I had to do that too ... 'hora fere septima' is about I can recall of the Latin. But quite so. IIRC Pliny's comparison of the smoke plume to a pine tree (of the Italian kind) also turn… (View Post)

And in olden times lots of Thalassocnus aquatic giant sloths paddling around on the Pacific coast of South America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassocnus "The generic epithet Thalassocnus d… (View Post)

Also the word thalassocracy. Athens; Venice; and the UK, in part. (View Post)

I know the feeling only too well. On the other hand ... I ended up using my pure and applied maths in my research, including calculus and mechanics, and my Latin in local history work. So it was ther… (View Post)

That's the role of the Common Entrance examination to the English (historically) Public [sic] Schools, surely. (View Post)