Centesimus Quartus: September 7, 2008: Sollers
Theme for this week: N/A
It's a bit silly to have a theme for the week if there is only one word per week....So from now until I do more words per week, no themes. Sorry!
sollers, sollertis (gen)
Definition: [adj] skilled, clever, expert; ingenious
Sententia: Ecce Romani 1, Chapter 1...TJ style!
En! In [inaspecta] pictura est puella, nomine Cornelia. Cornelia est puella Americana quae in Virginia habitat. Etiam in [inaspecta] pictura est ludus suburbanus ubi Cornelia cum aliis sollertibus discipulis discit. Cornelia est laeta quod iam est tempus ludo. Cornelia iam sub arbore sedet et physicum librum legit. Etiam in [inaspecta] pictura est altera puella, nomine Flavia. Flavia est puella Americana quae in vicino anno* ludi est. Dum Cornelia legit, Flavia libellos collegio scribit. Laeta est Flavia quod Cornelia adhuc in simile ludo discit (sed non erit postero anno).
*e.g. she is a senior
Who doesn't want to relive the good ol' Ecce Romani 1 days? Seeing as how this is the first week of school, I though it appropriate to do the first chapter of Ecce, seeing as how those in Latin 1 have just translated it! I apologize to those of you who (regrettably) did not use the Ecce series of books, and hope that the sententia for today was not too confusing! And now, for the actual new word for today--sollers. First of all, it just cool. Perhaps it is the somewhat uncommon ending -ers, or the fact that it is a rather useful adjective. And it is found in Catullus 64 (though not the part read on the syllabus) and parts of Amores by Ovid (also off-syllabus).
Lest I plagiarize, I hereby cite the original text of Ecce Romani I, chapter 1, published by Pearson as the basis for the sententia for today.
NB: Bold and underline == macron