Caesar’s English II Turbo-learning Lesson 9
Stem Meaning Modern Examples mar (sea) marine, maritime, mariner junct (join) conjunction, junction, adjunct luc (light) lucidity, translucent, pellucid medi (middle) medium, Mediterranean, in medias res, median tempor (time) temporal, temporize, contemporary
MAR means sea. The marine environment is the sea; maritime regulations bring law to the conduct of ships at sea, and a mariner is a sailor!
Impending maritime disaster catastrophe?
JUNCT means join. A conjunction is a word that joins two words or two groups of words; a junction is where two roads join, and an adjunct is something or someone that is joined as a part of something else!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g
LUC means light. Lucidity is brightness; something is translucent if light goes partly through it (but if it were perfectly clear, it would be transparent); and pellucid waters are crystal clear!
Translucent Business Card
Why do you think they named it this?
MEDI means middle. The medium is the middle; the Mediterranean Sea is surrounded by continents, and to begin a story in medias res (a Latin phrase) is to begin in the middle of the story. The most famous story that begins in medias res is Homer’s The Odyssey.
In media res
TEMPOR means time. Living things are temporal beings because their lives are bounded by time; to temporize is to delay or stall; and your contemporaries are those who live at the same time you do!
Temporary Shelter
Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples cred
Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit miss
Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit miss (send) missionary, missile, admission cide
Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit miss (send) missionary, missile, admission cide (kill) genocide, herbicide, fungicide dict
Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit miss (send) missionary, missile, admission cide (kill) genocide, herbicide, fungicide dict (say) predict, dictionary, interdict bell
Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit miss (send) missionary, missile, admission cide (kill) genocide, herbicide, fungicide dict (say) predict, dictionary, interdict bell (war) rebel, belligerence, casus belli
Advanced Word: Casus belli ca·sus bel·li (kā'səs bĕl'ī, kä'səs bĕl'ē) n., pl. casus belli. An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war. What event has occurred in your lifetime that was casus belli for the USA?
Caesar’s Analogies MARITIME: SEA:: Blue : color Aviation : air Medium : length Mariner : captain
Caesar’s Analogies MARITIME: SEA:: Blue : color Aviation : air Medium : length Mariner : captain
Caesar’s Analogies ANCESTOR : CONTEMPORARY:: Temporize : stall Glass : pellucid Self : descendant Junction : crossroads
Caesar’s Analogies ANCESTOR : CONTEMPORARY:: Temporize : stall Glass : pellucid Self : descendant Junction : crossroads
Caesar’s Antonyms TRANSLUCENT Medium Adjunct Temporal Opaque
Caesar’s Antonyms TRANSLUCENT Medium Adjunct Temporal Opaque
Caesar’s Antonyms LUCIDITY Confusion Brilliance Eclipse Perspicacity
Caesar’s Antonyms LUCIDITY Confusion Brilliance Eclipse Perspicacity
Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence. The barbarians stared at Caesar’s fierce defenses and _________, afraid to attack. ambuscaded temporized marinated interdicted
Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence. The barbarians stared at Caesar’s fierce defenses and _________, afraid to attack. ambuscaded temporized marinated interdicted
Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence. In the __________ water of the stream, Augustus could see the fish perfectly. temporal pellucid opaque fluid
Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence. In the __________ water of the stream, Augustus could see the fish perfectly. temporal pellucid opaque fluid
Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence. Caesar and Cicero were __________ who lived at exactly the same time. contemporaries contradictions conjunctions temporizers
Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence. Caesar and Cicero were __________ who lived at exactly the same time. contemporaries contradictions conjunctions temporizers
Advanced Word : Pellucid The adjective pellucid (peh-LOO-sid), comes from the Latin pellucidus, and is based on the stems per (through) and luc (light). Pellucid means crystal clear, so clear that light goes right through. When something is pellucid, there is no distortion or fog, the substance is absolutely transparent. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that “The water in the fountain, pellucid as crystal, was alive with myriads of gold and silver fishes.”
Stem Meaning Modern Examples mar (sea) marine, maritime, mariner junct (join) conjunction, junction, adjunct luc (light) lucidity, translucent, pellucid medi (middle) medium, Mediterranean, in medias res tempor (time) temporal, temporize, contemporary