Word origins

• elysianOf or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location.
• sapaA reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.
• ellipsisA mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
• ColumbaSaint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
• permeateTo pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
• renunciationThe act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
• ThraceA historical region of Southeastern Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
• faciesGeneral appearance.
• mantuaAn article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
• celibacyAbstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
• piscinaA drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
• irateExtremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
• dictumAn authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
• posthumousAfter the death of someone.
• tyrannicalOf, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
• limesA boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
• pupaAn insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
• specularPertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.
• miscellaneaA miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
• calyxThe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
• ArcticaAn ancient continent situated in the Arctic, formed from the Canadian and Siberian shields.
• intrudeTo thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
• Libertasthe Roman goddess and personification of liberty; equivalent to the Greek goddess Eleutheria.
• materialityThe quality of being material; having a physical existence.
• psylliumAny of several plants of Plantago subg. Psyllium.
• lyceumA public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
• LiviaA female given name from Latin.
• ConstantiaA kind of wine, either white or red, from Constantia in Cape Colony.
• gaudyVery showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
• neapolitanOf, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.
• LaetitiaThe goddess of gaiety.
• afferentCarrying towards.
• agglomerationThe act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
• IsraeliteA native or inhabitant of
• torridVery hot and dry.
• AlbinA male given name from Latin.
• interrogateTo question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
• tuberA fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
• AgricolaA cognomen used by several Roman politicians.
• columnarHaving the shape of a column.
• pressionPressure or an act of applying pressure.
• AgrippaA Latin cognomen; borne by important figures of the classical era such as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and several kings of Judea, mentioned in the bible.
• paschalOf or pertaining to Easter.
• rufousof a reddish colour
• incursionA military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.
• aureliaThe chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.
• Antigonethe daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in fiction and mythology
• gyrusA fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
• ThothThe ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.
• principiaFirst principles; elementary material.
• indisputableNot disputable; not open to question; obviously true
• incubateTo brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
• monadOne thing, one being, one item.
• alumnaA female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
• attitudinalExpressive of or pertaining to attitude.
• propolisAn aromatic glue-like substance produced by honeybees from tree resin, waxes, and their own secretions, used in the construction of their hives.
• vulnOf a pelican, to wound (oneself) by biting at the breast.
• depleteTo reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
• trepidationAnxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
• Ismaela male given name, variant of Ishmael
• boxwoodThe box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
• stentorA person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
• eruditeLearned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
• HerodotusAn ancient Greek historian who lived from 484 to 425 BCE.
• vidualRelating to widowhood, or widowed.
• EustaceA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• CaligulaGaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, third Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE.
• secreteSeparated; discrete.
• noduleA small lump, often roughly hemispherical in shape; a small node.
• bipartiteHaving two parts (two principal or main parts).
• AssyriaAn ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).
• libertineSomeone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
• testatorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will.
• HuelvaA province in the southwest of Andalusia, Spain. Capital: Huelva.
• segregateSeparate; select.
• fecundityAbility to produce offspring.
• debentureA certificate that certifies an amount of money owed to someone; a certificate of indebtedness.
• tarsusA group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
• reminisceTo recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
• concoctionThe preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
• arthriticOf, or affected by arthritis.
• pubesThe pubic hair.
• maxillaryOf or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
• apostasyThe renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
• LucretiaA female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.
• LaurentianRelating to a Precambrian geological region in eastern Canada, or the period of its formation.
• ascitesAn accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.
• ilexHolm oak (Quercus ilex).
• resplendentShining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
• rotavirusAny of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
• indicRelating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages which are its descendants.
• paterFather.
• calliopeA musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
• neophyteA beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
• interlinguaan interlanguage
• luridPruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
• hermA rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
• coalesceTo join into a mass or whole.
• subservientUseful in an inferior capacity.
• legionellaBacteria of the genus Legionella.