Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution

By Liam Connerly

Latin in Layman’s gives you the ability to understand and command language in a whole new respect. Join a typical grammarian and classicist as I expand your vocabulary, understanding of grammar, Etymo... more

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December 03, 2022 On Vulnerability, Love, and what "heaven on earth" is?
Having issues with podcasting, because the episodes are not being recorded in their entirety. I appreciate all the love and support. It cuts off at 18 mins when I recorded for 24 minutes... It was off-the-cuff, so I don't have a good recollection of all that was said. I hope you enjoy this conversation I have with my audience. Thanks you again, everyone. Y'all are amazing supporters.
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19min
November 29, 2022Etymologizing Harry Potter Spells and the Wizardry World!
'Expecto Patronum '
Expecto Patronum, the spell that conjured up Harry’s magnificent stag Patronus, roughly translates into ‘I expect (or await) a guardian’ in Latin, which is apt.

Historically, in Ancient Rome, the word ‘patronus’ meant protector, too, but with very different connotations. A patronus in Ancient Rome was someone of a high class who had a ‘patronage’ relationship with a client, who would usually be less rich, or lower class. In turn, the word ’patronage’ most likely came from the term ‘Pater’, which means ‘father’ in Latin.
'Petrificus Totalus '
First, we have ‘Petra’, which is derived from ‘petros’, which means ‘rock’ in Greek.

‘Ficus’ is a Latin suffix which denotes ‘making’ or ‘doing’ something.

‘Totalus’ is a loose reworking of ‘totalis’, which, once again, is Latin, meaning ‘total’ or ‘entire’.

So roughly speaking, ‘Petrificus Totalus’ translates to ‘Make rock totally.’
'Expelliarmus '
‘Ex’ means ‘out’ and ‘pellere’ means ‘to drive’, which finally formed the word ‘expel’.

Its definition in basic terms means to ‘drive out’. ‘

Armus’, as you may expect, is indeed Latin for a similar sounding part of the body: the arm, or specifically the shoulder joint. In time, the term ‘arm’ took on combat meaning (such as, to ‘arm’ yourself with a wand) with the Latin term ‘arma’, meaning weapon.

Piecing the syllables back together, we have a rough translation of the phrase ‘drive out weapon’ – which is precisely what Expelliarmus does.
'Lumos ' and 'Nox '
Sister spells Lumos and Nox give light and take it away, respectively. Lumos could well come from the 19th-century Latin word ‘lumen’, which simply means ‘light’. Adding the Latin suffix ‘os’ means to ‘have something’: to have light, in this instance.

Nox is Latin for ‘night’, but is also rooted in Greek mythology. ‘Nyx’, closely related to ‘Nox’, is the name for the Greek goddess of night.
'Sectumsempra '
The first half of his self-made curse, ‘sectum’, is Latin for ‘having been cut’: an interesting choice for a man who has the word ‘sever’ in his own name.

The second part of the word, however, is fascinating. Because although ‘sempra’ isn’t a Latin word, it is very close to the word ‘semper’, which was known in the Latin phrase ‘semper fidelis’.
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19min
November 21, 2022Breaking down and deriving etymologized "Hyper-" words
hyperglycemia (n.)
1875, from hyper- "over" + glycemia "presence of sugar in the blood."
hyperbole (n.)
"obvious exaggeration in rhetoric," early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond," from hyper- "beyond" (see hyper-) + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw".
Greek had a verb, hyperballein, "to throw over or beyond."
hyperextend (v.)
1863, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +
from Latin extendere "stretch out, spread out; increase, enlarge, prolong, continue," from ex "out" + tendere "to stretch.”
hyperinflation (n.)
1925 in the economic sense, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +from Latin inflationem (nominative inflatio) "a puffing up, a blowing into; flatulence," noun of action from past participle stem of inflare "blow into, puff up."
hyperplasia (n.)
1849, from Modern Latin hyperplasia, from hyper- "over, beyond" + -plasia "formation, growth, development."
New development of tissue. Muscles, usually.
hypermnesia (n.)
"unusual power of memory," 1847, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + -mnēsia "memory,"
hyperopia (n.)
"very acute vision," 1861, Modern Latin, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + Greek ōps "eye"
hyperpnea (n.)
"panting," 1860, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + ending probably based on older apnea. from apnoos "without breathing, without wind," from a- "not, without" + pnein "to breathe".
hyperkinetic (adj.)
characterized by fast-paced or frenetic activity.
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9min
November 20, 2022Discussing a TON of Pathologies as well as Medical terms you should know!
Arthritis - "inflammation of a joint,"
" from arthritis, fem. of arthrites (adj.) "pertaining to joints" (Greek nosos is a fem. noun), from arthron "a joint" + -itis, “an inflammation of”
Conjunctivitis - from assimilated form of com "with, together" + iungere "to join together."
Also known as “pink eye” because it can cause the white of the eye to take on a pink or red color. Symptoms of pink eye can vary but typically include redness or swelling of the white of the eye.
Diabetes - medical name of a set of affections characterized by abnormal discharge of urine.
from medical Latin diabetes, from late Greek diabetes "excessive discharge of urine" (so named by Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, 2c.), literally "a passer-through, siphon," from diabainein "to pass through," from dia "through" + bainein "to go, walk, step".
Chlamydia - type of genital infection, 1984, from the name of the bacteria that causes it.
formed from a Latinized combining form of Greek khlamys (genitive khlamydos) "short mantle, upper garment for men, military cloak."

Said to be so called due to its ability to "cloak" the nuclei of infected cells.
Clostridium Difficile - Clostridium, the genus name of these gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria comes from Greek klōstēr (spindle) because, under the microscope, the colonies resemble spindles used in cloth weaving and long sticks with a bulge at the end.
Staphylococcus aureus:;
staphylo: "bunch of grapes" (from greek σταϕυλή, meaning "bunch of grapes")
coccos: "berry" (from greek κόκκος, meaning "berry")
aureus: "golden" (from latin aureus, meaning "golden")
The bacteria Staphylococcus aureus looks like a cluster of small berry-shaped cells (coccos) that are arranged in a formation which resembles a bunch of grapes (staphylo), and appear golden (aureus) in colour when grown on a petri dish.
Depression - directly from Medieval Latin depressionem (nominative depressio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin deprimere "to press down, depress."
Leukemia - progressive blood disease characterized by abnormal accumulation of leucocytes, a type of white blood cell.
Gonorrhea - from Late Latin gonorrhoia, from Greek gonos "seed" + rhoe "flow," from rhein "to flow". Mucus discharge was mistaken for semen.
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24min
November 18, 2022Etymologizing Medical Terms and Musculature/Bone Conditions
Latissimus Dorsi
Latissumus comes from the Latin word, Lata, which means: “wide”

The “-issumus” makes it superlative which turns “wide” to “widest”

Dorsi is the GENITIVE SINGULAR form of Dorsum, which means: “Back”

So, if we do an “A” + “B”, we get…

“The widest of the back” (muscle)

According to Google: The latissimus dorsi is a large, flat muscle covering the width of the middle and lower back

Quadriceps Femoris
So if we do an “A” + “B” + “C”, we get = _________________

“Four heads of the femur/upper leg”

According to Google: The quadriceps femoris is a hip flexor and a knee extensor. It consists of four individual muscles; three vastus muscles and the rectus femoris. They form the main bulk of the thigh, and collectively are one of the most powerful muscles in the body.

Hypothermia
Hypo- (Greek) = “low, below”

Therm- (thermos) = temperature

-ia (shortened version of “–emia”) =“presence in the blood”

“a” + “b” + “c” = “low “+ “temperature” + “presence in the blood”

Hypercholestrolemia
Hyper- (Greek) = “high, above”

Cholesterol = Cholesterol is any of a class of certain organic molecules called lipids

-emia (shortened version of “–emia”) =“presence in the blood”

“a” + “b” + “c” = “high” + “cholesterol” + “presence in the blood”

Hyperlipidemia

atherosclerosis
ATHERO+ SCLER+ OSIS

athero- = (c) = groats

scler- = (b) = hardening

-osis= (a) = diseased condition of

So “a” + “b” +”c” = “________________”
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33min
November 13, 2022Discussing English Derivatives of the Latin words "tempus, temporis" and "pater, patris"
Con + tempor + ary - “with” + “tempor, temporis”
“With the times”
Google: refers to one who lives at the same time as another
(Contemporaneous)
Con + templ + lation + “with” + “templatum = surveyed, observed”
"reflect upon, ponder, study, view mentally, meditate," from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari "to gaze attentively, observe; consider, contemplate," originally "to mark out a space for observation"
Tempo - the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.
(Tempor)
patri + archy;
patri + mony;
patri + cide,
patrician;
patron;
paternity;
paternal;
and many more!
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10min
November 12, 2022Latin on the Period Table - From Na to Hg to Ag and all other non-intuitive elements in-between!
Sodium = natrium, natri(n.)
Potassium = kalium, kalii(n.)
Iron = Ferrus, ferri(m.)
gold = aurum, auri(n.)
Tin = stannum, stanni(n.)
Lead = plumbum, plumbi(n.)
Silver = argentum, argenti(n.)
HYDRARGYRUM = Mercury
Copper = Cuprum, Cupri(n.)
Hydrogen - contains the Greek word hydros (water) and genus, geni, which means “birth, origin, creation”.
Hydrogen, therefore, literally means…
“water-creator”

“water-birther”

“water-origin”
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30min
November 06, 2022 Etymologizing Pathos as both the prefix "patho-" and the suffix "-pathy"
pathos;
pathetic;
path + ology;
patho + meter;
a + pathy;
anti +pathy;
sym + pathy;
tele + pathy;
patho + genic;
patho + phobia;
patho + mania;
em + pathy;
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8min
November 05, 2022 Etymologizing the dynamic and static preposition and prefix: "Trans-"
Here, I go into a bit of a introduction until about the 6 minute mark, where I transition into the linguistics!
trans + port;
trans + act(ion);
tran + script(um);
trans + fer(o);
trans + form(o);
trans + plant(a);
trans + parent;
tran +scend(o);
trans + con + tinential(teneo);
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16min
October 30, 2022Latin and Greek within Science - Energy Flow Etymology
Metabolism
1878 in the physiology sense of "the sum of the chemical changes within the body by which the protoplasm is renewed, changed, or prepared for excretion,"

from Greek metabole "a change," from metaballein "to change," from meta "change" + ballein "to throw".
Chemical
from chemic "of alchemy" (a worn-down derivative of Medieval Latin alchimicus).
Catabolic
1876, katabolism, "destructive metabolism,"

from Greek from kata "down" + ballein "to throw".
Anabolic
"pertaining to the process of building up" (especially in metabolism), 1876, with -ic + Greek from ana "up, upward" + ballein "to throw."
Reactant
1640s, "to exert, as a thing acted upon, an opposite action upon the agent," from re- "back" + “act” from Latin actus, past participle of agere "to set in motion, drive, drive forward," hence "to do, perform,"
Product
early 15c., "mathematical quantity obtained by multiplication," from Medieval Latin productum, in classical Latin "something produced," noun use of neuter past participle of producere "bring forth"
Endothermic
Endo- word-forming element meaning "inside, within, internal," from Greek endon "in, within."

from Greek therme "heat, feverish heat."
Exothermic
from Greek exō (adv.) "outside," related to ex (prep.) "out of"

from Greek therme "heat, feverish heat."
Enzyme
from Modern Greek enzymos "leavened," from en "in" + zymē "leaven"

Hence, where we get leavened bread: substance, typically yeast, that is used in dough to make it rise
Catalyst
1650s, "dissolution,"

from Latinized form of Greek katalysis "dissolution, a dissolving"

from kata "down" (or "completely"), + lyein "to loosen"
Denaturation
from Latin de "down, down from, from, off; concerning", also used as a prefix in Latin, usually meaning "down, off, away, from among, down from," (defenestration; the action of throwing someone out of a window.)
Fenestra (latin noun); window

from Latin natura "course of things; natural character, constitution, quality; the universe," literally "birth," from natus "born," past participle of nasci "to be born."
Matrix
from Latin mātrix (genitive mātricis) "pregnant animal,"

in Late Latin "womb,"

also "source, origin," from māter (genitive mātris) "mother"
Aerobic
from Greek aero- "air" + bios "life"
Anaerobic
from Greek an- "without" + aēr "air" + bios "life"
Fermenstration
from Late Latin fermentationem (nominative fermentatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin fermentare "to ferment"
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17min

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