Word origins

• CyreneA Thessalian princess and huntress demigod, companion of Artemis, lover of Apollo, and mother of Aristaeus and Idmon.
• meningesThe three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
• DymeThe most westerly town of Achaia, situated on the coast near the river Larissus
• conservatoriumSynonym of music school.
• periplusAn account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks.
• portendTo serve as a warning or omen of.
• laburnumAny tree of the genus Laburnum.
• JudeanOf, from or pertaining to Judea.
• minutiaA minor detail, often of negligible importance.
• FranciscusA male given name from Latin.
• murexAny member of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
• MercuriusA male given name from Latin.
• juvenalOf a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
• sagaciousHaving or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
• MaccabeeA member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BCE).
• plectrumA small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
• CiliciaAn ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats.
• getaA Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
• recantTo withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
• homunculusA small, artificially created human or human-like being.
• perfidiousOf, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
• supremum(real analysis): Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element of X; (order theory): given a subset X of a partially ordered set P (with partial order ≤), the least element y of P such that every element of X is ≤ y.
• cardiaThe area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
• comitatusA group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader.
• personaliaAll the personal belongings, writings and information of an individual.
• pandoA pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
• culmWaste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
• climeA particular region defined by its weather or climate.
• AlbinaA female given name from Latin.
• epistolaryOf or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
• ThebanOf or pertaining to Thebes
• pateraA broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
• LaniusA surname from Latin.
• absurdumAn illogical conclusion or state.
• tramaThe inner, fleshy portion of a mushroom's basidiocarp, distinct from the outer pileipellis or cuticle and from the spore-bearing hymenium.
• inopportuneUnsuitable for some particular purpose.
• coarctationA congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
• InvidiaThe Roman goddess of divine retribution and vengeance; often accompanied by the Furies/Dirae. She is the Roman counterpart of Nemesis.
• TarentumFormer name of Taranto: a city in Italy.
• BoethiusAnicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524 CE), Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.
• enunciationThe act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
• JosueA surname from Spanish.
• suppurativeOf a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
• PhthiaA city in ancient Thessaly, Greece.
• crimenAn impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse.
• LaodiceaFormer name of Nahavand: a city in Iran.
• carnivoraCarnivorans.
• LepusA winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.
• villusA small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
• emissiveOf, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.
• valgusknock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)
• injuriainjury; invasion of another's rights
• avelTo pull away.
• JeremiasNew Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.
• jubilateTo show elation or triumph; to rejoice.
• conciliarOf or pertaining to a council, especially an ecclesiastical council.
• papillaA vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth.
• glutinousGlue-like, sticky, viscid.
• NicaeaFormer name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
• gravidaA pregnant woman.
• cartilaginousRelated to or resembling cartilage.
• defecateTo excrete feces from one's bowels.
• ScythiaA geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
• vindicatorA person who vindicates.
• TimaeusA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• collumA neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.
• conciliatorA person who conciliates.
• spondylolisthesisA forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.
• axillaThe armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
• coccyxThe final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.
• HungariaHungary
• ConstantiusA Latin first name, most notably held by a handful of Roman emperors.
• obiterIncidentally; in passing.
• gingivaThe gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.
• onomatopoeiaThe property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
• exonerationAn act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
• AugustanPertaining to the times of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. - 14 C.E.).
• HispaniaThe Iberian Peninsula, a peninsula and historical region of Southern Europe covering modern-day Spain, Portugal and Andorra, when under the control of Ancient Rome; split into between two and five Roman provinces, depending on the time period.
• CydoniaFormer name of Chania: a city on the island of Crete, Greece.
• damnumharm; detriment
• polyphemusSynonym of polyphemus moth.
• incipitThe first few words of a text, especially its first line.
• dubiaA set of questions on doctrine sent by Catholic bishops to the Holy See.
• IapetusA Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
• HeliceA town of Achaia situated on the coast between the rivers Selinus and Cerynites
• sambucaAn Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).
• ArtaxerxesThe name of several Achaemenid kings of Persia.
• trigonalHaving three angles and three sides, triangular.
• damasceneInlaid with silver or gold.
• lignumDead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.
• coalescentCausing or undergoing coalescence.
• StraboAncient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian from Amaseia in Pontus.
• teresA terete muscle.
• architectonicRelating to or characteristic of architecture, design and construction.
• remoraAny of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.
• seresSynonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
• PaeoniaThe land of the Paeonians, a people inhabiting between the lands of Macedonians, Thracians, and Illyrians.
• Miletusancient Greek city on the west coast of Caria, Anatolia
• internecineMutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
• AmbrosiusA surname from German.