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Words for our modern age especially English words from Latin and Greek sources.

Word Unit: Lapsus Linguae (a slip of the tongue, a mistake in uttering a word, an imprudent word inadvertently spoken; as expressed by public personalities in this series of articles).

Word Unit: larcen-, latro- (Latin: theft, robbery, felony; from latrocinium, service of mercenaries; freebooting, robbery; latro, "a mercenary soldier; robber").

Word Unit: lard + (Greek: fat > Latin: [lardum] bacon).

Related fat-word units: adipo-; lipo-; obeso-; oleo-; omento-; pimelo-; pio-; sebo-; steato-.


Word Unit: larvi-, larv- + (Latin: insect in its grub stage; from Latin larva, "mask" and by extension, "ghost", the idea being that an insect in its grub stage is merely a ghost of its future self and bears no resemblance to its future form).

Word Unit: laryng-, laryngo- + (Greek > Modern Latin: throat, upper part of the windpipe; the vocal-chord area of the throat; the musculocartilaginous structure below the tongue root and hyoid bone and above the trachea).

Cross references related to "neck, throat" word families: cervic-; coll-; esophag-; guttur-; nuch-; trachel-.


Word Unit: laten-, late- + (Latin: to lurk; to lie hidden, to be hidden).

Word Unit: later-, lateral-, -late, -lat, -lation, -lative (Latin: bear; carry).

Word Unit: latero-, later-, lateri-, -lateral, -laterally (Latin: side, sideways; flank).

Word Unit: Latin numerals: Numbers with English Equivalents (Latin-Roman Numerals: “unus” to “M, mille”).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group A (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group B (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group C (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group D (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group E (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group F (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group G (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group H (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group I (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group J (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

Word Unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group L (classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination).

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