Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution
366 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLatin in Layman’s gives you the ability to understand and command language in a whole new respect. Join a typical grammarian and classicist as I expand your vocabulary, understanding of grammar, Etymology, terminology (i.e. legal, medical, botanical, etc.), and so much more. I also utilize this platform to expand on greater thoughts of mine, as well as discussing the importance of language and the promotion of "The Language Revival" (as I like to call it...) Thank you for your interested in knowledge, language acquisition, the command of one's own language, and the understanding of the world.
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Etymologizing - "Zoon" and "Scio, Scitum"
July 05, 2022 17:49 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBHere, I dive into modern derivatives of the Greek root, "zoon" and the Latin root word, "scio"
Etymologizing and word substitution with Physiologic and Toxicologic terms
July 04, 2022 18:39 - 22 minutes - 21 MBAdduct - to lead towards (the body) Abduct - to lead away from (the body) Diarrhea - Abnormal discharge through (the body) Metacarpal - (Hint: Karpos = wrist) Beyond the wrist Superior - refers to a body part being above another Posterior - refer to the back side of things (Hint: opposite of anterior) Anterior - refers to body part being in front or before another Lateral - refers to the outer side of a body part, also used to refer to the side of a body part Inferior -- refers to...
Etymologyzing - "para-" and "inter-"
July 04, 2022 16:45 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBThese root words in both latin and greek have similar meanings and derivations... Stay tuned for announcements at the beginning!
Understanding Greek Prefixes in (Primarily) Medical Terminology
July 03, 2022 16:52 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBAn, A-; not, without (anemia) absent Amphi-; around about (amphibian) amphibian Ana-, ano-; up, back, again (aneurysm) analysis Anti- (anth-); against, resisting antagonist Apo-; from, separation (apostasies: STA- “to stand”) apostle Arche-, archi-; first, chief (archiplasm) architype Cata- (cath-) or kata-; down, lower, under (catabolic) catastrophe Di-; twice, twofold (dimorphic) diameter (two radii) Dia-; through, across, apart (diameter, diagnosis) diameter Dicha-; in ...
Understanding Latin Prefixes in (Primarily) Medical Terminology
July 02, 2022 16:51 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBLatin Prefixes *Hook Word (mnemonic for memorization) A-, Ab-; away from Absent (word hook) Ad-; to, towards addition Ambi- (Ambo-, amb-, am-, an-); around, on both sides ambivalent Ante-; before, forward antebellum Antero-, anterior; before, front or forward part (Anterior) (see: antero-) Bi- (bis-, bin-); twice Bicycle Circum-; around circumference Contra- (Counter- often before vowels); against, opposite contraindicated De-; down from, away deficient Extra-, extro-; be...
Etymologizing - "Geo" & "Terra"
July 01, 2022 17:01 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBI begin this lesson with a huge tangent on the Rhetoric Revolution and pushing for help in disseminating the information. Like I always say, it's not about being smart, it's about proving to yourself you can do it to eventually build the confidence that turns into innate knowledge. The words I am going over today are "Geo" and "Terra"
Examples in Medicine in Greek Nomenclature - Medical terms and Greek suffixes accompanying
July 01, 2022 00:35 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBSuffixes -ectomy surgical removal of ("act of cutting out") vasectomy -tomy surgical operation on, surgical cutting of lobotomy -path one who suffers from a disease of, one who treats a disease psychopath -pathy disease of, treatment of disease of or by otopathy -mania madness about, passion for pyromania -maniac one having a madness or passion for nymphomaniac -phobia abnormal fear or hatred of arachnophobia -phobe one who fears or hates (abnormally) homophobe -emia conditi...
Latin and Medical Terminology (Q-V): Learn Medical Nomenclature While Learning Latin Vocab!!!
June 30, 2022 15:29 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBQuadrare, quadratum; to square, to make four-cornered (quadriceps) Radius; rod, spoke, ray, beam; bone on outer forearm – radius (radius, dorsoradial, radioulnar, radiology) Ramus; branch (ramiform, ramus communicans – nerve which connects two other nerves) Rectus; right, straight (rectus abdominous, rectus femoris) Ren, renis; kidney (adrenalin, renal, circumrenal, prerenal) Rigor; stiffness, cold (rigor mortis) Scapula; shoulder, shoulder-blade (scapula, subscapula, infrascapular, sc...
Etymologizing - "trans-" & "dia-"
June 30, 2022 14:59 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThis episode I first dive into "dia-" in Greek and all the counterparts associated. Then, I pit the Greek prefix to its Latin counterpart, "trans-," which is both a preposition (carrying across a direct action) and prefix. Stick with me to learn more! Review me on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere else you might catch me!
Etymologizing "Hydros" and "Aqua" - Derivatives with Root Words
June 27, 2022 18:17 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBI go into derivatives and cognates associated with Greek's "hydros" and Latin's "aqua"
Etymologizing(!!) - "Jungo, Caput, Tres"
June 22, 2022 20:51 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBEtymologizing break from the medical terminology vocab.
Latin and Medical Terminology (N-P): Learn Medical Nomenclature While Learning Latin Vocab!!!
June 22, 2022 16:53 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBWords gone over today: Nervus; sinew, nerve (innervation, nerve) Norma; a measure, standard or pattern, regular or normal (abnormal, subnormal) Oculus; eye, bud (ocular, intraocular, supraocular) Os, Oris; mouth, opening (oral, oscitation) Os, Ossis; bone (Osteopathy, osteon, interocessous, osteopenia) Palma; palm of the hand (palmar, palm) Palpalare, palpatum; to stroke, touch (palpate, impalpable, palpable) Paries, parietis; wall (of organ or cavity) (parietal lobe, occipitoparieta...
Latin and Medical Terminology (L-M) - Learn Latin Vocabulary & Medical Nomenclature (at the same time!!!)
June 15, 2022 11:13 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBWords covered in today's episode: Lac, lactis; milk (lactase, delectation, ablactation) Lacerare, laceratum; to tear to pieces, mangle (laceration, dilacerate) Latus; wide, broad (i.e. Vastus Lateralis, latissimus (superlative) dorsi) Latus, lateris; side (Lateral, mediolaterial [plane], latissimus dorsi) Libet; it pleases (libido, ad libitum) Lien; spleen (gastrolienal, perilienal) Limen, liminis; threshold (liminal, supraliminal) Linea; line (linear) Lingua; tongue (breviligulata,...
Latin and Medical Terminology (A-J) - Learn Latin Vocabulary & Medical Nomenclature (at the same time!!!)
June 02, 2022 18:24 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBLatin Vocabulary Abdomen, Abdominis; body, cavity (abdomen, rectus abdominous, abdominal) Acetabulum; vinegar cup (acetabulum, subcetabular) Acutus; sharp, pointed (acute) Alveolus; small hollow, cavity, pit, sac or cell (alveoli) Axilla; armpit (axillar, infra-axillary) Axis; axle, axis (axial, subaxial, axipetal) Bacillum; little rod or staff; rod-shaped bacteria (bacilliform, prebacillary, bacillemia) Bractea; thin metal plate (Brachea, bract) Brevis; short (adductor bevis, brevi...
Subjects & Direct Objects - Parts of Speech Ep.1
June 01, 2022 20:24 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBSubjects Subjects are always nouns, the noun or nouns in a sentence which do the action represented by the main verb, for example, “I teach.” “I” is the subject of the verb “teach,” because “I” is doing the action of teaching. “You will learn.” “You” is the subject of the verb “learn.” The time when the action takes place ─ in this case, at some point in the future ─ doesn’t matter. “You” is still the subject of the sentence even if the action hasn’t happened yet. “We studied.” “We” is the ...
Etymologizing - "plico" and "syn-/sym-"
June 01, 2022 19:47 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBim+plicate sup+plicate multi+plication re+plica re+plication du+plicate ac+com+plice .............................................................................. syn+onym sym+pathy sym+phony syn+thetic and so on...
Etymologizing - "Inter", "Bios", "Mikros"
May 31, 2022 15:54 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBinter+national inter+vene inter+lude inter+ject ... Bio+logy bio+graphy auto+bio+graphy micro+be micro+biome ... micro+scope micro+cosm micro+biota micro+be micro+organism micro+wave micro+meter micro+filament
More etymologizing - Phone, Curro, and Verto
May 30, 2022 15:59 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBHere, I take a different approach and talk about root words, in both Latin and Greek, and dive into the many English derivatives we derive from said root words. Lots of great info to take away from this episode! Language is the basis from all types of knowledge acquisition. Spread the love of words and a command of language! I'm looking to create a language revolution!
Happy Etymologizing! A discussion on the importance of language in enhancing learning, skill acquisition, and all things high falutin
May 29, 2022 17:04 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBI go into several different topics, firstly talking about etymologizing examples and tying said examples to societal issues and problematic medical issues that have occurred in the recent millennia. I then talk about medicine and tying language into it, as well as discussion on physiological terms and all the Latin incorporated within the musculature system. I also talk about functions of muscles and tying those terms into it's Latin and Greek counterparts - Hypo+therm+emia - Hyper+glyc+em...
Irregular Comparison
May 28, 2022 17:15 - 27 minutes - 25 MBThere are two important rules to remember in this chapter: (1) There are six third-declension adjectives with irregular superlatives. Their positive forms end -lis in the masculine/feminine nominative singular, and their superlatives end -limus, for example, facillimus. (2) All adjectives of any declension which have nominative singular masculine forms ending -er ─ for example, liber ─ form superlatives which end -rimus, such as liberrimus. This chapter, the last before we take the first t...
The Regular Comparison of Adjectives
May 27, 2022 17:41 - 17 minutes - 16 MBThere are four important rules to remember in this chapter: (1) The affix used in Latin to create comparative adjectives is -ior-, meaning “more, -er (the ending which is added to many English adjectives to make them comparative).” All Latin comparatives employ third-declension endings. (2) The affix used in Latin to create superlative adjectives is -issim-, meaning “most,” or the equivalent of adding “-est” to the end of an adjective in English. All Latin superlatives employ first/second-...
Anatomically Analyzing the General Motion of a Cyclist
May 22, 2022 19:08 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBConsider the act of pedaling to mirror the face of an analog clock: In cycling, there are certain phases of the lower trunk that are incorporated at particular angles and points within the circular motion that encompasses the model of general motion. During the Down Pedal Phase, the pelvis initiates the beginning of the lower limb complex, which is made up of the ischium and illium. Here, the sitting bones, anatomically referred to as the Ischial Tuberosities, play an important role for flex...
Does Matter, matter? A commentary on language, and the insatiable human condition to always be seeking for the meaning of life
May 22, 2022 18:06 - 18 minutes - 17 MBIt is a human condition that we need a meaning for everything. In fact, we need some sort of tangible word or physical presence in order to define that particular piece of matter. As human beings, we are wonderful at existentialism; more so, wondering what our meaning is on this world. Yet, everything we know and understand that envelops our reality has been constructed from the human’s insatiable need to understand… Or, at least, quantify anything metaphysical. When we truly think about it...
Numerals and Different forms of Genitives and Ablatives
May 15, 2022 17:38 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBThere are two important rules to remember in this chapter: (1)The only cardinal numbers which decline in Latin are unus, duo, tres and milia (“one, two, three and thousands”). (2) Latin expresses partition (e.g. “all of …, some of …”) in two ways: 1) with the genitive which is used with milia (“thousands”), superlatives, words designating partition, and certain pronouns and adjectives; or, 2) with ex/de + ablative which is used with all numbers except milia and quidam (“certain”).
Preliminary Lesson: Verbs (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)
May 08, 2022 18:05 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThe main verb in a sentence is the word which represents the sentence’s central action, but sentences can and often do contain more than one verb form, sometimes even more than one main verb, as you’re about to discover. When trying to determine which word or words in a sentence are verbs, you should look for two features. First, can you change the tense or timeframe of the word? Can you, for instance, make it happen in the past, or the future? If you can, it’s a verb because only verbs can...
Preliminary Lesson: Nouns and Adjectives (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)
May 08, 2022 17:50 - 34 minutes - 32 MBAt heart, nouns are things like objects, people, animals, ideas, names, places, times, qualities, categories, groups and all sorts of other “things.” Basically, if you can touch it with your hand, then it’s probably a noun. Or if you can do the equivalent with your mind ─ that is, consider, conceive and contemplate it ─ if you can wrap your head around it, it’s a noun. Identifying nouns in English is not hard. Most have one or more of three characteristic features. Test 1: is there a “the, ...
Neuter Nouns and Substantive Nouns
May 08, 2022 15:50 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBThere are three important rules to remember here: Neuter nominative and accusative forms are always the same; An adjective agrees with the noun it modifies in number, gender and case; A substantive derives its substance from its gender. Neuter gender Along with masculine and feminine, Latin also has a neuter gender meaning “neither,” referring to how it is neither masculine nor feminine. Thus neuter gender is often applied to things which don’t have a natural gender, words like: “war” b...
The Verb "To be" and "To be able" - Sum/Esse, Possum/Posse
May 06, 2022 17:34 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBThis is a big episode going over the importance of understanding: -predicates -intransitive verbs -verb expectations -complimentary infinitives -wehy we can afford verb irregularity in some verbs and not others?
It's all about your way
May 06, 2022 16:24 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBSomething different because things have been on my mind. Thank you for your continued support.
Etymology Break: "Omnis"
May 03, 2022 19:41 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBHow many English derivatives can you think of that I missed. Derivatives are amazing because they help us not only retain Latin vocabulary much easier, but also aids in the expansion and acquisition of new vocabulary. The more you know... the more you know!
What is a declension and why is it used in Latin and not English?
May 03, 2022 19:26 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBIn latin, since word order is not imperative as it is in english, cases help indicate the many uses a noun and undertake within a sentence: Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative ____________________________________________________________________________ Nominative → Subject Genitive → Possessive Noun Dative → Indirect Object Accusative → Direct Object Ablative → Prepositional Phrase ____________________________________________________________________________
Perfect Passive Verbs
May 01, 2022 17:24 - 25 minutes - 24 MBI have an intro portion where I talk about my current life status and air some grievances that have been ruminating in my mind. I hope you appreciate the honesty because it's for me, anyways. Just slightly dinged up after being hit by a car yesterday while biking around... There are two important rules to remember here: (1) the fourth principal part of the verb ─ that is, the perfect passive participle ─ represents past action and is translated “having been whatevered,” for example, “havin...
Participles
April 30, 2022 17:16 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB(1) Latin has four participles: the present active, the future active; the perfect passive and the future passive. It lacks, however, a present passive participle (“being [verb]-ed”) and a perfect active participle (“having [verb]-ed”). (2) The perfect passive, future active and future passive participles belong to first/second declension. The present active participle belongs to third declension. (3) The verb esse has only a future active participle (futurus). It lacks both the present a...
XXII. a conversation with my audience, where I thought I was going to talk about participles...
April 30, 2022 16:57 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWhat I thought I was going to do was get into participles, but what I really talked about was everything but... Here, I go into asking my audience if they'd like me to cover different concepts in life and academia. I appreciate so many things in life now that I hadn't prior.
a conversation with my audience, where I thought I was going to talk about participles...
April 30, 2022 16:57 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWhat I thought I was going to do was get into participles, but what I really talked about was everything but... Here, I go into asking my audience if they'd like me to cover different concepts in life and academia. I appreciate so many things in life now that I hadn't prior. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support
XXI. Relative Pronouns and Clauses (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)
April 25, 2022 16:32 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThere is one rule ─ one very important rule! ─ to remember in this chapter. A relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number and gender but not case; it derives its case from its use in its own clause. "Clause" refers to a dependent or subordinate thought or sentence which is embedded inside another thought or sentence. A relative pronoun is called “relative” because it relates a subordinate thought to a noun outside the relative clause.
Relative Pronouns and Clauses (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)
April 25, 2022 16:32 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThere is one rule ─ one very important rule! ─ to remember in this chapter. A relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number and gender but not case; it derives its case from its use in its own clause. "Clause" refers to a dependent or subordinate thought or sentence which is embedded inside another thought or sentence. A relative pronoun is called “relative” because it relates a subordinate thought to a noun outside the relative clause. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor...
Root Word Etymology: "Unus"
April 16, 2022 16:43 - 10 minutes - 10 MBHere, I go into a few english derivatives that highlight "unus" in the english dictionary. Unit, union, "e pluribus unum", united, universe, unicorn, unison... and a few more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support
XX. Root Word Etymology: "Unus"
April 16, 2022 16:43 - 10 minutes - 10 MBHere, I go into a few english derivatives that highlight "unus" in the english dictionary. Unit, union, "e pluribus unum", united, universe, unicorn, unison... and a few more!
XIX. It's all about confidence
April 16, 2022 16:25 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBHere, I go into the concept of confidence and why we should instruct and incorporate our lives around building confidence rather than expertise. It's a bit of a Ted talk but I find it highly valuable to reflect and voice my thoughts to later listen to.
It's all about confidence
April 16, 2022 16:25 - 20 minutes - 19 MBHere, I go into the concept of confidence and why we should instruct and incorporate our lives around building confidence rather than expertise. It's a bit of a Ted talk but I find it highly valuable to reflect and voice my thoughts to later listen to. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support
Etymology: "Video, Nomen, Ad-"
March 20, 2022 15:49 - 10 minutes - 9.71 MBHere I do as I did with my prior couple of videos, except this time I decide to pay homage to my forte... All words gone over today are Latin derived. Email your questions, comments, concerns: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support
XVIII. Etymology: "Video, Nomen, Ad-"
March 20, 2022 15:49 - 10 minutes - 9.6 MBHere I do as I did with my prior couple of videos, except this time I decide to pay homage to my forte... All words gone over today are Latin derived. Email your questions, comments, concerns: [email protected]
XVII. Etymology: "Metron" and "Syn-/Sym-" (Latin in Layman's Revamped)
March 19, 2022 19:45 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBHere I do as I did in my prior episode. I take the Greek roots "meter" and "syn-" and break them down using a multitude of different words that incorporate aforementioned words. Let me know if you like the content and please feel free to email me: [email protected] Do you miss the grammar or do you like the direction I've been taking as of late? Stay tuned for the interesting side rants I take in the latter half of the episode.
Etymology: "Metron" and "Syn-/Sym-" (Latin in Layman's Revamped)
March 19, 2022 19:45 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBHere I do as I did in my prior episode. I take the Greek roots "meter" and "syn-" and break them down using a multitude of different words that incorporate aforementioned words. Let me know if you like the content and please feel free to email me: [email protected] Do you miss the grammar or do you like the direction I've been taking as of late? Stay tuned for the interesting side rants I take in the latter half of the episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-con...
Eytmology: "Photos," "Graphos," "Tele-"
March 17, 2022 16:27 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBHere IU do a bit of a different episode where I show the interconnectedness of language and Where I first go over words that include "photo-". Then I do the same with "graph" and "tele-". I finish with a lil' language tangent. Thanks for the support! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support
XVI. Etymology: "Photos," "Graphos," "Tele-"
March 17, 2022 16:27 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBHere IU do a bit of a different episode where I show the interconnectedness of language and Where I first go over words that include "photo-". Then I do the same with "graph" and "tele-". I finish with a lil' language tangent. Thanks for the support!
I-Stem Nouns and the Ablatives (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)
March 12, 2022 17:07 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBThere are three important rules to remember in this chapter: (1) There are three types of third declension i-stem nouns. The first is parisyllabic in which the nominative singular (ending in - is/-es) and genitive singular have the same number of syllables. The second is monosyllabic in which the nominative singular has one syllable and two consonants at the end of its base. And the third type of i-stem includes neuter nouns with nominative singular forms ending in -e, -al, or -ar. (2) A...
XV(pt. II). I-Stem Nouns and the Ablatives (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)
March 12, 2022 17:07 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBThere are three important rules to remember in this chapter: (1) There are three types of third declension i-stem nouns. The first is parisyllabic in which the nominative singular (ending in - is/-es) and genitive singular have the same number of syllables. The second is monosyllabic in which the nominative singular has one syllable and two consonants at the end of its base. And the third type of i-stem includes neuter nouns with nominative singular forms ending in -e, -al, or -ar. (2) A...
Dulcene et decorum est pro patria mori?
February 26, 2022 17:03 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBIs it sweet and fitting to die for one's country? Here, I talk about current events and read an old essay I had written discussing the pre- and post-romantic views of war... I was a pretty good writer as a freshman in college! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/liam-connerly/support