Saturday, April 13, 2024

17.03.24: examples of fourth conjugation verbs

Note the verb nesciō, -īre meaning ‘to not know’ e.g. Nōmen nesciō: I don’t know the name.

A camera has an aperture.

School classrooms often have audio-visual equipment.

A criminal is taken into custody.

Students sleep in a dormitory, from Latin dormītōrium (a sleeping room) < dormiō, dormīre (sleep)

Impediment is derived from Latin impedimentum (hindrance) impediō, impedīre (hinder)

The term munitions as in, for example, a munitions factory, is derived from muniō, munīre (fortify e.g. a city against an enemy).

If you have a dog, then you’ll pleased if it's obedient.

Science is derived from Latin scientia (knowledge) < sciō, scīre (know)

Although perhaps not immediately obvious, the ‘scent’ of a flower is derived from sentiō, sentīre (feel; sense)

Sepluchre, a type of tomb, is derived from Latin sepulc(h)rum(tomb) < sepeliō, sepelīre (bury)

If you give the salient points in a document, those are the main points i.e. those that ‘spring to mind’.

Province is derived from Latin prōvincia (province; command) < vinciō, vincīre (bind) and so, in the original Latin, refers to those territories that were ‘bound’ to Roman rule.

What’s the purpose of an advent calendar?

Invention is derived from in¦veniō, invenīre: find; come upon something

The concepts of hunger and thirst are not derived from Latin; the Anglo-Saxons were hungry (hungriġ) and thirsty (þurstiġ) long before the Norman Conquest!

Watch out for:

vincō, vincere [3]: conquer

vinciō, vincīre [4]: bind; fetter

These two frequently occur in military descriptions. 

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