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#LatinWordoftheWeek: arma, armorum ⚔️ This plural noun is a common #Latin word used to denote weapons and is found in the famous first line of #Vergil's #Aeneid, 'arma virumque cano' - 'I sing of arms and a man'. #Classics #ClassicsTwitter #AncientLanguages #War #Literature

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This plural noun is a common #Latin word used to denote weapons and is found in the famous first line of #Vergil's #Aeneid, 'arma virumque cano' - 'I sing of arms and a man'.

#Classics #ClassicsTwitter #AncientLanguages #War #Literature https://t.co/pnCBfIvORP

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#LatinWordoftheWeek 📚 - aqua, aquae. This declinable noun means 'water'. There are many derivatives linked to 'aqua', such as 'aqueduct' - a structure designed to carry water from one location to another. 'Aqueduct' derives from the Latin words 'aqua' and 'duco' - 'I take'.

Symmach_'s tweet photo. #LatinWordoftheWeek 📚 - aqua, aquae.

This declinable noun means 'water'. There are many derivatives linked to 'aqua', such as 'aqueduct' - a structure designed to carry water from one location to another. 'Aqueduct' derives from the Latin words 'aqua' and 'duco' - 'I take'. https://t.co/gpauY3YhqD

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#LatinWordoftheWeek 📚 - appropinquo, appropinquare, appropinquavi, appropinquatum. This verb has the meaning of 'come near to/approach' and takes the dative case. An interesting rare English derivative is 'appropinquate' - 'to approach/ near'. #Classics #ClassicsTwitter #Latin

Symmach_'s tweet photo. #LatinWordoftheWeek 📚 - appropinquo, appropinquare, appropinquavi, appropinquatum.

This verb has the meaning of 'come near to/approach' and takes the dative case. An interesting rare English derivative is 'appropinquate' - 'to approach/ near'.

#Classics #ClassicsTwitter #Latin https://t.co/4qyZBVVGQg

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#LatinWordoftheWeek 📚 - annus. No jokes please, we haven't made a typo! 'annus' is a declinable noun meaning 'year'. An English derivative is 'annual' - 'yearly'. Perhaps best known in the phrase 'annus horribilis' said by Elizabeth II in 1992 following a year of calamity.

Symmach_'s tweet photo. #LatinWordoftheWeek 📚 - annus.

No jokes please, we haven't made a typo! 'annus' is a declinable noun meaning 'year'. An English derivative is 'annual' - 'yearly'. Perhaps best known in the phrase 'annus horribilis' said by Elizabeth II in 1992 following a year of calamity. https://t.co/MTOotos3Wx

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