Dormouse In the derivatives of dormio in the vocabulary section of ch. 31, Wheelock lists ‘dormouse’. I gave it a quick look-up in the OED. The etymology was i Continue Reading →
Fairies and Fate In the Ch. 29 vocabulary list in Wheelock, ‘fairy’ is listed as a derivative of Lat. fatum. I hadn’t known this, so I decided to look it up quickly in Continue Reading →
Typhoeus/Typhon/Typhoon In The Nature of Greek Myths (p. 48), G.S. Kirk makes the following comment:’Typhoeus (in his alternative form Typhon the origin of ‘typhoon’) succumb Continue Reading →
