It may be thought unfortunate that he was called on entirely by accident to perform, if again we may trust the opening of the oratio, for it marks the beginning for us of his use of his peculiar form of witty word play that even in this Latin banter has in it the unmistakable element of viciousness and an almost sadistic delight in verbally tormenting an adversary.

The singular alga is the Latin word for a particular seaweed and retains that meaning in English.

The use of the word abacus dates before 1387 AD, when a Middle English work borrowed the word from Latin to describe a sandboard abacus.

The Latin word came from Greek ἄβαξ abax " board strewn with sand or dust used for drawing geometric figures or calculating "( the exact shape of the Latin perhaps reflects the genitive form of the Greek word, ἄβακoς abakos ).

The English word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word alphabetum, which in turn originated in the Greek ἀλφάβητος ( alphabētos ), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.

These can range from simple spelling changes and word forms to switching the entire writing system itself, as when Turkey switched from the Arabic alphabet to a Turkish alphabet of Latin origin.

In other languages having the meaning of the Latin word pavor, the derived words differ in meaning, e. g. as in the French anxiété and peur.

The town's name is attested as Aisincurt in 1175, derived from a Germanic masculine name Aizo, Aizino and the early Northern French word curt ' farm with a courtyard ' ( Late Latin cortem ).

The English word Alps derives from the French and Latin Alpes, which at one time was thought to be derived from the Latin albus (" white ").

An abbreviation ( from Latin brevis, meaning short ) is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

The word angle comes from the Latin word angulus, meaning " a corner ".

The word angulus is a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin.

The word art is derived from the Latin " ars ", which, although literally defined means, " skill method " or " technique ", holds a connotation of beauty.

The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English Church.

The word Gringo is widely used in parts of Latin America in reference to U. S. residents, often in a pejorative way but not necessarily.

Throughout Latin America the word Gringo is also used for any foreigner from the United States, Canada, or Europe, however the true sense of the word is any foreigner.

The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα ( ankura ).

The Latin feminine form Imperatrix only developed after " Imperator " had taken on the connotation of " Emperor ".

Autokratōr was essentially used as a translation of the Latin Imperator in Greek-speaking part of the Roman Empire, but also here there is only partial overlap between the meaning of the original Greek and Latin concepts.

Of particular note was the translation of the Latin Imperator into the Greek Basileus, after Emperor Heraclius changed the official language of the empire from Roman to Greek in 620 AD.

On 31 October 1721, Peter I was proclaimed Emperor by the Senate-the title used was Latin " Imperator ", which is a westernizing form equivalent to the traditional Slavic title " Tsar ".

The origin of the title Imperator totius Hispaniae ( Latin for Emperor of All Spain ) is murky.

It is interesting that Brian is not referred to in the passage from the ' Book of Armagh ' as the ' Ard Ri ' — that is, High-King — but rather he is declared " Imperator Scottorum ," or " Emperor of the Irish " (" Scottorum " then being the common Late Latin term for the Irish: Ireland was usually referred to in Latin as " Scotia Major " while Scotland was referred to as " Scotia Minor ").

The High King Brian Boru ( c. 941-1014 ) based his title on being emperor of the Irish people, which was in Latin: " Imperator Scottorum ", as distinct from claiming to be Emperor of the island of Ireland.

Signature of Edward VIII | King Edward VIII The ' R ' and ' I ' after his name indicate ' king ' and ' emperor ' in Latin (' Rex ' and ' Imperator ').

In Latin, the feminine form of Imperator is Imperatrix, denoting a ruling female.

Its motto is Tempus Rerum Imperator, Latin for Time is the commander of ( all ) things.

In various Romance and other languages, the imperial title was rather based on the Latin Imperator ( in fact a military mandate or a victory title ), but Caesar or a derivation is then still used for both the name and the minor ranks ( still perceived as Latin )

* Emperor, from the Latin Imperator, meaning " commander " or " one who commands.

Quite often, a Latin 3rd declension noun formed a distinctive feminine title by adding-issa to its base, but usually the 3rd declension noun was used for both male and female nobles, except for Imperator and Rex.

The title comes from the Latin phrase " Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant " (" Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you "), a salute that according to popular legend ( although not academically agreed ) was uttered by Roman gladiators before battle in the arena.

Ferdinand explained this as Imperator Mathias Mense Martio Morietur ( Latin for " Emperor Mathias will die in the month of March "), and he wrote another prophecy next to it: Iesseni, Mentiris, Mala Morte Morieris (" Jesenius, you lie, you will die a horrible death ").

Octavian emerged from a series of civil wars as the sole master of the Roman world, and in January 27 BC was appointed princeps senatus and given the cognomen " Augustus " ( Latin, " Majestic " or " Venerable "); henceforth he styled himself " Imperator Caesar Augustus ".

Signature of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom | King Edward VIII The ' R ' and ' I ' after his name indicate ' king ' and ' emperor ' in Latin (' Rex ' and ' Imperator ').

Canadian coins minted from 1902 until 1910 under King Edward VII read " D. G. Rex Imperator " which is Latin for " By the Grace of God, King and Emperor ".

The title " Imperator " ( Latin root of " Emperor " in English ) means " Commander.

In the eyes of those who still cared for such things, it was a reflection on his honor, and it gave further grounds for complaint to his overtaxed subjects, who were already grumbling -- although probably not in Latin -- `` Non est lex sana Quod regi sit mea lana ''.

On matters of race he was similarly inflexible: `` Most of the modern Latin races seem to have inherited the rigidity of the Roman mind ''.

His metier was the American tropics, and he had lived all over Latin America and among the primitive tribes on the Amazon river.

Milton was required to absorb and display an intensive and accurate knowledge of Latin grammar, logic-rhetoric, ethics, physics or natural philosophy, metaphysics, and Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.

But his greatest achievement, in his own eyes and in the eyes of his colleagues and teachers, was his amazing ability to produce literary Latin pieces, and he was often called on to do so.

Political interference in Africa and Asia and even in Latin America ( though limited in Latin America by the special interest of the United States as expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, itself from the outset related to European politics and long dependent upon the `` balance of power '' system in Europe ) was necessary in order to preserve both common economic values and the European `` balance '' itself.

more doubtful, but possible, ( with an assist from the North ) was the neutralization of the Latin American countries ; ;

It was not even in writing Latin epigrams, sometimes bawdy ones, or in translating Lucian from Greek into Latin or in defending the study of Greek against the attack of conservative academics, or in attacking the conservative theologians who opposed Erasmus's philological study of the New Testament.

Latin America was once an area as `` safe '' for the West as Nebraska was for Nixon.

He thus kept his hands free for any action after Jan. 20, although reaction to the break was generally favorable in the U.S. and Latin America ( see the hemisphere ).

The Latin, for example, was not only clear ; ;

With the loss of the study of ancient Greek in the early medieval Latin West, Aristotle was practically unknown there from c. AD 600 to c. 1100 except through the Latin translation of the Organon made by Boethius.

The Latin author Apuleius was born in Madaurus ( Mdaourouch ), in what later became Algeria.

However, while Apollo has a great number of appellations in Greek myth, only a few occur in Latin literature, chief among them Phoebus ( ; Φοίβος, Phoibos, literally " radiant "), which was very commonly used by both the Greeks and Romans in Apollo's role as the god of light.

For this he was also known as Parnopius ( ; Παρνόπιος, Parnopios, from πάρνοψ, " locust ") and to the Romans as Culicarius ( ; from Latin culicārius, " of midges ").

To the Romans, he was known in this capacity as Averruncus ( ; from Latin āverruncare, " to avert ").

Readers unacquainted with its reputation as a satirical work often do not immediately realize that Swift was not seriously proposing cannibalism and infanticide, nor would readers unfamiliar with the satires of Horace and Juvenal recognize that Swift's essay follows the rules and structure of Latin satires.

In making his argument, the speaker uses the conventional, text book approved order of argument from Swift ’ s time ( which was derived from the Latin rhetorician Quintilian ).