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Find the Word
A phrase of Latin or Greek and one English meaning. Tap the word that carries it.
Mediumabout 4 minEarly version
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Translation, Practice
What Does It Mean?
A Latin or Greek word in the phrase it comes from, and four meanings. Easy mode shows the English with the word left out.
Easyabout 4 minChecked
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Translation, Practice
Match the Phrase
Five phrases of the original and their English, shuffled. Pair each original with the English that renders it.
Easyabout 3 minChecked
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Literature
Sayings on learning, friends and family
Confucius, about 400 BCE, State of Lu
Classical ChineseChecked
Philosophy and right livingSchools and teachingFamily and loss
Travel account
A voyage to the north: Ohthere and Wulfstan tell King Alfred
Ohthere and Wulfstan, later ninth century, in King Alfred’s reign, Wessex (King Alfred’s court)
Old EnglishChecked
Voyages and sea travelHow languages changeFood, farming and hunger
Dialogue
A young wife learns to run the house
Xenophon, about 360 BCE; the exact year is not known, Athens
GreekChecked
Family and lossHomes, towns and buildingPhilosophy and right living