Podcast Episodes

Irregular Comparison

There are two important rules to remember in this chapter:

(1) There are six third-declension adjectives with irregular superlatives. Their positiv…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Participles

(1) Latin has four participles: the present active, the future active; the perfect passive and the future passive. It lacks, however, a present pas…

3 years, 11 months ago

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XIX. It's all about confidence

Here, I go into the concept of confidence and why we should instruct and incorporate our lives around building confidence rather than expertise. It's…

4 years ago

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XVIII. Etymology: "Video, Nomen, Ad-"

Here 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…

4 years ago

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XVII. Etymology: "Metron" and "Syn-/Sym-" (Latin in Layman's Revamped)

Here 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 incor…

4 years, 1 month ago

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XVI. Etymology: "Photos," "Graphos," "Tele-"

Here 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…

4 years, 1 month ago

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XV(pt. II). I-Stem Nouns and the Ablatives (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)

There are three important rules to remember in this chapter:

(1) There are three types of third declension i-stem nouns. The first is paris…

4 years, 1 month ago

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XV. Dulcene et decorum est pro patria mori?

Is 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-…

4 years, 1 month ago

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XIV. Pathologies, Toxicology, and Why is Mercury [Hg] on the Periodic Table?

Get ready for a big ol' ranty rant. I go into "peri-","-itis","-emia", and all things medical as well.

4 years, 1 month ago

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XIII. Etymology - Medical Terminology and Medical Tangents (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)

Season 1 Episode 7

I want people to understand how formulaic language is! Here, I break down a list of words which I will provide below. 

Lactic Acidosis 

“osis” mean…

4 years, 1 month ago

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