proscenium SYLLABICATION: pro·sce·ni·um PRONUNCIATION: pr-sn-m, pr- NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. pro·sce··ni·ums or pro·sce··ni·a (-n-) 1. The area of a modern theater that is located between the curtain and the orchestra. 2. The stage of an ancient theater, located between the background and the orc...

ostracize SYLLABICATION: os·tra·cize PRONUNCIATION: str-sz TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: os·tra·cized, os·tra·ciz·ing, os·tra·ciz·es 1. To exclude from a group. See synonyms at blackball. 2. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece. ETYMOLOGY: Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon, shell, potshe...

I thought this word might be appropriate for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere where winter,s approaching. It means ''the warmth of the sun in winter''. ''Going outside to enjoy apricity in the winter makes us look forward to spring.'' For me, this is another of your many intriguing and intere...

Would erudition work?

I am afraid not, as Stargzer clarified.

Is scibile (in the present modern meaning) a word missing in the omnivorous and inventive English language?

Shall we propose it?

I wonder what Collins would have to say about it (→ Gailr in Res Diversæ forum)

Surprise! I can’t find an accurate translation in English for a word and, double surprise, couldn’t even find it adopted as in the case of hubris. The word is scibile , current Italian for ‘all the human knowledge’, from Latin scibile , ‘knowledgeable‘, from scire , knowledge. The only translation o...

Or is the question here a different one?

Do as they do in Rome? or
Do like they do in Rome?

As they like

Menelaus too had his own undertandable spell of it. And a host of other Greeks, for the matter.

A big fat Greek hybris

Hubris (hybris) SYLLABICATION: hu·bris PRONUNCIATION: hybrs VARIANT FORMS: also hy·bris (h-) NOUN: Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance: “There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris” (McGeorge Bundy). ETYMOLOGY: Greek, excessive pride, wanton violence. See ud- in Appendix I. ADJECTI...

as in @ for apfel, in all evidence

Hey, Doc, I was just filling in some history for our new recruits, especially since one seemed to take an untoward interest in the old site ! No need to be concerned, Larry, my erst(er?) request was not a serious one :), my hands are more than full with this one only English Language forum :? :shoc...

To complement (or amend?) the information over chiocciola , ‘snail‘, apparently the sign @ was in current usage in Venice, where modern double-entry accounting was introduced, and the there is proof of it being used in the Year Of The Lord 1492 (!), see attached picture , as a shorthanded recognized...

Parastatalism

please read here and fear:

http://www.russellsage.org/publications ... y/document )

To expand on engineer27's comment, the situation makes me feel sick, as in reverse peristalsis ! Regurgitate, regurgitate! Give back all the food you ate! Well, Slava, you have anticipated my elaborated recollection: :) Chinese reverse peristalsis My travel partner and I were in China, well off the...

What, another Alpha Agora?
Where, where, where?