As most English-speaking children know, you can temporarily confuse your friends by moving the consonant(s) from the beginning of a word to the end and adding the sound "ay." And once they too figure ...

If you have always felt that you’re not as tweedy and snooty as you could be because your school didn’t offer Latin, soon you’ll be able to “veni vidi vici” with the best Etonians thanks to Duolingo.

Duolingo is usually focused on teaching languages that are immediately relevant, even if they're only useful at sci-fi conventions. This, however, isn't one of them. The service has introduced a ...

Instead of transitioning between Latin and English, spoken Latin keeps the cognition all in one language. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art under ...

Researchers found that in teaching English learners -- students who aren't fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken -- the Latin roots of words helped ...

A knowledge of Latin is essential to understanding the original meaning of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, ...

FOR the past quarter of a century the Latin used by medical practitioners in writing their prescriptions has become more and more simple, and the use of the vernacular has correspondingly increased.