, and HOMO LUDENS will play it.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase HOMO LUDENS, and how is this word used in this article?
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Article posted January 2, 2011 at 03:43 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: armamentarium
Article posted January 2, 2011 at 03:39 PM GMT0 •
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The December 20th/27th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about disease in Africa, by Michael Specter, entitled The Doomsday Strain, in which he writes about Nathan Wolfe's education: 'Wolfe intended to continue his exploration of the primate medicinal ARMAMENTARIUM...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ARMAMENTARIUM, and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted January 2, 2011 at 03:39 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: addendum
Article posted January 2, 2011 at 03:34 PM GMT0 •
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The December 20th/27th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about disease in Africa, by Michael Specter, entitled The Doomsday Strain, in which he writes about Nathan Wolfe, his 'world consists of 'bacteria, parasites, and viruses'...animals are a tiny, little ADDENDUM.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ADDENDUM, and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted January 2, 2011 at 03:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Semper Fidelis
Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:35 PM GMT0 •
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The December 27th, 2010/January 3rd 2011 issue of Time magazine contains an article about US Congressman John Murtha , by Nancy Pelosi, in which she writes, 'SEMPER FIDELIS...was the motto of his life....'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SEMPER FIDELIS, and with what organization is this motto more likely associated?
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Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:35 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: bonuses and maluses
Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:31 PM GMT0 •
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The December 13th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an interview of author Nassim Taleb in which he replies about the debt crisis, 'all the managers are rich because they get BONUSES and no MALUSES.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin words BONUS and MALUS, and how is Taleb using these words?
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Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:31 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ordo cognoscendi
Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:24 PM GMT0 •
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The December 6th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about television sitcoms, by Tom Bissell, entitled A Simple Medium, in which he quotes part of a script from an episode of the Big Bang Theory, 'Oh, Sheldon...my research (is) prior in the ORDO COGNOSCENDI.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase ORDO COGNOSCENDI, and how is this philosophical term used?
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Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ipso facto
Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:22 PM GMT0 •
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The December 6th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about television sitcoms, by Tom Bissell, entitled A Simple Medium, in which he quotes part of a script from an episode of the Big Bang Theory, 'Oh, Sheldon...my research (is) IPSO FACTO prior...' What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase IPSO FACTO, and how is this term used?
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Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:22 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: per curiam
Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:14 PM GMT0 •
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The December 6th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the Supreme Court decision that put George W. Bush into the White House, by Jeffrey Toobin, entitled Precedent and Prologue, in which he writes, '...Bush v Gore had no single author and was delineated "PER CURIAM"...
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase PER CURIAM, and how is this legal term used?
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Article posted December 19, 2010 at 07:14 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: hypophthalmichys molitrix
Article posted November 15, 2010 at 01:05 PM GMT0 •
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The October 25th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Ian Frazier, entitled Fish out of Water, about the hypophthalmichys molitrix.
What is the hypophthalmichys molitrix and what is the significance of the title of the article?
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Article posted November 15, 2010 at 01:05 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Vir Heroicus Sublimus
Article posted October 16, 2010 at 08:46 PM GMT0 •
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The October 18th,2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Peter Schjeldahl, entitled Big Bang, about a current exhibit at the Museum of Modern Artin New York. Accompanying the article was a reproduction of one of the pieces in the exhibit, VIR HEROICUS SUBLIMIS (1950-51.
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase VIR HEROICUS SUBLIMIS and what is your reaction to the fact that this piece of artwork consists of a large red canvas with red, white, yellow and blue vertical lines dividing it?
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Article posted October 16, 2010 at 08:46 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: cimex lectularius
Article posted October 2, 2010 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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The October 4th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article by David Von Drehle, entitled This Really Sucks, about the CIMEX LECTULARIUS
What is the CEMEX LECTULARIUS and what is the significance of the title of the article?
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Article posted October 2, 2010 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: amicus
Article posted October 2, 2010 at 08:36 PM GMT0 •
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The October 4th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article about people who protest at military funerals, by Sean Gregory, entitled The Price of Free Speech, in which he writes, ...attorneys general from 48 states...have filed an AMICUS brief...' to the Supreme Court.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word AMICUS, what 2 word phrase is it short for and what is the meaning of this legal term?
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Article posted October 2, 2010 at 08:36 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: et tu
Article posted September 25, 2010 at 11:03 PM GMT0 •
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The September 20th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Allison Silverman, entitled ET TU, Brooklyn.
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase ET TU, what is the complete Latin phrase upon which it is based and when was this phrase reportedly used?
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Article posted September 25, 2010 at 11:03 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: delictum gravius
Article posted September 18, 2010 at 10:17 PM GMT0 •
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The September 27th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article, entitled Robes for Women, by Tim Padgett,about ordaining women priests in the Catholic Church, in which he writes, '...in July the Vatican branded female ordination a DELICTUM GRAVIUS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase DELICTUM GRAVIUS and why is Latin used by the Catholic Church?
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Article posted September 18, 2010 at 10:17 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: memento mori
Article posted September 18, 2010 at 09:37 PM GMT0 •
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The September 27th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article aboutthe recent election in Turkey, by Pelin Turgut, entitled Winning was the Easy Part, in which he writes, 'For Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogon, the MEMENTO MORI was delivered by basketball fans...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase MEMENTO MORI and how is it used in English?
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Article posted September 18, 2010 at 09:37 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: toro ex machina
Article posted September 5, 2010 at 07:52 PM GMT0 •
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The August 30th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a movie review of 'Eat Pray Love' by David Denby in which he writes, 'Late in the film, Javier Bardem...arrives in a Jeep and runs the bicycling {Julia} Roberts off the road...TORO EX MACHINA.'
What is the meaning of the Latin/Spanish phrase TORO EX MACHINA and what is the complete Latin phrase upon which it is based?
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Article posted September 5, 2010 at 07:52 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: colossi
Article posted August 21, 2010 at 03:12 PM GMT0 •
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The August 23rd, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article on sumo wrestling by Hannah Beech and Saitama Sakae who write, ' How are the COLOSSI of sumo supposed to act?'
Give the meaning of COLOSSI in both Latin and English and explain this word's seemingly irregular plural.
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Article posted August 21, 2010 at 03:12 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ex post facto
Article posted August 21, 2010 at 03:03 PM GMT0 •
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The August 23rd, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article on the US Supreme Court by Joel Stein who quotes the US Constitution: No...EX POST FACTO law shall be passed.'
What is the literal translation of the 3 Latin words that form the phrase EX POST FACTO in English and what is the legal meaning of this phrase?
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Article posted August 21, 2010 at 03:03 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: aurora
Article posted August 4, 2010 at 11:42 PM GMT0 •
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The August 2nd, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Ian Frazier, entitled On the Street: Sculpture, about the installation of a new sculpture, entitled AURORA'
What is the meaning of the Latin word AURORA (both with a small a as well as with a capital A)?
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Article posted August 4, 2010 at 11:42 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: postpartum
Article posted July 24, 2010 at 02:48 PM GMT0 •
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The July 26th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article on women's health by Bonnie Rochman who writes, 'Cord blood is a noncontroversial source of stem cells, yet experts estimate that 99% of this potentially lifesaving resource gets thrown away POSTPARTUM.'
What is the literal translation of the 2 Latin words that form POSTPARTUM in English and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted July 24, 2010 at 02:48 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ad astra
Article posted July 15, 2010 at 02:27 PM GMT0 •
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The July 19th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an interview of Elon Musk, founder of Electric car-maker Tesla, who signs his photograph with the closing, 'AD ASTRA.'
What is the literal translation of AD ASTRA into English and what 4 word Latin phrase (and English translation) is it short for?
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Article posted July 15, 2010 at 02:27 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: nox/vox
Article posted July 15, 2010 at 02:19 PM GMT0 •
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The July 12th / 19th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a book review by Meghan O'Rourke, entitled The Unfolding, about Anne Carson's latest book, NOX, in which she writes, 'As Iris Murdoch once wrote, "The bereaved cannot communicate with the unbereaved" Because the dead person is absent and voiceless (the word NOX both rhymes with the Latin word VOX...and contains the English word "no")...'
What are the meanings of the Latin words NOX and VOX?
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Article posted July 15, 2010 at 02:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: marginalia
Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:47 PM GMT0 •
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The June 28th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Ian Frazier, entitled In the Stacks, about a display of books at the New York Public Library, in which he writes about a librarian whose specialty is, MARGINALIA.'
What is the literal translation of MARGINALIA into English (it is a neuter plural substantive adjective!)and what does MARGINALIA mean in English?
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Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:47 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: e pluribus unum
Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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The June 14th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains a section on World Cup 2010, introduced with an illustration of a group of soccer players rowing across the water in a boat with the words, 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' written on its bow.
What is the literal translation of E PLURIBUS UNUM into English and what do these words tell you about which country's team is being depicted traveling to South Africa for the competition?
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Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: splendide mendax
Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:34 PM GMT0 •
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The June 7th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Raffi Khatchadourian, about the publication of a controversial Iraq War video, entitled No Secrets, in which he writes about the project leader who, '...called himself Mendax-from Horace's SPLENDIDE MENDAX....'
What is the literal translation of SPLENDIDE MENDAX into English and who was Horace?
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Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Magister Ludi
Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:28 PM GMT0 •
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The May 31st, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Lizzie Widdicombe, about the Pratt Institute graduation, entitled Doctor, Doctor, in which she quotes director Steven Lethem who said, 'I always wanted to go to college...I thought it would be like (the book) MAGISTER LUDI.'
What are the 2 the literal translations of MAGISTER LUDI into English?
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Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:28 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: honoris causa
Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:22 PM GMT0 •
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The May 31st, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Lizzie Widdicombe, about the Pratt Institute graduation, entitled Doctor, Doctor, in which she writes about, 'the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts HONORIS CAUSA...with all the rights and priveleges pertaining thereto.'
What is the literal translation of HONORIS CAUSA into English and what type of degree is it more commonly called?
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Article posted July 8, 2010 at 08:22 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ars brevis
Article posted July 6, 2010 at 01:22 PM GMT0 •
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The May 24th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Andrea K. Scott, about the expansion of the Whitney Art Museum in New York into temporary quarters, entitled The Creative Live, which has the subtitle, 'ARS BREVIS.'
What is the literal translation of ARS BREVIS into English and what 4 word Latin phrase (and English translation) is referred to here?
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Article posted July 6, 2010 at 01:22 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: magna carta
Article posted July 6, 2010 at 01:10 PM GMT0 •
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The May 3rd, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Ben McGrath entitled Visiting Dignitaries, about the arrival in New York of a copy of the 'MAGNA CARTA' from Oxford, England.
What is the literal translation of MAGNA CARTA into English and what is it?
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Article posted July 6, 2010 at 01:10 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: humanae vitae
Article posted July 6, 2010 at 01:02 PM GMT0 •
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The May 3rd, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article by Nancy Gibbs entitled Love, Sex, freedom and the Paradox of the Pill, about contraception, in which she refers to thethe time when Pope '...Paul VI issued his encyclical HUMANAE VITAE...'
What is the literal translation of HUMANAE VITAE into English (watch the case!)and why would this letter be written in Latin?
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Article posted July 6, 2010 at 01:02 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Q. E. D.
Article posted July 6, 2010 at 12:52 PM GMT0 •
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The April 26th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains excerpts of letters by the novelist Saul Bellow, in which he writes,'I don't know myself what the Q.E.D. will be because I have not finished the demonstration.'
What 3 Latin words do the letters Q.E.D stand for, what do they mean, and how is Bellow using the phrase in this letter?
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Article posted July 6, 2010 at 12:52 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: mare nostrum
Article posted July 6, 2010 at 12:44 PM GMT0 •
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The April 12th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by David Samuels entitled The Pink Panthers, about diamond theives in the Balkans, in which he writes,'...fingerprints,... and other evidence were checked against Interpol databases and against two maintained by Europol, MARE NOSTRUM and Furtum.'
What is the literal translation of MARE NOSTRUM into English and what was the significance of this phrase to the Romans?
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Article posted July 6, 2010 at 12:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sine qua non
Article posted July 5, 2010 at 04:43 PM GMT0 •
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The April 5th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains letter to the editor by Brian E. Johnson entitled Ode to Joy, in which he writes,'...in a free society the right to pursue one's own notions of happiness is a SINE QUA NON."'
How is the phrase SINE QUA NON used in English and what is its literal translation?
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Article posted July 5, 2010 at 04:43 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: census
Article posted July 5, 2010 at 04:08 PM GMT0 •
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The April 5th, 2010 issue of Time magazine contains an article by Nancy Gibbs, entitled Count Me In, which has the subtitle, 'The CENSUS is expensive, difficult and controversial. But we do it because our numbers matter'
What is the meaning of the English word CENSUS and what is the meaning of the Latin word from which it comes?
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Article posted July 5, 2010 at 04:08 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Curavit
Article posted July 5, 2010 at 04:02 PM GMT0 •
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The March 29th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Rebecca Mead entitled The Prince of Solomeo, about Italian clothing tycoon Brunello Cucinelli, in which she writes about a theatre that Cucinelli has built,'It has a pseudo-classical portico (with a) large Latin inscription, "B.CUCINELLI CURAVIT A. DOMINI MMVIII."'
What is the English translation of B.CUCINELLI CURAVIT A. DOMINI MMVIII?
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Article posted July 5, 2010 at 04:02 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Same Veritas. More Lux
Article posted July 5, 2010 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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The March 29th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an advertisement for the Yale University Summer Session, in which is written,'Yale in Summer. Same VERITAS. More LUX.'
What are the meanings of the 2 Latin words VERITAS and LUX and what is the association of these words with Yale University?
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Article posted July 5, 2010 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: certiorari
Article posted July 5, 2010 at 03:38 PM GMT0 •
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The March 22nd, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Jeffrey Toobin entitled After Stevens, on the US Supreme Court in which he writes that Stevens','...was the only chambers to review individually the thousands of petitions for CERTIORARI that come to the Court each year'.
How is the English legal word CERTIORARI used and what is the literal meaning of the Latin word?
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Article posted July 5, 2010 at 03:38 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: atrium
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:19 PM GMT0 •
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The March 1st, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Keith Gessen entitled The Orange and the Blue, on the recent Ukrainian Presidential election in which he writes, 'Down in the central ATRIUM, a tall bank of television screens was set to one of the stations about to announce the national exit polls.'
Describe an ancient Roman ATRIUM and what does this word mean in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: dissensus
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:14 PM GMT0 •
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The March 1st, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a book review by Louis Menand, on the 2 new books by psychologists, in which he writes that the books '...suggest that DISSENSUS prevails even among...dissidents.'
What does the Latin word DISSENSUS mean literally and what is its antonym in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:14 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: terra firma
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:07 PM GMT0 •
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The February 15th/22nd, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Mark Singer entitled At Sea, on an attempt to sail a schooner for 1000 days, in which he writes about a n event when '...he was some 900 miles from TERRA FIRMA.'
What does the Latin phrase TERRA FIRMA mean literally and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:07 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: prima
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:01 PM GMT0 •
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The February 8th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a review by Anthony Lane entitled Life and Death Matters, on the movie, 'The Red Shoes' in which he writes about '...a new PRIMA ballerina...'
What does the Latin word PRIMA mean literally and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 05:01 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: dementia pugilistica
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:50 PM GMT0 •
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The February 8th, 2010 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Sean Gregory entitled The Problem with Football, in which he writes about a, '...disease known as DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA.'
What does the Latin phrase DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA mean literally and what is it more commonly known as in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: inertia
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The January 25th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by James Surowiecki entitled Bundles of Cable, on cable television and programming fees in which he writes, ...cable and satellite...subscriptions continue to grow. Some of this, presumably, is just INERTIA.
What does the Latin word INERTIA mean literally and what is its meaning in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Acta Biotheoretica
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:36 PM GMT0 •
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The January 18th, 2010 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by John Cloud entitled Why Genes aren't Destiny, on the effect of the environment on the genetic code in which he writes about a Dutch journal called, 'ACTA BIOTHEORETICA.'
What does the Latin phrase ACTA BIOTHEORETICA mean literally and why is this Dutch publication's name in Latin?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:36 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: acta geneticae...
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:33 PM GMT0 •
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The January 18th, 2010 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by John Cloud entitled Why Genes aren't Destiny on the effect of the environment on the genetic code in which he writes about an Italian journal called, 'ACTA GENETICAE MEDICAE ET GEMELLOLOGIAE.'
What does the Latin phrase ACTA GENETICAE MEDICAE ET GEMELLOLOGIAE mean literally and why is this Italian publication's name in Latin?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:33 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: pro forma
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:28 PM GMT0 •
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The January 11th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Lauren Collins entitled Number Nine in which she writes about the career of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's nomination to the district court, 'Because a Democratic senator had proposed me and a Republican President nominated me, my questions were PRO FORMA.'
What does the Latin phrase PRO FORMA mean literally and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:28 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homunculus
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:24 PM GMT0 •
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The January 18th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a humorous article by Woody Allen entitled Udder Madness in which he describes a weekend guest as, '...a certain cringing HOMUNCULUS...'
What does the Latin word HOMUNCULUS mean literally and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: columbarium
Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:13 PM GMT0 •
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The January 18th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a humorous article by Woody Allen entitled Udder Madness in which he writes about a weekend guest, '...his incessant jokes...eliciting from all within earshot a COLUMBARIUM-like silence.'
What does the Latin word COLUMBARIUM mean literally and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 15, 2010 at 04:13 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ad infinitum
Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:57 PM GMT0 •
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The December 14th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Joe Klein entitled Obama's War in which he writes that 'Discussions about tactics and strategy in Afghanistan do have a tendency to go on, and on, swirling AD INFINITUM...'
What does the phrase AD INFINITUM mean and how is it used in English?
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Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:57 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: c.
Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:52 PM GMT0 •
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The December 14th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Yoni Brenner entitled Hanukkah Stories in which he writes about the 'Book of Redemption (C. 1263)...'
What Latin word does the letter C. stand for and what does it mean in English?
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Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:52 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: e.g.
Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:42 PM GMT0 •
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The December 7th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Andy Serwer entitled The Decade from Hell in which he writes about 'the increased complexity of financial products--E.G. derivatives...'
What Latin words do the letters E.G. stand for and what do they mean in English?
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Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:42 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: i.e.
Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:34 PM GMT0 •
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The December 7th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Andy Serwer entitled The Decade from Hell in which he writes that the auto '...union would keep the peace, I.E. rule out strikes...'
What Latin words do the letters I.E. stand for and what do they mean in English?
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Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: gluteus maximus
Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:33 PM GMT0 •
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The December 7th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a fitness article by Julie Rawe in which she writes about Reebok's Easytone women's shoes which claim that 'GLUTEUS MAXIMUS muscles get 28% more of a workout...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase GLUTEUS MAXIMUS and where are these muscles located?
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Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:33 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Invictus
Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:27 PM GMT0 •
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The December 7th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a movie review article by Richard Corliss in which he writes about the movie '...INVICTUS, which takes is name from the William Ernest Henley poem ("My head is bloodied but unbowed')...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word INVICTUS and why is it an appropriate name for this movie about a South African rugby team?
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Article posted December 30, 2009 at 09:27 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Pyrrhic Victory
Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:44 PM GMT0 •
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The November 30th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf about the President's lawyer, Greg Craig, and how Obama sided with his opinion on a question of terrorism, describing it as a '... PYRRIC VICTORY."
What is the meaning of the phrase PYRRHIC VICTORY and to what does it refer?
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Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: cirrus intortus
Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:38 PM GMT0 •
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The November 23rd, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a short article on the newest cloud and makes reference to '...the last cloud admitted (to the International Cloud Atlas? CIRRUS INTORTUS, in 1951.'
What is the literal meaning of each of the Latin words Cirrus and INTORTUS, and, therefore, how would this cloud be described in English?
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Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:38 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Undulatus Asperatus
Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:36 PM GMT0 •
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The November 23rd, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a short article on the newest cloud, 'UNDULATUS ASPERATUS'.
What is the literal meaning of each of these Latin words and, therefore, how would this cloud be described in English?
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Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:36 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: scriptorium
Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:31 PM GMT0 •
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The November 16th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by John Seabrook about song writer Robert Earl Keen in which he writes that Keen, ' ...writes his songs in what he calls his SCRIPTORIUM...'.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word SCRIPTORIUM and what is its relationship to the Middle Ages?
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Article posted November 28, 2009 at 11:31 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: nocebo
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The November 2nd, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a health article by John Cloud in which he writes, ...the placebo...has a flip side: the NOCEBO...response.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word NOCEBO and how is it used in English?
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Article posted November 28, 2009 at 10:30 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: placebo
Article posted November 28, 2009 at 10:28 PM GMT0 •
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The November 2nd, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a health article by John Cloud which has as its subtitle, 'New research shows that the PLACEBO effect isn't all in your head.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word PLACEBO and how is it used in English?
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Article posted November 28, 2009 at 10:28 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: exemplar
Article posted November 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM GMT0 •
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The October 26th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains movie review by Richard Corliss on 'Paranormal Activity' in which he writes that the movie '...benefited from a marketing campaign that is an EXEMPLAR of the huckster's art'.
What is the meaning of the Latin word EXEMPLAR and how is it used in English?
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Article posted November 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: te deum
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:46 PM GMT0 •
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The October 5th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains a review of the opera TOSCA by Alex Ross in which he describes '...a TE DEUM singing...chief of police...'
What is the meaning of phrase TE DEUM and to what does it refer?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:46 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: mensis horribilis
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:40 PM GMT0 •
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The September 21st, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Hendrik Hertzberg about recent American politics in which he writes about '...the tea-partying, town-meeting-disrupting, pistol-packing MENSIS HORRIBILIS of August'.
What is the meaning of the phrase MENSIS HORRIBILIS and what is the more common Latin phrase that is used to refer to a longer time period?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:40 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: stimuli
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:35 PM GMT0 •
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The September 21st, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Lauren Collins about Senator John McCain's wife's bouts of migraine headaches: '...advocates talk a lot about triggers-STIMULI that, for unknown reasons, tend to set off attacks.'
What is the meaning of word STIMULI and why does it have an irregular plural?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:35 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Nova Caesaria
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:31 PM GMT0 •
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The September 21st, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Katherine Stirling, about oysters in the New York Harbor in which she quotes from a book entitled, 'The History of the Colony of NOVA CAESARIA'.
What is the literal meaning of phrase NOVA CAESARIA and to which Colony does it refer?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:31 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: lacuna
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:24 PM GMT0 •
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The September 21st, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article in its Arts section about a soon to be released book, entitled LACUNA.
What is the meaning of word LACUNA in both English and Latin?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: festivus
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:21 PM GMT0 •
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The September 21st, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article in its Arts section about an upcoming television program which will have a reunion of sorts for the cast of Seinfeld. The article starts with the sentence, 'It's a FESTIVUS miracle!'
What is the English meaning of the Latin word FESTIVUS and to what does it refer?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:21 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: urbe in rus
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:13 PM GMT0 •
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The September 14th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Lauren Collins on the history of Broadway in New York City in which she describes people who, '...promenade in front of people-watchers, perched like fashion editors on wooden benches: URBE IN RUS.'
What is the English meaning of the Latin phrase URBE IN RUS and what is strange about it?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:13 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: locus
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:03 PM GMT0 •
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The September 7th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Joe Klein on the war in Afghanistan in which he states, 'The national security challenge still exists, although it LOCUS has shifted across the border to Pakistan.'
What is the English meaning of the Latin word LOCUS and how is it used in English?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 04:03 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: caritas in veritate
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 03:43 PM GMT0 •
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The August 24th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Amy Sullivan on former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in which he is asked his opinion on 'Pope Benedict XVI's latest encyclical, CARITAS IN VERITATE...'
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase CARITAS IN VERITATE and why is its title in Latin?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 03:43 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: mirabile dictu
Article posted October 12, 2009 at 03:37 PM GMT0 •
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The September 7th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Adam Gopnik on Canadian politics in which he describes a dinner party as having, 'local lamb, and good conversation, and, MIRABILE DICTU, good Canadian wine.'
What is the English meaning of the Latin phrase MIRABILE DICTU and how is it used in English?
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Article posted October 12, 2009 at 03:37 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sic
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:26 PM GMT0 •
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The August 17th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains the following quote in its Verbatim (quote) section from George Sodini's online journal, 'I will not be embarased (SIC), because, well, I will be dead.'
What is the meaning of the Latin word SIC and how is it used in English?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:26 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: stratum
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:21 PM GMT0 •
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The August 10th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, in which he describes Gates and President Obama as being part of, ...black America's most credentialed social STRATUM.'
What is the meaning of the English word STRATUM and what does the Latin word mean?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:21 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homo neanderthalensis
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:16 PM GMT0 •
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The August 10th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article on species extinction, by Eben Harrell, in which he writes that, 'HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS appears to have been surprisingly fragile on the whole...'
What is the meaning of the Latin word HOMO and what do we more commonly call this species of humans?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:16 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: reductio
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:11 PM GMT0 •
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The August 3rd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the Kindle, by Nicholson Baker, in which he writes comparing paper to the Kindle, 'A century and a half of evolved beauty. is all but entirely rinsed away in this digital REDUCTIO.'
What is the meaning of the Latin word REDUCTIO and what 3 Latin word phrase is it short for?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: dignitas
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:04 PM GMT0 •
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The August 3rd, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the death of the former conductor of Britain's Royal Opera and his wife, by Nancy Gibbs, in which she writes that, 'the group DIGNITAS arranges for death by barbiturate.'
What is the meaning of the Latin word DIGNITAS and why is it a suitable name for this group?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:04 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: juvenilia
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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The July 27th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, by Doree Shafrir, which appears under the heading JUVENILIA.
What is the meaning of the English word JUVENILIA and what is its meaning in Latin?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: afflatus
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:54 PM GMT0 •
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The July 27th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article on artist James Ensor, in which he writes about the artist, that '...the spirit of his work, the mad AFFLATUS of his gift, owes more to the Germans.'
What is the meaning of the English word AFFLATUS and what is its meaning in Latin?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:54 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: gratis
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The July 20th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a book review by Chris Anderson of a business book, in which he writes that, 'the author posits a provocative solution: give your wares away GRATIS.'
What is the meaning of the English word GRATIS and what is its meaning in Latin?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:49 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: m.o.
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:44 PM GMT0 •
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The July 20th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains a review of the movie 'BRUNO', by Richard Lacayo, in which he writes, '...Bruno's basic M. O....is to go into the world with a camera to bewilder and infuriate people...'
What Latin words does the abbreviation M.O. stand for, what do these words mean in English and how is the phrase used in English?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: nimbus
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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The July 20th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the election of Al Franken as Senator from Minnesota, by John Colapinto, in which he describes the Senator, his hair which he used to wear in a huge fuzzy NIMBUS in his 'Saturday Night Live' days...'
What is the meaning of the Latin word NIMBUS and what does it mean in English in this context?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Regina Laudis
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:34 PM GMT0 •
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The July 20th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the writing of the movie SISter Act, by Paul Rudnick, in which he mentions the Abbey of REGINA LAUDIS.
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase REGINA LAUDIS and to whom does this religeous title refer?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: colloquium
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:31 PM GMT0 •
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The July 20th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a tongue-in-cheek article on global warming, by Ian Frazier, entitled 'The Temperature of Hell: A COLLOQUIUM'
What is the meaning of the Latin word COLLOQUIUM and what does it mean in English?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:31 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: magus
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:27 PM GMT0 •
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The July 20th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a tongue-in-cheek article on global warming, by Ian Frazier, in which the dialogue says, 'My name is Simon MAGUS and I am....a sorcerer of the first century...'
What is the meaning of the Latin word MAGUS and why is it an appropriate name?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:27 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: coram nobis
Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:21 PM GMT0 •
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The July 6th & 13th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a tongue-in-cheek article about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, by Yoni Brenner, in which he writes about, '...there is no question that appellate courts must retain CORAM NOBIS power.'
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase CORAM NOBIS and what is its legal use in English?
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Article posted August 22, 2009 at 07:21 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: modicum
Article posted July 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM GMT0 •
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The June 22nd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the situation in the Middle East, by Hendrik Hertzberg, in which he writes about, '...the only solution offering a MODICUM of peace and justice for the peoples of Israel and Palestine...'
What is the meaning of the Latin word MODICUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted July 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: in utero
Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:50 PM GMT0 •
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The May 11th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a letter to the editor about twins, by Jacqueline White, in which she writes that, 'Twin communication, though, begins IN UTERO...'
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase IN UTERO and how is it used in English?
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Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: magna cum laude
Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:45 PM GMT0 •
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The May 25th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin, in which he describes Chief Justice Roberts as, '...graduating MAGNA CUM LAUDE...' from law school
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase MAGNA CUM LAUDE and how is it used in English?
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Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:45 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: hibernaculum
Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:41 PM GMT0 •
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The May 25th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the next great extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert, in which she describes a cave in Vermont as being, '...believed to be the largest bat HIBERNACULUM in New England.'
What is the meaning of the Latin word HIBERNACULUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:41 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: simulacrum
Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:33 PM GMT0 •
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The May 25th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a piece of fiction, by Jonathan Lethem, in which he writes, '...his friends...accomodated themselves to the SIMULACRUM that Manhattan had become.'
What is the meaning of the Latin word SIMULACRUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted July 12, 2009 at 09:33 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: etc.
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:31 PM GMT0 •
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The June 8th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, by Joe Klein, in which, he writes about a defense program, that it was a, 'five year development program, in its 14th year, not a single flight test, little work on the third stageor the kill vehicle, ETC., ETC.,...'
What is the expansion of the Latin abbreviation ETC. and what does it mean in English?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:31 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: veto
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:26 PM GMT0 •
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The June 8th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, by Joe Klein, in which, he writes, 'The President will VETO the budget if Gates isn't satisfied...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word VETO and how is it used in English?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:26 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ex officio
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:20 PM GMT0 •
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The May 18th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on college graduation addresses, by Hendrik Hertzberg, in which, he writes, 'The President is a statesman EX OFFICIO, a guaranteed publicity magnet....'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase EX OFFICIO and how is it used in English?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:20 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: urbs prima in Indis
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:16 PM GMT0 •
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The May 18th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an piece of fiction, by Salman Rushdie, in which, he he describes, 'Mumbai...URBS PRIMA IN INDIS...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase URBS PRIMA IN INDIS?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:16 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: magnum opus
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:11 PM GMT0 •
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The May 25th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains summer movie previews, in which, the movie Julie & Julia is described: While Julie (Amy Adams) cooks her way through Julia Child's MSGNUM OPUS, Meryl Streep impersonates its author...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase MAGNUM OPUS and how is it used in English?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: quasi
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:06 PM GMT0 •
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The May 18th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article on cable television, by James Poniewozic, in which, he writes, 'Things as simple as family movie night, a dentist visit and a beach trip become QUASI-military operations.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word QUASI and how is it used in English?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 05:06 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: nostra aetate
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 04:59 PM GMT0 •
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The May 18th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article on the Roman Catholic Pope, by David Van Biema, in which, describing the recent history of the Catholic Church, he mentions, 'At vatican II, the church adopts NOSTRA AETATE, which absolves the Jews of blame for the death of Jesus.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase NOSTRA AETATE and what case is it?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 04:59 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: fasces
Article posted June 12, 2009 at 04:36 PM GMT0 •
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The April 20th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article on Fox News star Glen Beck, by James Poniewozik, in which he mentions, ...the inclusion of the FASCES on the (US) Mercury dime in 1916.'
What is the symbol of the FASCES and how was it used by the Romans?
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Article posted June 12, 2009 at 04:36 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: aegis
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:39 PM GMT0 •
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The March 23rd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on lighting, by Lauren Collins, in which she describes designer Howard Brandston, 'He and the Municipal Art Society, under whose AEGIS he was conducting the tour...'
What is the meaning of the English AEGIS and what is the literal meaning of this Latin word used in English (to what does it refer?)?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:39 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: dolor
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:34 PM GMT0 •
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The March 23rd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on Bernie Madoff, by Nancy Franklin, which she subtitles, 'The DOLOR of Money.'
What is the meaning of the English word DOLOR and what is the literal meaning of this Latin word?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: per se
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:32 PM GMT0 •
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The March 23rd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the Republican Party, by Hendrik Hertzberg, in which he describes taxes, '...the payroll tax is a dirext tax on work and workers---on jobs PER SE.'
What is the meaning of the English phrase PER SE and what is the literal meaning of this Latin phrase used in English?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:32 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homo economicus
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:27 PM GMT0 •
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The April 13th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article on the use of behavioral economics by the White House, by Michael Grunwald, in which he describes humans as not really acting, '...like the superrational HOMO ECONOMICUS...'
What is the meaning of the English phrase HOMO ECONOMICUS and what is the literal meaning of this Latin phrase used in English?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:27 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ne plus ultra
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:19 PM GMT0 •
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The April 6th, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains a nomination to Time's most influential people, by Tim Gunn, in which he describes Diane von Furstenberg as , '...the fashion designer NE PLUS ULTRA...'
What is the meaning of the English phrase NE PLUS ULTRA and what is the literal meaning of this Latin phrase used in English?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: postmortem
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:04 PM GMT0 •
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The March 30th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about Bernie Madoff, by Woody Allen, in which he writes about a re-incarnated lobster, '...dazed by the mystical slam-bang POSTMORTEM that had transmogrified him into a crustacean.'
What is the meaning of the English word POSTMORTEM and what is the literal meaning of the 2 Latin words that make up this English word?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:04 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: antennae
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:03 PM GMT0 •
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The March 30th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about Bernie Madoff, by Woody Allen, in which he writes about a lobster, with its '...ANTENNAE perking up.'
What is the singular of the English word ANTENNAE and why does it have this irregular English plural?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 05:03 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: crises
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 04:56 PM GMT0 •
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The March 30th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about climate change, by David Owen, in which he writes, 'The world's financial and energy CRISES are connected...'
What is the singular of the English word CRISES and why does it have this irregular English plural?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 04:56 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: tenet
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 04:53 PM GMT0 •
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The March 30th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a letter about holding suspects in preventive detention, by Edwin M Schur, in which he writes that 'it violates a fundamental TENET of our legal system---no punishment without a crime.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word TENET and how is it used in English?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 04:53 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: omnibus
Article posted June 11, 2009 at 04:48 PM GMT0 •
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The March 23rd, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article about the US presidency, by David Von Drehle and Michael Scherer, in which they write about 'the $410 billion OMNIBUS spending bill..'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word OMNIBUS and how is it used in English?
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Article posted June 11, 2009 at 04:48 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: post-factum
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:39 PM GMT0 •
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The March 9th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about the financial meltdown in Iceland, by Ian Parker, in which he writes 'This Viking stuff is absolute myth, a POST-FACTUM way of describing reckless behavior'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase POST-FACTUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:39 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: academia
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:36 PM GMT0 •
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The March 9th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about writer David Foster Wallace, by D. T. Max, in which he writes that 'Harvard had offered him a scholarship and ACADEMIA would offer him a more stable life...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ACADEMIA and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:36 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: dictum
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:32 PM GMT0 •
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The March 9th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about Chicago architecture, by Paul Goldberger, in which he writes about an architect, 'Burnham was famous for the DICTUM "Make no little plans."'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word DICTUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:32 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sanctum sanctorum
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:26 PM GMT0 •
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The March 2009 issue of The Atlantic magazine contains an article about night time TV, by Michael Hirschorn, in which he writes about the expansion of late night programming into prime time slots by writing about '...NBC's decision to sully the SANCTUM SANCTORUM of prime time with a talk show...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SANCTUM SANCTORUM and how is it used here in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:26 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: via media
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The March, 2009 issue of The Atlantic magazine contains an article about the head of the Anglican Church, by Paul Elie, in which he writes that church leaders have, in the past, '...dealt with conflict by trying to follow the VIA MEDIA...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase VIA MEDIA and how is it used here in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: intra muros
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:15 PM GMT0 •
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The March 9th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article about Paris, by Bruce Crumly, in which he writes about expansion into Parisian suburbs because of '...the decision to preserve the buildings of INTRA MUROS Paris...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase INTRA MUROS and how is it used here in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:15 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: In Girum...
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The March 2nd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a movie review of the French film called IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI, which is a palindrome.
What is the literal meaning of this Latin title IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI and what is a palindrome?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Pontifex Maximus
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:03 PM GMT0 •
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The March 2nd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article about a New York City party attended by criminal defense lawyers, by Lauren Collins, in which she writes about an attorney who had '...defended Matt Hale, the self-proclaimed PONTIFEX MAXIMUS of the World Church of the Creator...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase PONTIFEX MAXIMUS and how is it used here in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 04:03 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: onus
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:59 PM GMT0 •
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The March 2nd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the new White House chief of staff, by Ryan Lizza, in which he writes about the face off between the White House and congressional Republicans, that '...I don't think that the ONUS is on us. We tried. the story is that they failed.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ONUS and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:59 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: memorandum
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:49 PM GMT0 •
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The March 2nd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the new white House chief of staff, by Ryan Lizza, in which he writes that among the president's accomplishments is the '...MEMORANDUM to increase the fuel efficiency of cars...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word MEMORANDUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:49 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Rx
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:44 PM GMT0 •
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The March 2nd, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the nation, by Massimo Calabresi and Nancy Gibbs, entitled, 'Obama's RX for the Budget.'
What does the Latin abbreviation RX stand for, what does it mean in English and how is the abbreviation used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Lux Interior
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:37 PM GMT0 •
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The March 16th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by the vocalist for the band New Pornographers, Neko Case, in which she mourns the death of lead singer for the band, The Cramps, LUX INTERIOR.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase LUX INTERIOR?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:37 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: antenna
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:32 PM GMT0 •
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The February 23rd, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts, by Robert Sullivan, in which he writes, about the 'ANTENNA King.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ANTENNA and what are its 2 plurals in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:32 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: nuclei
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:20 PM GMT0 •
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The February 9th & 16th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on fact checking, by John McPhee, in which, he recounted a story about a WWII physicist who '...had identified the atomic NUCLEI most prone to fission...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word NUCLEI and where do you find this word in an English dictionary?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:20 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: continuum
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:14 PM GMT0 •
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The February 9th & 16th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on fact checking, by John McPhee, in which he writes, describing his custom of writing thank you notes to people who have pointed out errors, '...unless the letter is somewhere on the CONTINUUM between mean-spirited and nasty...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word CONTINUUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:14 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Systema Naturae
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:02 PM GMT0 •
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The January 19th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on child rearing, by Jill Lepore, in which, she mentions the work of scientist Carl Linnaeus, 'SYSTEMA NATURAE.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SYSTEMA NATURAE and why was this 18th century A.D. scientific work titled in Latin?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 03:02 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: fiat
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:51 PM GMT0 •
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The January 26th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on how President Obama should reform healthcare, by Atul Gawande, in which, describing the health system of Great Britain, he writes, '...we imagine it had to have been imposed by FIAT...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word FIAT and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: tinnitus
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:46 PM GMT0 •
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The January 19th, 2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an obituary of the South African parliamentarian Helen Suzman, who, at 90 years of age had been suffering '...with TINNITUS in her ears...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word TINNITUS and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:46 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: requiem
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:24 PM GMT0 •
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The February 2nd, 2009 issue of Time magazine contains an article on the switch from analog TV digital, by Lev Grossman, whose title is, 'REQUIEM for Rabbit Ears'.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word REQUIEM and how has it come to be used this way in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ad hominem
Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:10 PM GMT0 •
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The January 12th, 2009 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the official documentary history, 'Foreign Relations of the United States , by Justin Vogt, in which one committee member, a university professor, says to another, 'I hardly think that the kind of AD HOMINEM attacks you have engaged in are the kind of behavior we expect from respected academics.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase AD HOMINEM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted March 17, 2009 at 02:10 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sui generis
Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:24 PM GMT0 •
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The December 29th/January 5th issue of Time Magazine contains an interview of Time's Person of the Year, in which Barack Obama replies to a question about advice he has gotten about being President, '...because it's SUI GENERIS, the only people that really know are the collection of ex-Presidents...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SUI GENERIS and how is it used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: per
Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:20 PM GMT0 •
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The December 29th, 2008/January 5th,2009 issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Joel Stein in which he looks back at the past year and writes about the banks, 'When the government gave them money...they pretended that they would hand it out as PER the agreed upon rules.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word PER and how is it used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:20 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: opprobrium
Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:14 PM GMT0 •
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The December 22nd/29th issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Ben McGrath in which he writes about the rapper Gravy, who '...was met with skepticism and OPPROBRIUM...'after he was shot in the rear.
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word OPPROBRIUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:14 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ulterior
Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:09 PM GMT0 •
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The December 22nd/29th issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Lizzie Widdicomb in which she writes about a modern trial based on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, where the prosecutor '...brought up Shylock's ULTERIOR motives.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ULTERIOR and how is it used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2008 at 06:09 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:23 PM GMT0 •
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The December 15th issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Lauren Collins about the incoming Obama administration, in which she quotes the Columbia University motto,'IN LUMINE TUO VIDEBIMUS LUMEN.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin motto IN LUMINE TUO VIDEBIMUS LUMEN and why is this a fitting motto for Columbia University?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:23 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: credo
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:18 PM GMT0 •
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The December 8th issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Laura Fitzpatrick in which she writes about a student at Shenandoah University who, '...volunteered the group's unofficial CREDO: When in doubt, find an old person and do what they do.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word CREDO and how is it used in English?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:18 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: encomium
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:11 PM GMT0 •
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The December 8th issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Joe Klein in which he writes about the closing months of the Bush administration, '...I've been searching for valedictory ENCOMIUMS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ENCOMIUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Lux et Veritas
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:06 PM GMT0 •
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The December 8th issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Jenny Allen in which she quotes Yale's motto, 'LUX ET VERITAS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin words LUX ET VERITAS and why do you think that it is a suitable motto for Yale University?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:06 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: vanitas
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:02 PM GMT0 •
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The December 8th issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains a review by Rebecca Rothbaum of a volume of poetry in which she writes 'It's Icarus, it's Faust, it's Eros and VANITAS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word VANITAS and what is the story of Eros alluded to here?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 04:02 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: corona
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 03:57 PM GMT0 •
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The December 1st, 2008 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Amanda Fortini about celebrity rehab facilities in Hollywood in which she states that the facility director, '...sat in a CORONA of bright stage light.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word CORONA and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 03:57 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: oculus
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 03:51 PM GMT0 •
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The December 1st, 2008 issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Macy Halford about recent renovations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in which she writes that an architect, 'speculated that something interesting might be hidden behind the bulge---namely, an OCULUS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word OCULUS and what Roman temple is known for having the architectural element called an OCULUS?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 03:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: tempora/mores
Article posted December 25, 2008 at 03:43 PM GMT0 •
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The November 24th issue of The New Yorker Magazine contains an article by Daniel Menaker in which he writes about vintage violins and their value, 'Given our TEMPORA and MORES, he got curious about whether he had seen the, um, soundest investment of all.'
What are the literal meanings of the Latin words TEMPORA and MORES and what Roman orator is being paraphrased here?
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Article posted December 25, 2008 at 03:43 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: imprimatur
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:55 PM GMT0 •
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The December 1st issue of Time magazine contains a movie review by Richard Corliss on Twilight in which he writes, '...you hear applause, the IMPRIMATUR of Meyer's young connoisseurs.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word IMPRIMATUR and how is it used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:55 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: interregnum
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:50 PM GMT0 •
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The November 24th issue of Time magazine contains an essay on the political presidential transition by Nancy Gibbs in which she writes, 'There is a rich history of mischief and malice in the INTERREGNUM...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word INTERREGNUM and how is it used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: postbellum
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:42 PM GMT0 •
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The November 3rd issue of Time magazine contains a book review on the Toni Morrison's A Mercy by Lev Grossman in which he refers to, '...the chaos of POSTBELLUM America'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase POST BELLUM and when is A Mercy set?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:42 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: erratum
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:38 PM GMT0 •
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The November 3rd issue of Time magazine contains a letter to the editor on the the American judiciary by Judith M. Barzilay in which she writes, 'You should 'fess up to your mistake or, as we judges like to say, issue an ERRATUM...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word ERRATUM and how is the word used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:38 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: prima facie
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:34 PM GMT0 •
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The November 3rd issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the election by Hendrik Hertzberg in which he writes about Barack Obama's statement about spreading the wealth, 'McCain and Palin have been quoting this remark ever since, offering it as PRIMA-FACIE evidence of Obama's unsuitability for office'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase PRIMA FACIE and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Equus
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:29 PM GMT0 •
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The October 27th, 2008 issue of Time magazine contains a theater review of a play staring Daniel Radcliffe, of Harry Potter fame, entitled 'EQUUS'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word EQUUS and what do you think the play is about?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:29 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: opus
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:23 PM GMT0 •
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The October 27th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a book review on an art forger by Peter Schjeldahl in which he writes about the artist Johannes Vermeer's, '...conveniently spotty, little documented OPUS.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word OPUS and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:23 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: de jure
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:19 PM GMT0 •
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The October 20th issue of Time magazine contains an obituary by The Reverend Jesse Jackson in which he writes, 'Instead of settling in the North where he could have avoided DE JURE discrimination...(he) decided to set up shop in his home town, Selma'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase DE JURE and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sub rosa
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:13 PM GMT0 •
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The October 13th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the election by the editors in which they write, 'In South Carolina in 2000, Bush crushed John McCain with a SUB-ROSA primary campaign of such viciousness...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase SUB ROSA and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:13 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: N. B.
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:07 PM GMT0 •
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The September 29th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an an obituary for a writer by Deborah Treisman in which she writes , '...on his manuscripts he sometimes added the note "N.B.:ALL NON-STANDARD SYNTAX IS INTENTIONAL.'
What Latin words do the letters N.B. stand for, what is the literal meaning of this Latin phrase and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:07 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: nebula
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:00 PM GMT0 •
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The September 22nd issue of The New Yorker magazine contains piece of fiction by Aleksandar Hemon in which he writes about about a character, 'She exuded a NEBULA of mirth.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin word NEBULA and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 02:00 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: deus/dea
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:51 PM GMT0 •
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The September 15th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the election by Hendrik Hertzberg in which he writes about the Republican selection of a vice presidential candidate, 'John McCain needed a deus ex machina. The DEUS--- or rather, in this case, the DEA---he found, fully formed from the brow of Rush Limbaugh, is the governor of Alaska...'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin words DEUS and DEA, who is the DEA to whom Hertzberg is referring and to what is he referring when he mentions her being 'fully formed from the brow of Rush Limbaugh?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: deus ex machina
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:47 PM GMT0 •
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The September 15th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the election by Hendrik Hertzberg in which he writes about the political scene, 'John McCain needed a DEUS EX MACHINA.'
What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase DEUS EX MACHINA and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:47 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: terra incognita
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:44 PM GMT0 •
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The September 29th issue of Time magazine contains an article on the economy by Andy Serwer and Allan Sloan in which they write about the financial crisis, 'It's TERRA INCOGNITA, a place no one expected to visit.'
What is the literal meaning of TERRA INCOGNITA in Latin and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: arcana
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:38 PM GMT0 •
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The September 1st issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the Olympics by Anthony Lane in which he writes, 'I was lost in the ARCANA of the American press handout...'
What is the literal meaning of ARCANA in Latin and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:38 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ultimatum
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:30 PM GMT0 •
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The August 25th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a book review by Joan Acocella in which she writes, 'Bruno, in the end gives his inquisitors an unanswerable ULTIMATUM...'
What is the literal meaning of ULTIMATUM in Latin and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:30 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: regina
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:27 PM GMT0 •
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The August 25th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on musical events in the city by Alex Ross in which he lists recent operatic performances, 'Shostakovich's "The Nose," Marc Blitzstein's "REGINA"...'
What is the literal meaning of REGINA in Latin and what do you think this opera is about?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:27 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: corpus
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:24 PM GMT0 •
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The August 25th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on musical events in the city by Alex Ross in which he writes, "The number of Shakespeare operas runs well into the hundreds. Of that vast CORPUS, few are universally judged to be successful."
What is the literal meaning of CORPUS in Latin and how is the term used in this article in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ad nauseam
Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:17 PM GMT0 •
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The August 25th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on musical events in the city by Alex Ross in which he writes, '"If music be the food of love, play on"--has been quoted and needlepointed AD NAUSEAM...'
What is the literal meaning of AD NAUSEAM in Latin and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted November 27, 2008 at 01:17 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: q.v.
Article posted September 25, 2008 at 01:40 PM GMT0 •
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While checking out a Wikipedia article on the Cunard line, I found the following:
Cunard Line is a British shipping company, operator of the ocean liners RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, RMS Queen Mary 2, and MS Queen Victoria (QV).
What Latin words do the letters q.v. stand for, what do they mean in English and how is this abbreviation used?
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Article posted September 25, 2008 at 01:40 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Pax Americana
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:34 PM GMT0 •
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The April 14th issue of Time magazine contains an article on Iraq by Bobby Ghosh in which he describes the PAX AMERICANA'
What is the meaning of PAX AMERICANA in Latin and how is the term used in English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: post meridiem
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:31 PM GMT0 •
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The April 7th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a restaurant review by Mike Peed in which he describes an eatery as one of several breakfast spots that don't close 'until the early POST MERIDIEM hours.'
What is the meaning of POST MERIDIEM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:31 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: in extremis
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:27 PM GMT0 •
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The April 7th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on Barack Obama by Kelefa Sanneh entitled Project Trinity, in which he quotes a preacher as saying, 'It's one of the best-known lines in the New Testament, an eloquent expression of grace IN EXTREMIS.'
What is the meaning of IN EXTREMIS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:27 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: prospectus
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:24 PM GMT0 •
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The April 7th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on sunken treasure hunting by John Colapinto entitled Secrets of the Deep, in which he writes, 'the PROSPECTUS that Seahawk provided to potential investors included a disclaimer about the wreck...'
What is the meaning of PROSPECTUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Bolus
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:19 PM GMT0 •
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The April 7th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a piece of fiction by Ha Jin entitled The House Behind a Weeping Cherry, in which he writes, 'My throat felt slightly better, but the fever was still raging. I regretted not going to the herb store earlier to get some ready-made BOLUSes.'
What is the meaning of BOLUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Ave Maria
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:15 PM GMT0 •
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The April 7th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a book review by Dan Chiasson entitled Fast Company, where he reviews a book of poetry, one selection of which is entitled 'AVE MARIA.'
What is the meaning of AVE MARIA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:15 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: cum
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:11 PM GMT0 •
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The March 31st, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Amanda Fortini entitled Pomegranate Princess, where a marketing genius is described as having written a 'memoir-CUM-business book.'
What is the meaning of CUM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: summa cum laude
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:07 PM GMT0 •
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The March 31st, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled Great Experiment by Jeffrey Eugenides, where a character is described as 'someone in his early twenties to have graduated SUMMA CUM LAUDE from Amherst'
What is the meaning of SUMMA CUM LAUDE in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:07 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: interruptus
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:04 PM GMT0 •
comment • Reads 361
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The March 31st issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article by Alex Ross on performances at the Metropolitan Opera where a singer was ill, with the statement that a 'ten-minute INTERRUPTUS followed.'
What is the meaning of INTERRUPTUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 07:04 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: incognito
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 06:53 PM GMT0 •
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The April 21st, 2008 issue of Time magazine contains an article on London's Heathrow Airport by Eben Harrell in which he describes homeless people as 'sheltering INCOGNITO at many of the world's major airports...
What is the meaning of INCOGNITO in both Latin English?
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 06:53 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the crosswords
Article posted April 27, 2008 at 06:47 PM GMT0 •
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Famous victory speech; 12 letters
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Article posted April 27, 2008 at 06:47 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: millennium
Article posted March 29, 2008 at 10:10 PM GMT0 •
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The March 31st issue of Time magazine contains an interview of fashion designer Donatella Versace in which she replies to a question about differences between her vision and that of her deceased brother with the statement, 'Even if my fashion changes, evolves with the MILLENNIUM, the DNA is the same.'
What is the meaning of MILLENNIUM in both Latin English and what are the 2 accepted plural forms of this word in English?
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Article posted March 29, 2008 at 10:10 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: tedium
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:26 PM GMT0 •
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The March 17th, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Modern The Iron Lady' by Ryan Lizza about Hillary Clinton in which he states, 'But Clinton seemed confident about the electoral power of relentless policy TEDIUM.'
What is the meaning of TEDIUM in both Latin English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:26 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Corpus Christi
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:23 PM GMT0 •
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The March 17th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Modern The Iron Lady' by Ryan Lizza about Hillary Clinton in which he describes an interview with a 'CORPUS CHRISTI station'.
What is the meaning of CORPUS CHRISTI in Latin and in which US state is this city located?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:23 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: impetus
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:20 PM GMT0 •
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The March 17th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Ghost Writer' by Kennedy Fraser in which he describes the rise of spiritualism after World War I as follows, 'A lot of the IMPETUS was this horrendous grief and denial that nearly a million dead in a country produce'.
What is the meaning of IMPETUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:20 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: memento
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:16 PM GMT0 •
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The March 17th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Modern Magic and the Meaning of Life' by Adam Gopnik in which he describes 2 boys who 'decide to buy a plan as a MEMENTO of the old magic'.
What is the meaning of MEMENTO in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:16 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: mercator
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:12 PM GMT0 •
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The March 10th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'By the Foot' by Ian Frazier in which he describes real-estate in terms of 'Global Transverse MERCATOR Units'.
What is the meaning of MERCATOR in Latin and how is MERCATOR used in English geography?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:12 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: status quo
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:06 PM GMT0 •
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The March 3rd issue of Time magazine contains an article entitled 'Business Books' by Andrea Sachs in which she quotes marketer Seth Godin who said, 'Since I was 9 years old, I haven't liked the STATUS QUO.'
What is the meaning of STATUS QUO in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:06 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: via
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:04 PM GMT0 •
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The March 3rd, 2008 issue of Time magazine contains an article entitled 'Business Books' by Andrea Sachs in which she describes marketer Seth Godin's annoyance 'with Web-based selling, VIA sites like YouTube and MySpace'.
What is the meaning of VIA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:04 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: interim
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:00 PM GMT0 •
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The March 3rd, 2008 issue of Time magazine contains an article entitled 'Cuba's Chance' by Tim Padgett in which he describes 'Cuba's INTERIM President'.
What is the meaning of INTERIM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 04:00 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: per annum
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:57 PM GMT0 •
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The March 3rd, 2008 issue of Time magazine contains an article entitled 'The Healer' by Bob Geldorf in which he describes Africa as follows, 'A continent growing economically at more than 5% PER ANNUM'.
What is the meaning of PER ANNUM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:57 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: magi
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:53 PM GMT0 •
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The March 3rd issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Fidel's Farewell' by Alma Guillermoprieto in which she describes the history of Cuba, 'The Bay of Pigs was a gift worthy of the MAGI'.
What is the meaning of MAGI in both Latin and English and what were the 'gifts of the Magi?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:53 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Gloria in Excelsis
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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The March 3rd issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'The Bishop's Daughter' by Honor Moore in which she quotes a 1972 article as follows, 'a rock band joined a choir in a joyous GLORIA IN EXCELSIS from a mass written by the composer of "Hair"'.
What is the meaning of GLORIA IN EXCELSIS in English and what Christmas carol also uses these words in its lyrics?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: aura
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:44 PM GMT0 •
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The February 11& 18th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Buying 'The Spat' by Hendrik Hertzberg in which he describes a recent Clinton/Obama conflict and writes, ' an argument is no match for an AURA.
What is the meaning of Aura in both Latin and English and which of the 2 democratic candidates has an AURA?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: calculus
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:40 PM GMT0 •
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The February 4th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an advertisement for a college lecture series entitled: 'Get a Grip on CALCULUS'.
What is the meaning of CALCULUS in both Latin and English and how did this word evolve into its present meaning?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:40 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: versus
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:35 PM GMT0 •
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The January 28th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Time Bomb' by Steve Coll in which he describes Benazir Bhutto as follows, 'Assessments in Bhutto have tended to emphasize the contrasts in her public life: her feudal roots....in the East VERSUS her intellectual training in the West'.
What is the meaning of VERSUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:35 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: consortium
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:30 PM GMT0 •
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The January 28th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Buying a Cure' by Jerome Groopman in which he describes the search for a new drug as follows, 'In 2002, she decided to assemble a CONSORTIUM of scientists who would be required to submit their research proposals to a steering committee for approval'.
What is the meaning of CONSORTIUM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:30 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: syllabus
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:25 PM GMT0 •
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The January 28th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Lists: The King of Reading' by Nick Paumgarten in which he states of musician Art Garfunkel's reading habits, 'the list ticks off, at a rate of 2.16 books a month, a dazzling SYLLABUS that's a testament to...self-improvement'.
What is the meaning of SYLLABUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:25 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: caveat emptor
Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:20 PM GMT0 •
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The January 21st issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled 'Friend Game' by Lauren Collins in which she states, 'MySpace's attitude toward its users seems to be CAVEAT EMPTOR.'
What is the meaning of CAVEAT EMPTOR in Latin and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted March 22, 2008 at 03:20 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: apparatus
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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The February 25th issue of Time Magazine contains an article entitled 'The Barack Blowout' by Joe Kline in which he describes John McCain as, ...hapless at building a coherent campaign APPARATUS.'
What is the meaning of APPARATUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: lingua franca
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:42 PM GMT0 •
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The February 18th issue of Time Magazine contains a review of the movie, The Band's Visit, describing the plot as 'An eight-man police orchestra, stranded in a desert town, communicates with the wary locals in the LINGUA FRANCA of English.'
What is the meaning of LINGUA FRANCA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:42 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: militia
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:37 PM GMT0 •
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The February 11th issue of Time Magazine contains an article entitled 'Why the Surge Worked' by Michael Duffy with Mark Kukis in which he writes, 'Known as Concerned Local Citizens (CLCS), these MILITIAs serve as watch groups, police forces and eyes and ears for U.S. forces all over Iraq.'
What is the meaning of MILITIA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:37 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ad hoc
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:35 PM GMT0 •
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The February 11th issue of Time Magazine contains an article entitled 'Why the Surge Worked' by Michael Duffy with Mark Kukis in which he writes, 'Over the past year, the U.S. has sanctioned more than 125 local proxy armies, an AD HOC force of at least 60,000 that one could call "the other surge".'
What is the meaning of AD HOC in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:35 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: persona non grata
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:26 PM GMT0 •
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The February 11th issue of Time Magazine contains an article entitled 'The Bloomberg Delusion', by Peter Beinart, on the possibility of the New York City mayor running for president in which he describes the 1968 election when '...the Republicans were still largely PERSONA NON GRATA below the Mason-Dixon Line.'
What is the meaning of PERSONA NON GRATA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:26 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: de facto
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:18 PM GMT0 •
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The February 4th issue of Time Magazine contains an article entitled 'Teaming Up' on the Democratic Presidential Primary, by Nancy Gibbs in which she writes, 'Hillary's claim to be 'ready to lead on Day One" rests on having served as DE FACTO Veep when Bill was in office.'
What is the meaning of DE FACTO in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:18 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: alter ego
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:08 PM GMT0 •
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The February 4th issue of Time Magazine contains an article entitled 'The Phoenix' on John McCain, by James Carney in which he describes Mark Salter as,McCain's adviser, speechwriter and ALTER EGO.'
What is the meaning of ALTER EGO in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:08 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Phoenix
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:05 PM GMT0 •
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The February 4th issue of Time Magazine contains an article by James Carney on John McCain entitled 'The Phoenix'.
What was a PHOENIX in Classical mythology and how does this description apply to John McCain?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:05 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: stimulus
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:01 PM GMT0 •
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The February 4th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the US economy, by Michael Kinsley entitled, 'Hair of the Dog', which has the subtitle: 'We need a "fiscal STIMULUS" the way a drunk needs another drink. Let's sober up first'
What is the meaning of STIMULUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 03:01 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: mea culpa
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:55 PM GMT0 •
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The January 14th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the television show, The Wire, by James Poniewozik in which he states,'The odds are good that you have not yet watched the first four seasons of 'The Wire', which returns on Jan. 6 and that means that I as TV critic have failed you. MEA CULPA.'
What is the meaning of MEA CULPA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:55 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: tabula rasa
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:46 PM GMT0 •
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The January 14th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains atongue-in-cheek article on real estate by Andy Borowitz in which he gives the following name to a non-existent new construction:'TABULA RASA.'
What is the meaning of TABULA RASA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:46 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: impedimenta
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:42 PM GMT0 •
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The January 14th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a piece of fiction by E.L. Doctorow called 'Wakefield', in which he writes that the main character '...dug around for my checkbook, house and car keys---all the IMPEDIMENTA of citizenry.'
What is the meaning of IMPEDIMENTA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:42 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: detritus
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:35 PM GMT0 •
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The January 7th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on saving an historic New York City building by Burkhard Bilger in which he describes a man who salvages historic material from buildings that have been demolished as being, '...as content amid the city's DETRITUS as any raccoon.'
What is the meaning of DETRITUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:35 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: barbati
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:30 PM GMT0 •
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The January 7th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the strike by the Writers' Guild of America by Ben McGrath in which he describes the strikers and interviews a writer for Saturday Night Live who said, '...that ninety per cent of his friends were BARBATI.'
What is the meaning of BARBATI in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:30 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: minutiae
Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:24 PM GMT0 •
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The January 7th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on the Iowa caucuses by Hendrik Hertzberg in which he likens the Romney/Huckabee rivalry to a boxing match as follows: Touch gloves, Mitt and Mike. And perhaps, if God interests Himself in the MINUTIAE of earthly politics, He'll arrange a double knockout.'
What is the meaning of MINUTIAE in both Latin and English?
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Article posted March 15, 2008 at 02:24 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: minimus
Article posted January 27, 2008 at 05:08 PM GMT0 •
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The January 21st issue of Time Magazine contains an advertisement for Mucinex in which the text reads, 'New Maximum Strength Mucinex makes mucus MINIMUS'.
What is the meaning of MINIMUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted January 27, 2008 at 05:08 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Maximus
Article posted January 27, 2008 at 05:07 PM GMT0 •
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The January 21st issue of Time Magazine contains an advertisement for Mucinex in which the mucus is portrayed wearing a T-shirt saying 'Mucus MAXIMUS'.
What is the meaning of MAXIMUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted January 27, 2008 at 05:07 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: bona fide
Article posted January 27, 2008 at 05:04 PM GMT0 •
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The January 21st issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the alleged attack of US warships by Iranian gunboats by Massimo Calabresi in which he judges the event as 'Washington sees in the encounter as much a p.r. opportunity as a BONA FIDE threat'.
What is the meaning of BONA FIDE in both Latin and English?
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Article posted January 27, 2008 at 05:04 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: terminus
Article posted January 1, 2008 at 03:48 PM GMT0 •
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The December 17th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'Fixer Upper' by Ben McGrath, in which he describes the Gowanus Canal in New York where, improvements...will need to be made to the Flushing tunnel that connects the canal's northern TERMINUS with Buttermilk Channel'
What is the literal meaning of TERMINUS and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted January 1, 2008 at 03:48 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: per solam fidem
Article posted January 1, 2008 at 03:42 PM GMT0 •
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The December 17th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'Reformers' by Peter Schjeldahl, in which he describes religious art and Martin Luther, the religious reformer who, 'narrowed his defense of ecclesiastical art...chiefly in advancing his doctrine that salvation comes PER SOLAM FIDEM...without saintly or clerical intercession.'
What is the literal meaning of PER SOLAM FIDEM?
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Article posted January 1, 2008 at 03:42 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: rictus
Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:27 AM GMT0 •
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The December 10th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'Reading My Father' by Alexandra Styron, in which she describes her father at one point as, in bed, his face a RICTUS of despair.'
What is the literal meaning of RICTUS and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:27 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: rebus
Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:24 AM GMT0 •
comment • Reads 552
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The December 10th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled, 'Follow the Leaders' by Hendrik Hertzberg, in which he refers to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as, 'the world's most complicated and persistent REBUS
What is the literal meaning of REBUS and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:24 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: nexus
Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:21 AM GMT0 •
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The December 10th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'Follow the Leaders' by Hendrik Hertzberg, on the war in Iraq in which he states, 'Unlike cleansing the place of weapons of mass destruction and breaking up the alleged Baghdad-Al Qaeda NEXUS, (regime change) was a reality-based goal.'
What is the literal meaning of NEXUS and how is this word used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:21 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: non sequitur
Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:17 AM GMT0 •
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The December 3rd issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'Huckabee?' by Hendrik Hertzberg, in which he states that at a campaign rally, 'the former governor of Arkansas trades straight-faced NON SEQUITURs with Chuck Norris'
What is the literal meaning of NON SEQUITUR and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:17 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homo habilis
Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:13 AM GMT0 •
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The November 26th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'Gifts for Him' by Patricia Marx, in which she states, 'A million or two years ago, HOMO HABILIS ...used one piece of flint to sharpen another piece of flint, thus inventing...tools.'
What is the literal meaning of HOMO HABILIS and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:13 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: rigor mortis
Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:08 AM GMT0 •
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The November 26th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'Monster's Ball', on cartoonist Gahan Wilson, in which it is stated that 'the first cartoon ...ever sold...shows a bird sprawled in RIGOR MORTIS'
What is the literal meaning of RIGOR MORTIS and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:08 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sui generis
Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:03 AM GMT0 •
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The November 5th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes an article entitled 'All Souls' by Peter Schjeldahl, about Frida Kahlo, in which she states that the artist's self portraits '...are SUI GENERIS in art while collegial with great portraiture of every age.'
What is the literal meaning of SUI GENERIS and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted December 29, 2007 at 11:03 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: in vitro
Article posted December 24, 2007 at 05:47 PM GMT0 •
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The December 10th issue of Time magazine includes an article entitled 'Why Science Can't Save the GOP' by Michael Kinsley, about stem cell research, in which he states that 'IN VITRO fertilization...involves the purposeful creation of multiple embryos'.
What is the literal meaning of IN VITRO and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted December 24, 2007 at 05:47 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: per capita
Article posted December 24, 2007 at 05:15 PM GMT0 •
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The November 26th issue of Time magazine includes an article entitled 'Denmark's Difference' by Justin Fox, in which he states that 'Living standards in Denmark are among the highest in the world. PER CAPITA income trails that of the US but is distributed far more equally.'
What is the literal meaning of PER CAPITA and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted December 24, 2007 at 05:15 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in the Crosswords
Article posted December 24, 2007 at 05:12 PM GMT0 •
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_ _ _ _ facto (4 letters)
What is the missing word and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted December 24, 2007 at 05:12 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: annus mirabilis
Article posted November 3, 2007 at 10:23 PM GMT0 •
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The November 5th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the hair styles of presidents and presidential candidates(The Bald Truth by Steve Rushin)in which he states that 1956 'was an ANNUS MIRABILIS for hairless potentates'.
What is the meaning of ANNUS MIRABILIS in Latin, and how is this Latin phrase used in English?
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Article posted November 3, 2007 at 10:23 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: casus belli
Article posted November 3, 2007 at 10:19 PM GMT0 •
comment • Reads 357
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The October 29th issue of Time Magazine contains a short article on lawmakers' reactions to teenagers' wearing of low-rise pants (Boxer Rebellion)in which it states, 'The original Boxer Rebellion, a 1900 battle in China between natives and colonials, at leaast had a weighty CASUS BELLI.'
What is the meaning of CASUS BELLI, and how is this Latin phrase used in English?
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Article posted November 3, 2007 at 10:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: podium
Article posted October 28, 2007 at 11:54 PM GMT0 •
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The October 15th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article on relieving stress(StressBuster by Larissa MacFarquhar)in which she says , The Swami himself...walked to the PODIUM and regarded his audience for a moment in silence.'
What is a PODIUM in English and and in Latin; give its alternative plural (to podiums) and explain it.
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Article posted October 28, 2007 at 11:54 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: quid pro quo
Article posted October 28, 2007 at 11:47 PM GMT0 •
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The October 15th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Sin Dolor by T. Coraghessan Boyle)in which he describes a bargain he strikes with an injured boy as follows, 'I insisted on first treating the burn, as a kind of QUID PRO QUO' before showing him his collection of scorpions.
What is a QUID PRO QUO in English and what is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase?
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Article posted October 28, 2007 at 11:47 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives:terraria
Article posted October 28, 2007 at 11:44 PM GMT0 •
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The October 15th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Sin Dolorby T. Coraghessan Boyle)in which he says the following in reference to scorpions, 'I kept them in TERRARIA in the back room o fthe clinic'.
What are TERRARIA in English and what is the origin of this seemingly irregular plural?
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Article posted October 28, 2007 at 11:44 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: materfamilias
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:21 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Experimental Journey by Jane Kramer)about director Elizabeth LeCompte in which she describes LeCompte as 'the famous MATERFAMILIAS of American experimental theatre'.
What is a MATERFAMILIAS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:21 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: agenda
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:18 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Shifting Targets by Seymore M. Hersh)about national security in which he writes 'the Bush administration has its own AGENDA toward Iran.'
What is an AGENDA in English and what is the literal meaning of this word in Latin?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:18 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: analyses
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:15 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Shifting Targets by Seymore M. Hersh)about national security in which he mentions US intelligence and technical ANALYSES.
What is the relationship between ANALYSES and the more commonly found English word ANALYSIS and what do they mean in Latin and ENGLISH?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:15 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: mores
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:13 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Shifting Targets by Seymore M. Hersh)about national security in which he blames 'the enforcement of social MORES' for Iraqi instability.
What are MORES in both Latin and English and how many syllables is this word in English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:13 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: crux
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:10 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Shifting Targets by Seymore M. Hersh )about national security in which he describes, 'The CRUX of the Bush administration's strategic dilemma'.
What is CRUX in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:10 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: et al
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:08 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Shifting Targets by Seymore M. Hersh ) about national security in which he states, There is a desperate effort by Cheney ET AL. to bring military action to Iran'.
What is ET AL. an abbreviation for and what does it mean in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:08 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: chorus
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:06 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Greenback Blues by James Surowaecki) about the US dollar in which he states, 'As the CHORUS of voices lamenting the latest drop in the dollar suggest, it may well be time for Americans to emulate the ant,' and save.
What is a CHORUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:06 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: pauper
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:04 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Greenback Blues by James Surowaecki) about the US dollar in which he states, 'If you travel abroad, you feel like a PAUPER'.
What is PAUPER in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:04 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives:alumnus
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:01 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (On Campus by Lauren Collins) about the speech made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad in New York at Columbia University, in which he describes the President of Columbia University's introduction as containing a statement about, 'academic freedom and the imprisonment in Iran of a Columbia ALUMNUS'.
What is an ALUMNUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 01:01 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: circus
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:58 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (On Campus by Lauren Collins) about the speech made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad in New York at Columbia University, in which he states, 'It's educational to see the media CIRCUS from the inside'.
What is a CIRCUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:58 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: media
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:56 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (On Campus by Lauren Collins) about the speech made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad in New York at Columbia University, in which he states, 'It's educational to see the MEDIA circus from the inside'.
What is media in both Latin and English and why might it be more correct for me to have written, 'What ARE media in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:56 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: auditorium
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:54 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (On Campus by Lauren Collins) about the speech made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad in New York at Columbia University, in which he descibes the AUDITORIUM filling for the speech.
What is AUDITORIUM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:54 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: campus
Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:51 AM GMT0 •
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The October 8th, 2007 issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (On CAMPUS by Lauren Collins) about the speech made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad in New York at Columbia University.
What is CAMPUS in both Latin and English and why is this a fitting title for this article?
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Article posted October 22, 2007 at 12:51 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: genius
Article posted October 13, 2007 at 03:01 PM GMT0 •
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The October 15th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on Facebook and other friend-based web sites(You are not my Friend by Joel Stein)in which he states, 'perhaps some GENIUS can invent something that takes place in a house over dinner with wine'.
What is the meaning of GENIUS in Latin and in English?
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Article posted October 13, 2007 at 03:01 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: minimum
Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:54 PM GMT0 •
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The October 15th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on yoga(When Yoga Hurts by Pamela Paul)in which she mentions that 'the Yoga Alliance...has set a MINIMUM standard of 200 hours of training for certification'.
What is the meaning of MINIMUM in Latin and in English?
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Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:54 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: antebellum
Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:51 PM GMT0 •
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The October 15th issue of Time Magazine contains a short article containing brief desriptions of books (What the Kids Aren't Reading)in which Toni Morrison's Beloved is described as a 'novel about ANTEBELLUM slavery'.
What is the meaning of ANTEBELLUM in Latin, and to what era does it refer in English?
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Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: moratorium
Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:45 PM GMT0 •
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The October 15th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the Japanese fishing industry(Postcard: Taiji by Hannah Beech)in which she refers to an 'international whaling MORATORIUM'.
What is the meaning of MORATORIUM in Latin, and what does it mean in English?
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Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:45 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: status
Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:39 PM GMT0 •
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The October 8th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on Indian auto maker Tata Motors(Autopian vision by Simon Robinson)in which he states, 'people buy cars for convenience and STATUS.'
What is the meaning of STATUS in Latin, what verb that we have studied does it come from, and what does it mean in English?
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Article posted October 13, 2007 at 02:39 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: animus
Article posted October 8, 2007 at 03:48 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an interview with author Philip Roth(Age Makes a Difference by Hermione Lee)in which she asks Roth, 'What is the source of (one character's) ANIMUS against biography?'
What is the meaning of the Latin word ANIMUS and how has it changed in English?
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Article posted October 8, 2007 at 03:48 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: vice versa
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the airline business(Cabin Pressure by Adam Smith)in which he mentions that '... early next year any EU airline will have the right to fly to any city in the U.S., and VICE VERSA.'
What is the meaning of VICE VERSA in Latin and how is it used in English?
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Article posted October 8, 2007 at 02:50 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: homo sapiens
Article posted October 8, 2007 at 02:47 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article on innovations in the fruit industry(Revolution in the Garden by Jennifer Veale)in which she mentions humanity took a wrong turn 10,000 years ago...when modern HOMO SAPIENS first plowed the wild land.'
What is the meaning of HOMO SAPIENS in Latin and to what does it refer in English?
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Article posted October 8, 2007 at 02:47 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: curriculum
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article on energy efficient school buildings (Little Green Schoolhouse by Bryan Walsh)in which he mentions 'Sidwell's new middle school where science teachers...have incorporated solar panels, double glazed windows, and other green features into their CURRICULUMS.'
What is the meaning of CURRICULUM in Latin and what other plural is often found in English?
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Article posted October 8, 2007 at 02:40 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Aurora borealis
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article on The Race for the Arctic by James Graff in which he mentions a place where the AURORA BOREALIS normally provides celestial beauty'.
What is the meaning of AURORA BOREALIS in Latin and to what does it refer in English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: bona fides
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the US election by Michael Kinsley in which he mentions 'the constant calls for political candidates to prove their BONA FIDES'.
What is the meaning of BONA FIDES in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:36 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: redux
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:35 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the the Clinton health care proposal by Joe Klein in which he states, 'Rivals warn of 1993 REDUX'.
What is the meaning of REDUX in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:35 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: persona
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The October 1st, 2008 issue of Time Magazine contains a short article in its Milestone section on the Real Indiana Jones in which it is stated that 'his PERSONA--the bandito mustache, the Stetson hat--screamed "bold adventurer dude"'.
What is the meaning of PERSONA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: censor
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains a short article in its People section on Sally Field at the Oscars which is entitled 'Sensitive CENSOR.'
What was the job of a Roman Censor and how is it used in English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:08 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: referendum
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:06 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains a short article on Taiwan in which it is stated that the President 'has called for a REFERENDUM on whether the island should forego its official name (the Republic of China) in favor of Taiwan.'
What is the meaning of REFERENDUM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:06 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: moratorium
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:02 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains a short article on health zoning in which it is stated that, Los Angeles is considering a 2-year MORATORIUM on new fast food stores'.
What is the meaning of MORATORIUM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 08:02 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: circa
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:58 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article by James Poniewozik on the arrest of O J Simpson in which he states that, FOX NEWS and MSNBC didn't even exist CIRCA OJ1'.
What is the meaning of CIRCA in both Latin and English and what was OJ1?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:58 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: memorabilia
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:56 PM GMT0 •
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The October 1st issue of Time Magazine contains an article by James Poniewozik on the arrest of O J Simpson in which 'he stood accused of robbing a MEMORABILIA collector at gunpoint'.
What is the meaning of MEMORABILIA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:56 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: arbiter
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:51 PM GMT0 •
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The September 24th issue of Time Magazine contains an article by Joe Klein on the Iraq war which contains the statement, 'Bush has made Petraeus the ARBITER of Iraq policy when it should be set by the President'.
What is the meaning of ARBITER in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Panis Angelicus
Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:41 PM GMT0 •
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The September 24th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the late opera singer Luciano Pavarotti whose funeral service ended with a recording of the artist singing PANIS ANGELICUS.
What is the meaning of PANIS ANGELICUS and to what does it refer?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:41 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Augustan
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The September 24th issue of Time Magazine contains an article on the island of Diego Garcia by Massimo Calabresi in which he describes the island as a 'springboard for the projection of military might to the far reaches of the world (which) rivals anything 18th century Britain or AUGUSTAN Rome ever came up with.
What is the meaning of AUGUSTAN and how is it used in this article?
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Article posted September 27, 2007 at 07:37 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Britannia
Article posted September 17, 2007 at 01:13 AM GMT0 •
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Fashion Rocks, a supplement to the New Yorker magazine contains an article entitled Britannia Rules on a new invasion of foreign bands to the United States, photographed by Daniel Jackson.
Where does this band invasion come from and what song is evoked by the title of the article?
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Article posted September 17, 2007 at 01:13 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: magnum opus
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While watching the movie, Charlotte's Web, Charlotte says to Wilbur, after laying her egg sack, 'This is my MAGNUM OPUS.'
What is a MAGNUM OPUS in both Latin and English and what is its primary usage in English?
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Article posted September 17, 2007 at 01:08 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: paterfamilias
Article posted September 17, 2007 at 01:05 AM GMT0 •
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The September 17th issue of Time magazine contains an article on television(17 Shows that Changed TV by James Poniewozik) in which it describes the show American Family in which 'PATERFAMILIAS and executive Bill Loud and wife Pat decided to split up.'
What is the meaning of PATERFAMILIAS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 17, 2007 at 01:05 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: focus
Article posted September 17, 2007 at 01:01 AM GMT0 •
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The September 17th issue of Time magazine contains an article on New Orleans public schools(The Greatest Education Lab by Walter Isaacson) in which it stated that the Aspen Institute 'decided to make New Orleans a FOCUS of their involvement.
What is the meaning of FOCUS in both Latin and English and how do the 2 meanings relate?
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Article posted September 17, 2007 at 01:01 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: consensus
Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:41 AM GMT0 •
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The September 10th issue of Time magazine contains an article on public service (A Time to Serve by Richard Stengel) in which the point was made that these days there is a growing CONSENSUS on Capitol Hill that the private and public spheres can be linked.'
What is the meaning of CONSENSUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:41 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: mercurial
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The September 10th issue of Time magazine contains an article on Iran (Intimidation in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni) in which she states, 'Iran's rulers are notorious for their MERCURIAL ways'
What is the meaning of MERCURIAL in English and how did it develop this meaning?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:37 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: habeas corpus
Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:34 AM GMT0 •
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The September 10th issue of Time magazine contains an article on Alberto Gonzales, the former US attorney general (The Gonzales Legacy by Calabresi & Bennett) in which the point was made that Gonzales 'did not believe that there was an express grant of HABEAS CORPUS in the Constitution.''
What is the literal meaning of HABEAS CORPUS in English and how is it used as a legal term?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:34 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: caucus
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The September 10th issue of Time magazine contains a poll question for Iowans, 'Which candidate would you support in your CAUCUS?'
What is a caucus in English and what is its meaning in Latin? How do you think that this word evolved?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:30 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: in situ & ex situ
Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:12 AM GMT0 •
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The August 27th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Sowing for Apocalypse by John Seabrook) about preserving plant seeds in the event of a disaster, in which he describes the preservation of wild plant seeds, Some are (preserved "EX SITU"...and others are "IN SITU"...'
What are EX SITU and IN SITU in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:12 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: pro bono
Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:06 AM GMT0 •
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The August 27th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Skunked by Lizzie Widdicombe) about a haunted house in New York, in which she describes a ghost hunter who, 'is searching for their spirits PRO BONO.'
What does the phrase PRO BONO mean in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:06 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: status
Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:00 AM GMT0 •
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The August 27th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Posh Spices by Rebecca Mead) about British royalty, in which she describes Prince Charles' step-son as saying, that his own STATUS as a commoner, albeit a well-connected one, remains unchanged.'
What is STATUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 01:00 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: ego & id
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The August 27th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Rovian Ways by Nicholas Lemann) about Carl Rove, George Bush's friend and employee, in which he states, 'The EGO said one thing, the ID said another, and the ID always won.'
What are EGO and ID in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 10, 2007 at 12:56 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: alma mater
Article posted September 6, 2007 at 12:12 PM GMT0 •
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The September 5th edition of the Star Democrat had, on its front page, a picture, with the caption, 'US Army Captain Nicholas A. Turner III and another soldier display a sweatshirt from Salisbury University, Turner's ALMA MATER.'
How do we use the term ALMA MATER in English and what is the literal translation of the Latin?
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Article posted September 6, 2007 at 12:12 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Emeritus
Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:43 AM GMT0 •
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The September 3/10th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains a book review (Cloud Nine by Joan Acocella) of a new translation of Dante's Paradiso in which he describes one of the authors as a Professor EMERITUS.
What does it mean to be an Emeritus professor and what does the Latin word EMERITUS mean?
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Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:43 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: subpoena
Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:40 AM GMT0 •
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The September 3/10th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (The Jefferson Bottles by Patrick Radden Keefe) about the discovery of fake bottles of wine that had supposedly been owned by Thomas Jefferson, in which he describes a defrauded owner as 'dropping a SUBPOENA on people as if he were lobbing a grenade.'
What is a SUBPOENA in English and what 2 Latin words, with their English meanings, make up this word?
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Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:40 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: bacchanal
Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:33 AM GMT0 •
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The August 27th issue of Time magazine contains a movie review of High School Musical 2 by James Poniewozik in which he describes it as a 'raging BACCHANAL of handholding, milk drinking and explicit thespianism.'
What is a BACCHANAL in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:33 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: compendium
Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:30 AM GMT0 •
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The August 27th issue of Time magazine contains an article (When Sadness is a Good Thing by John Cloud) about over-medication in US society, in which he describes the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Medical Disorders' as a 'COMPENDIUM used by mental health professionals to make diagnoses.'
What is a COMPENDIUM in both Latin and English?
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Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:30 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: caveat
Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:23 AM GMT0 •
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The August 27th issue of Time magazine contains a letter(by Glen Winger) on the Iraq war in which he states that the blame lies with 'the media (which) lent credibility...with the simple CAVEAT "as seen on Fox News."'
What is a CAVEAT in English and what does this Latin verb literally mean?
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Article posted September 4, 2007 at 02:23 AM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: tormentum insomniae
Article posted August 20, 2007 at 10:23 PM GMT0 •
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The August 13th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (The Black Sites by Jane Mayer) about US terrorist detentions in which she describes an illegal method of extracting information from terrorists, used 'since the Middle Ages, when it was called TORMENTUM INSOMNIAE.
What is TORMENTUM INSOMNIAE and what is it usually called in English?
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Article posted August 20, 2007 at 10:23 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: animus
Article posted August 20, 2007 at 10:12 PM GMT0 •
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The August 13th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (The Black Sites by Jane Mayer) about US terrorist detentions in which she describes terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as follows: 'His ANIMUS toward the U.S. was rooted in a hatred of Israel.'
What is the meaning of ANIMUS in both Latin and English?
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Article posted August 20, 2007 at 10:12 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: modus operandi
Article posted August 20, 2007 at 10:01 PM GMT0 •
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The August 13th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (The Black Sites by Jane Mayer) about US terrorist detentions in which she states that the CIA head's 'whole MODUS OPERANDI was to please' the President.
What is the literal translation of MODUS OPERANDI and how is it used in English?
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Article posted August 20, 2007 at 10:01 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: carpe diem
Article posted August 18, 2007 at 04:38 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of The New Yorker magazine contains an article (Early Birds by Michael Schulman) about people waiting to see the cast of High School Musical on the set of Good Morning America. A group of 3 16 year-olds sneaked to the front of the line for a look before being sent back to their place. 'Was it worth it to sneak back, even if they might get stopped by the police again? CARPE DIEM,' they agreed.
What is the meaning of CARPE DIEM and did the girls try to move to the front of the line again, or not?
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Article posted August 18, 2007 at 04:38 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: video
Article posted August 17, 2007 at 10:34 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of Time magazine includes an article on in their leisure section in which it states that, 'The most viewed VIDEO on YouTube this month is a clip showing hundreds of prison inmates...re-enacting the dance routine from Michael Jackson's Thriller.'
What is the meaning of the English word VIDEO and what is the literal meaning of the Latin word?
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Article posted August 17, 2007 at 10:34 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: dementia
Article posted August 17, 2007 at 10:19 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of Time magazine includes an article on organic foods by Dr. Sanjay Gupta ('Rethinking Organics') in which it states that organic tomatoes have higher amounts of flavonoids which 'have been associated with reduced risks of...some forms of DEMENTIA.'
What is the meaning of DEMENTIA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted August 17, 2007 at 10:19 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: formula
Article posted August 17, 2007 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of Time magazine includes an article on nursing ('Become a Nurse, Get a Tan') in which it states that a businessman who founded medical and veterinary schools in the Caribbean and then sold them, 'has re-applied his winning FORMULA to nursing'.
What is the meaning of FORMULA in both Latin and English?
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Article posted August 17, 2007 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: bonus
Article posted August 17, 2007 at 09:35 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of Time magazine includes an article on nursing ('Become a Nurse, Get a Tan') in which it states that ' hospitals, desperate for staff, poach nurses from one another with BONUSes and perks.' The article also states, 'The island life is definitely a BONUS.
What is the difference between the meanings of the word BONUS in English and what is the meaning of the Latin word?
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Article posted August 17, 2007 at 09:35 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: academia
Article posted August 17, 2007 at 09:32 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of Time magazine includes an article on nursing ('Become a Nurse, Get a Tan') in which it states that 'Clinical salaries are so high that nurses do not want to leave for ACADEMIA.'
What are the Latin and English meanings of the word ACADEMIA?
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Article posted August 17, 2007 at 09:32 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: momentum
Article posted August 17, 2007 at 08:53 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of Time magazine includes an article on Rudy Giuliani ('Rudy in the Heartland') in which it states that he 'can't afford to let the former Massachusetts Governor (Mitt Romney) get a dangerous burst of MOMENTUM'.
What are the English and Latin meanings of the word MOMENTUM?
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Article posted August 17, 2007 at 08:53 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: forum
Article posted August 17, 2007 at 08:51 PM GMT0 •
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The August 20th issue of Time magazine includes an article on Rudy Giuliani ('Rudy in the Heartland') in which it describes his attendance at 'a town-hall FORUM'.
What is the meaning of FORUM in this context and what was a Roman FORUM?
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Article posted August 17, 2007 at 08:51 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: quorum
Article posted August 16, 2007 at 08:12 PM GMT0 •
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In the Dashboard section of the August 20th issue of Time magazine, an article on Iraq states that, 'When Parliament is in session, it struggles to find a QUORUM for deliberations.'
What is a 'quorum' in English and what is this word in Latin?
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Article posted August 16, 2007 at 08:12 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: sanctum
Article posted August 13, 2007 at 04:46 PM GMT0 •
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In the murder mystery, 'The Roaring Boy', the author, Edward Marston, describes the workspace of the murder victim as follows: ' That workshop was his private 'sanctum'.'
What is the English meaning of the Latin word 'sanctum' and how is it used in English?
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Article posted August 13, 2007 at 04:46 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: dramatis personae
Article posted August 13, 2007 at 04:43 PM GMT0 •
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In the murder mystery, 'The Roaring Boy', the author, Edward Marston, describes the death of an actor as follows: '...its main character was summarily excised from the DRAMATIS PERSONAE.'
What is the literal meaning of 'dramatis DRAMATIS PERSONAE' and how is this phrase used in English?
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Article posted August 13, 2007 at 04:43 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: Nostra Culpa
Article posted August 10, 2007 at 03:01 PM GMT0 •
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The August 13th issue of Time magazine includes an article by Michael Kinsley about the Iraq war, with the title: Nostra Culpa.
What is the English meaning of 'nostra culpa', how is it more commonly foound and how is it used?
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Article posted August 10, 2007 at 03:01 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: post-
Article posted August 10, 2007 at 02:11 PM GMT0 •
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The August 13th, 2007 issue of Time magazine includes an article by Joe Klein in which he refers to 'post-Vietnam liberalism'.
What is the English meaning of the Latin word 'post' and what type, therefore, of liberalism is 'post-Vietnam' liberalism?
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Article posted August 10, 2007 at 02:11 PM GMT0 •
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Latin in Our Lives: in absentia
Article posted August 10, 2007 at 02:08 PM GMT0 •
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The August 13th, 2007 issue of Time magazine includes an article by Joe Klein in which he states that the head of the Democratic Leader Council addressed the Democratic contenders for president 'in absentia'.
What is the literal translation of the phrase 'in absentia' and what does it mean that he addressed them 'in absentia'?
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Article posted August 10, 2007 at 02:08 PM GMT0 •
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