Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 99
... Latin body and a Greek head . ' Neonatal ' should really be ' novonatal ' . And they get in a terrible state of chassis with words derived from the Latin lympha , a water - nymph , or a poetic word for water . ' Lymphagogue ' , a ...
... Latin body and a Greek head . ' Neonatal ' should really be ' novonatal ' . And they get in a terrible state of chassis with words derived from the Latin lympha , a water - nymph , or a poetic word for water . ' Lymphagogue ' , a ...
Pagina 181
... Latin and Greek grammars . Since Oxford and Cam- bridge ceased to make Latin a compulsory subject for entrance into our two most famous universities , the classics have dwindled away . It is worth rehearsing a few of the arguments for ...
... Latin and Greek grammars . Since Oxford and Cam- bridge ceased to make Latin a compulsory subject for entrance into our two most famous universities , the classics have dwindled away . It is worth rehearsing a few of the arguments for ...
Pagina 182
... Latin are the very much alive , and international , languages of the sciences ( viz . particularly Greek in physics and chemistry , particularly Latin in anatomy and botany ) . Anyone professing these disciplines can hardly understand ...
... Latin are the very much alive , and international , languages of the sciences ( viz . particularly Greek in physics and chemistry , particularly Latin in anatomy and botany ) . Anyone professing these disciplines can hardly understand ...
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