"De Etymologia Verbi LibriVox"
"About the Etymology of the Word LibriVox"

I like the idea of this site:

http://librivox.org/

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free

Interesting stuff in the FAQ section:

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"Etymologia Verbi 'Draconequus'"
"Etymology of the Word 'Draconequus'"

Discord, who seems to be a major villain in the second season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, is apparently a Draconequus.

Hey! The creators formed a Latin compound correctly!

I'm impressed!

Here is the formation:

Draconequus -i m.
[draco "dragon" + equus "horse"]
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"Duo Verba, Una Forma"
"Two Words, One Form"

One word is alicorn, from Italian alicorno ("unicorn"), which refers to a unicorn's horn. (The word alicorno itself from Latin unicornis after some linguistic gymnastics.)

The other word is alicorn, a exocentric compound from Latin ala ("wing") and cornu ("horn"), referring to a winged unicorn. ( Read more... )

"Etymologia Nominis 'Navi'"
"The Etymology of the Name 'Navi'"

My search for Latin translations of the word fairy reminded me about the Latin translations of the Zelda and Zelda II games:

Finally, Zelda II Has Been Translated To Latin

Not much later, I came upon the Navi entry at Zeldapedia, the Legend of Zelda wiki.

Then I saw this nonsense:

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"Plutium? Quid? Cur?"
"Plutium? What? Why?"

I thought I discussed the strange ideas behind the coining of the word plutonium, but apparently I did not.

Take a look at this:

Plutonium

Edwin McMillan had recently named the first transuranium element after the planet Neptune and suggested that element 94, being the next element in the series, ( Read more... )

"Versio Nova Documenti Tutorialis Formationis Verborum Latinorum"
"A New Version of a Latin Word Formation Tutorial"

This one:

The Formation of Latin Diminutives of Nouns and Adjectives

The sections are now numbered!

"Volo!"
"Do Want!"

Very much so:

Short Tables and Notes on Latin and Greek Grammar

"Versio Nova Documenti Tutorialis Formationis Verborum Latinorum"
"A New Version of a Latin Word Formation Tutorial"

Right here:

The Formation of Latin Diminutives of Nouns and Adjectives

"Figurae Participiorum Hypotheticalium"
"Forms of Hypothetical Participle in Latin"

It is a shame that Latin lacks (for the most part) both a present passive participle and a perfect active participle; it is not possible to say "being loved" and "having loved" with just a simple participle form in Latin.

Present
Future
Perfect

Active
amāns
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"Avatar de Octopo!"
"Avatar about the Octopus!"

What do you think of my avatar?


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