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Francis Boskerck - Semper Paratus
Today in Ancient History
[ ante diem xvi kalendas maias ]
ludi Cereri (day 5)
43 B.C. -- Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) is hailed as Imperator for the first time.
69 A.D. -- suicide of the emperor wannabe Otho (this might have occurred on April 17.)
304 A.D. -- martyrs of Saragossa.
1928 -- death of Jane Ellen Harrison (Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion among others.)
Today's WWFTD
conviciatory
[fr. L. conviciari, to revile, rail at] (also spelt convitiatory)
obs. wrangling, railing; reproachful
also conviciate,
obs. to revile, reproach, slander, rail at
"This expression [a dog] is the favorite term of reproach with the Greeks, whose convitiatory language is most violent and abusive." - John C. Hobhouse, A Journey through Albania (1813)
"[I]t is an easy thing for men so resolved to conviciate, instead of accusing..." - William Laud, The Autobiography of... (1839)
Francis Boskerck - Semper Paratus
Today in Ancient History
[ ante diem xvi kalendas maias ]
ludi Cereri (day 5)
43 B.C. -- Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) is hailed as Imperator for the first time.
69 A.D. -- suicide of the emperor wannabe Otho (this might have occurred on April 17.)
304 A.D. -- martyrs of Saragossa.
1928 -- death of Jane Ellen Harrison (Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion among others.)
Today's WWFTD
conviciatory
[fr. L. conviciari, to revile, rail at] (also spelt convitiatory)
obs. wrangling, railing; reproachful
also conviciate,
obs. to revile, reproach, slander, rail at
"This expression [a dog] is the favorite term of reproach with the Greeks, whose convitiatory language is most violent and abusive." - John C. Hobhouse, A Journey through Albania (1813)
"[I]t is an easy thing for men so resolved to conviciate, instead of accusing..." - William Laud, The Autobiography of... (1839)
