Over half of the English language is derived from Latin aquarium-aqua, water fable-fabula, story clamor-clamo, I shout dolphin-delphinus, dolphin narrator-narro, I tell These and thousands of other words we use every day keep this "dead" language-a language of kings and poets, of scrolls and secrets-alive. And this means that when we study Latin, we're not just learning about Rome- we're learning about ourselves. Rediscover this time-honored language, which led classical education pioneer Dorothy Sayers to declare that "Latin should be begun as early as possible ... when the chanting of "Amo,...
Over half of the English language is derived from Latin aquarium-aqua, water fable-fabula, story clamor-clamo, I shout dolphin-delphinus, dolphin narr...