What ho, chaps! Short, sharp and shiny one today! Todays word is.. Sisyphean [sis-y-phe-an]; pron sis-i-fee'an} adjective Definition: Laborious, endless and futile. This term is sometimes capitalised...think that when I moved into my own place, I'd find it easier to keep tidy but it's really not the case! Sorry it's not as good as my previous ones, but I have a massive headache at the moment. D:

"Formatio Verborum e Verbis Monosyllabicis" "The Formation of Words from Monosyllabic Words" Monosyllabic vocalic stems present an interesting problem in the formation of derivative words when suffixes...vilēns (cf. pestilēns ) trēs , stem tri- + -ista → tri-sta → trista (cf. logista ) trēs , stem tri- + -ista → tri-ista → trīsta (cf. danīsta )

Today I zipped through Latin and Greek. Greek got a bit funky again. I'm not quite sure why. It was tough and perhaps I made too many "What's the real right answer?" type of questions. I need a different method, but I can't think of what it should be. In Latin, when a student translated a sentence of Cicero, I gave tossed them a small package of Smarties and said, "Nice job, Smartie." They loved it...

My Latin teacher is pregnant.  She announced it today!  It was kind of adorable.  She was all like, "I have an announcement, and I know I usually don't talk about my personal life to you guys, but I'm sure some of you have noticed my expanding stomach lately...."  (At this point, I wanted to jump up, point at her, and scream "PREGNANT!!!!!!", but I restrained myself, just in case she had cancer of...

I have possibly the most legendary of enthusiastic Latin Professors. Yesterday I received the following email: Dear all, the expression 'heaven forfend' seemed an unfamiliar one in class yesterday. I was pleased to see it used in today's Robert Peston piece on the BBC website (12th paragraph), albeit in a variant spelling: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/ The subjunctive...

I got to sleep in last night, which was hip. Maybe I'll get to do it again some time, like Thursday night! Mwa ha ha. Gotta love Nevada Day, for serious. Tap class was purely talking. Latin went alright. I didn't do as well on the quiz as I would've liked, I'm sure. Ate lunch with Em, Sara and Megan. A friend of mine from Philosophy joined us, so that was hip. Choir went alright and in Choreography...

...Name for the Mudkip" What about a scientific name for a mudkip? How about: hydroscirtetes amabilis Hydroscirtetes is a Latinized Greek-derived compound that comes from Greek ὕδωρ [ hydor ] "water," combining form ὑδρο- [ hydro- ] + σκιρτητής [ skirtetes ] "skipper." Amabilis is Latin and it means "likable," or in the case of the mudkip, "liek-able." It does make sense, eh?

...will be ugly in the extreme. But it means I get to spend time with the Silmarillion - when you've read it as many times as I have, you do have to get creative. And what better way to brush up my Latin than attempt an impossible task? The initial plan at the tender age of 12 was to translate it into Quenya (or Elvish, for plebs); but it's hard to work with a language that doesn't have a proper...

"Nomen Scientificum Longifelis" "Longcat's Scientific Name" I think it should be... Longifeles praelongissima Longifeles is a compound meaning "Longcat," and it is from longus and feles... is feminine. Praelongissima , "very, very, very looooooooong," is the feminine superlative form of praelongus "very long." It all makes sense! Longcat is the very, very, very looooooooong longcat

...watching MNF now as the World Series game has been delayed now on account of rain. I woke up in the morning at a decent time, i.e. 8:00 AM, and drove over to Saturn of Reno. I kinda looked over my Latin and slightly dozed off. It happens. I'm rather sleep deprived. Hopefully be going to bed soon. May eat some food first, may now. I don't know yet. I got my oil changed and took care of the smog check...