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Lesson 8
Caesar’s English II
Latin Vocabulary Lesson 8
1. oblique: indirect (oh-BLEEK)
2. pensive: thoughtful (PEN-siv)
3. magnanimous: generous (mag-NAN-ih-muss)
4. importune: to pester (im-POR-chun, im-por-TYOON)
5. peremptory: imperious; arrogant (per-EMP-tory)
Oblique - indirect, slanting
The English adjective oblique, from the Latin
obliquus, means indirect or slanting, and in
mathematics it refers to angles that are not acute, but
are greater than ninety degrees.
In his novel 1984, written in 1949, George Orwell
wrote “She walked obliquely away across the grass
as though trying to get rid of him.”
Oblique - indirect, slanting
Oblique-type Globe Valve
Oblique - indirect, slanting
What do you think Bram Stoker meant in
Dracula by describing the “obliquity of thought
and memory which makes mental illness such a
fascinating study”?
Oblique - indirect, slanting
A Slingatron "Gyration Arm"
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Pensive - thoughtful
The English adjective pensive, from the Latin
pensare, means thoughtful, often quietly and
perhaps sadly so.
In Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
there is “the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals
from the neighboring stubble-field.”
Pensive
Pensive - thoughtful
Daniel Defoe, in his 1719 novel Robinson
Crusoe, wrote that
“I stepped out and sat me down upon a little
rising bit of ground, very pensive and anxious,
between fear and desire about my voyage.”
Pensive Pup
Magnanimous - generous
The English adjective magnanimous, from the Latin
magnanimus, means generous, literally great (magn)
minded (anim). It is the opposite of pusillanimous,
which means small-minded.
Mark Twain wrote humorously in Tom Sawyer that it
was “a noble, a generous, a magnanimous lie.”
Magnanimous - generous
Magnanimous - generous
Mark Twain also wrote ironically in The Prince
and the Pauper of “the applauses which she got
out of herself for her magnanimous
condescension to a tramp.”
What was Twain implying in this line?
Importune - to pester
The English verb importune, from the Latin
importunus, means to pester, to beg someone
urgently and persistently. The noun form
importunity and the adjective form is importunate.
In David Copperfield Charles Dickens described
how “many importunate claims were pressed upon
you in my name.”
Importune the Easy Way
Peremptory - imperious
The English adjective peremptory comes from
the Latin peremptus and imperious, arrogant,
refusing to be contradicted.
In Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë wrote that
“Mrs. Linton peremptorily insisted that she
should go to bed.”
Peremptory Spouse
Peremptory - imperious
In William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew,
Petruchio proudly announces that “I am as
peremptory as she is proud-minded.”
What do you think Joseph Heller meant in Catch 22:
“He was disappointed as he heard the peremptory
crunch of Corporal Whitsomb’s footsteps recede into
silence.”
Peremptory Boss?
Caesar’s English I Review
Word definition
placid
Caesar’s English I Review
Word definition
placid calm
singular
Caesar’s English I Review
Word definition
placid calm
singular unique
amiable
Caesar’s English I Review
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placid calm
singular unique
amiable friendly
incredulous
Caesar’s English I Review
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placid calm
singular unique
amiable friendly
incredulous skeptical
perplex
Caesar’s English I Review
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placid calm
singular unique
amiable friendly
incredulous skeptical
perplex confuse
Caesar’s Alterations
Noun adjective verb adverb
obliquity oblique obliquely
pensive pensively
magnanimity magnanimous magnanimously
importunate importune importunately
peremptory peremptorily
amiability amiable amiably
perplexity perplexed perplex perplexedly
Incredulity incredulous incredulously
Sesquipedalian Story Caesar’s wife Calphurnia was incredulous. Could Caesar
really be thinking of going to the Senate today?
The night had been filled with perplexing portents: roaring
lions, demonic countenances, comets, and implacable
ghosts had disturbed the night, and now the doleful owl
was clamoring in the street in broad daylight, in
ostentatious defiance of everything normal.
Prodigious storms had filled the night with lightning and
prodigious thunder, casting oblique beams and grotesque
shadows in their rooms, and a surreal atmosphere
pervaded Rome. Something odious was afoot.
Someone was going to die, and it would be someone
important. When beggars die, there are no comets seen.
Calphurnia was more than pensive; she was profoundly
apprehensive. Caesar had always said he would do
anything for her, but his acute ambition sometimes
contradicted these benevolent words.
Outside now, the weather was placid enough; the sky
was serene, no thunder was audible, but the warnings
had been too manifest last night; she would importune
Caesar not to go, even if she had to prostrate herself and
beg. He must not go.
Sesquipedalian Story
Sesquipedalian Story
His spirit, so magnanimous and altruistic , would rebel
against her request, but she would appeal to him to
condescend to her will, just this once. He might retort
somberly or deride her concern; he might refuse with
peremptory command, but she would persist inexorably
until he was amiable.
In the next room, the indolent servants laughed profusely
and a singular chill crept up her spine. And now here came
Decius, to fetch Caesar to the Senate, Decius , with his
vivacious alacrity, his profuse greetings. She must speak
to Caesar first, stop him.
Latin Vocabulary Lesson 8
1. oblique: indirect (oh-BLEEK)
2. pensive: thoughtful (PEN-siv)
3. magnanimous: generous (mag-NAN-ih-muss)
4. importune: to pester (im-POR-chun, im-por-TYOON)
5. peremptory: imperious (per-EMP-tory)
