Wordy Thursday
Thursday May 29, 2008
Each month this year I've been writing up approximately 30 different words with Greek or Latin roots, showing one pronunciation possibility, a simple definition, and the Greek or Latin upon which it is based. (June's words are ready to be loaded.) It's from those that I'm drawing the Wordy Thursday word. In addition to today's word, I'd like to point out a word based on Roman history that I don't remember having heard before. It comes from a post from Word Trix blog: Lucullan:
lucullan \loo-KUHL-uhn\ adjective: Lavish, luxurious. [After a Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus, known for his sumptuous banquets.]
Today's word is also historically significant:
Demagogue [dem-uh-gog] - popular leader. From Greek 'demos' (district, people) + 'agogos' from 'agein' (to lead).Note: the word demagogue is not pejorative in essence. See, for instance, Plutarch's Comparison of Lysander and Sulla.
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In Germany, the term Lucullan is quiet popular. There is also a dessert with the name of Lucius, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukullus_%28S%C3%BC%C3%9Fspeise%29
It looks like a very luscious dessert. Unfortunately, no German bakeries around here.