Word origins

• triduumA period of three days (especially in Roman Catholic liturgy).
• lacrimationThe shedding or flow of tears; crying.
• seriatimOne after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
• reniformSynonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”).
• glabellaThe space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
• sericaAny June beetle of the genus Serica.
• CocytusA river of the underworld in Greek mythology.
• LupercaliaAn ancient Roman pastoral festival observed in mid-February to avert evil spirits and purify the city.
• CamelopardalisA faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.
• olivaryShaped like an olive
• candelabrumA candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.
• bifidCleft; divided into two principal or main parts, such as two lobes.
• obstruentCausing obstruction; blocking up.
• observatoriumAn observatory.
• AppiusA male given name in Latin, notably borne by Appius Claudius Caecus, a Roman politician of the 4th and 3rd century BC, builder of the Appian Way.
• CaspiaThe region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran.
• pariesThe wall of any cavity or organ.
• pinasterThe maritime pine (species Pinus pinaster), that grows in southern Europe.
• plumbeousConsisting of, or resembling, lead.
• floruitLived, flourished; used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive or known to have been notably active, when dates of birth and/or death are not known.
• OrontesA river in West Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
• criminateTo accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
• dirigeA Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
• cognomenA personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
• extenuateOf a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
• argenteusA silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.
• quiesceTo become quiet or quieter.
• pratincoleAny of several species of birds in the genera Glareola and Stiltia.
• vitellineOf, pertaining to, or resembling the yolk of an egg.
• anileCharacteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
• sociateTo associate.
• arborescentLike a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.
• ManichaeismA syncretic, dualistic religion that combines elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought, founded by the Iranian prophet Mani in the 3rd century AD.
• precursoryBeing or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
• aleatoryDepending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
• tragopanAny of several species of Asian pheasant of the genus Tragopan.
• hereditasIn Ancient Rome, inheritance or hereditary succession.
• incuseHammered or pressed in (usually on a coin).
• cogitateTo meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
• SilenusA companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.
• subjacentLying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
• phthisisAn atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
• insolubilityThe quality of being insoluble
• physeterA member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.
• secludeTo shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude.
• incideTo separate and remove (something); to cut.
• cantilenaA vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style.
• protractTo draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
• ArgiveOf, from or pertaining to Argos.
• hominoidAny anthropoid (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
• retributeTo pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
• MoesiaAn ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube river, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Serbia.
• umbelA flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.
• papuleA small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus.
• mydriasisThe condition of having abnormally large and dilated pupils due to illness or narcotics, particularly stimulants such as methamphetamine, cocaine, etc.
• comitiaA popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
• Mysiaa region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor
• CleanthesA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
• coitionSexual intercourse.
• celestSynonym of celestial.
• immolateTo kill as a sacrifice by burning.
• caesuraA pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
• cadentFalling.
• syllabificationThe division of a word into syllables.
• tergiteThe dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.
• ebullienceA boiling or bubbling up; an ebullition.
• callitricheA green monkey.
• emarginateWith the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.
• protuberantSwelling or bulging outward.
• latinateOf or derived from Latin.
• LacedaemonAnother name of Sparta
• SabaothAn epithet of God in His role as protector of the Israelite army, usually translated (alongside YHWH or Elohim) as "Lord of Hosts".; compare the archaic title Drighten.
• jejuneNot nutritious.
• spadixA fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
• aquariia denomination, sect, church, or other group which professes to be Christian but uses water to administer the Eucharist instead of wine.
• ApameaThe name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
• surdAn irrational number, especially one expressed using the √ symbol.
• paradisiacalOf or resembling paradise.
• cicutaHemlock.
• apparateApparatus.
• catecheticsReligious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation.
• ApellesA master artist.
• perorationThe concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
• tedeA torch; a flambeau.
• bistortAny of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers.
• antitheticDiametrically opposed.
• fasciculusA small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
• intermitTo interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
• scarusA parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).
• volgeThe common people; the crowd, the mob.
• obliquusAn obliquus muscle; a muscle running obliquely.
• tunicateAny of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.
• EpaphroditusA male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
• flocculentFlocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
• advocatusA medieval officeholder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey.
• distendTo extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
• JacinthaA rare female given name from Ancient Greek.
• HydrusA winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a small serpent. It lies between the constellations Mensa and Tucana. It is not to be confused with the constellation Hydra.
• vacaturAn announcement in court that something is cancelled or set aside; an annulment.
• hypothecateTo pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.