51吃瓜 of the Day
convivial
adjective
friendly; agreeable.
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Convivial 鈥渇riendly, agreeable鈥� comes from Latin 肠辞苍惫墨惫颈耻尘 鈥渇east,鈥� which is based on the verb 肠辞苍惫墨惫别谤别 鈥渢o live together, dine together.鈥� The prefix con- 鈥渨ith, together鈥� may also appear as co-, col-, com-, or cor- depending on the letter that follows, as in coincidence, colleague, comfortable, and correct, respectively. The verb 惫墨惫别谤别 鈥渢o live鈥� and its adjective equivalent, 惫墨惫耻蝉 鈥渁live,鈥� are the source of vivacious, vivid, revive, and survival. Of the same origin is the Latin noun 惫墨迟补 鈥渓ife,鈥� which is the root of vital and vitamin. Convivial was first recorded in the 1660s.
how is convivial used?
Coffee-bar owners say that while space and rent can be considerations, they鈥檙e installing counters because they create a lively environment where it鈥檚 easy to have a quick, convivial exchange …. The conversation seems to happen over shorter drinks like espresso and coffee brewed by the cup. A four-ounce cortado is a pleasant drink at a bar stool. A 20-ounce latte demands a chair.
Wine, for the ancient Greeks, was a pillar of civilization, to the point where Greek teetotalers were viewed with suspicion. Water-drinking, the Greeks believed, made people surly, curmudgeonly, and over-earnest. Wine-drinkers, in contrast, were convivial, creative, passionate, and fond of intellectual discourse.
Bifrost
noun
the rainbow bridge from Asgard, the world of the Aesir gods, to earth.
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Bifrost 鈥渢he rainbow bridge of the gods鈥� may look at first glance like a compound of Latin bi- 鈥渢wice鈥� and English frost, but it should come as little surprise that the name is of Old Norse origin instead. Old Norse is the ancestral language of Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish, and it was spoken throughout northern Europe 1000 years ago. In Old Norse, Bifrost (more accurately transliterated as 叠颈蹿谤谦蝉迟 or 叠颈蹿谤枚蝉迟) is likely equivalent to bifa 鈥渢o shake鈥� and 谤谦蝉迟 鈥渓eague鈥� or, more directly, 鈥渕easure of length between two places of rest.鈥� Old Norse and English are both Germanic languages, and while bifa does not have any relatives in modern English (except obsolete bive 鈥渢o shake鈥�), 谤谦蝉迟 is cognate to English rest. Bifrost was first recorded in English in the late 18th century.
how is Bifrost used?
Bifrost was the strongest of bridges .鈥� Rainbows often served as a path for gods in the mythic literature, and Bifrost was a classic example. The gods in the world above traveled down the rainbow to interact with the people on earth.
In its Tolkienian guise, Bifrost is most closely connected to the Bridge of Khazad-d没m, that bridge which the Fellowship must cross within the fiery heart of Moria. It is not at first obvious that the two bridges belong to one tradition …. Yet both bridges span a gap, a space, rather than a river or stream. Both are affiliated with fire.
circumambulate
verb
to walk or go about or around, especially ceremoniously.
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Circumambulate 鈥渢o walk around鈥� is a compound of two Latin-origin stems: circum- 鈥渁round鈥� and ambul- 鈥渢o walk.鈥� As we learned from the recent 51吃瓜s of the Day circadian and circumstellar, circum- comes from Latin circus 鈥渃ircle,鈥� which is the source of English terms such as circa, circular, and circumference. The stem ambul- comes from Latin 补尘产耻濒腻谤别 鈥渢o walk,鈥� which gives rise to English amble, ambulance, and funambulist 鈥渢ightrope walker.鈥� In modern Romance languages, though nothing is certain, some linguists hypothesize that Latin 补尘产耻濒腻谤别 may be the root (following a long series of unusual sound changes) of Spanish andar 鈥渢o walk鈥� and French aller 鈥渢o go鈥� (as in the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day laisser-aller). Circumambulate was first recorded in the 1650s.
how is circumambulate used?
I鈥檓 proud to say I did circumambulate the gigantic, three-century-old Zamana tree. With branches that span the equivalent of a city block, it鈥檚 a tropical tree of life.
Circumambulation, an intentional, ceremonial circling of a sacred object, is an ancient ritual with roots in many world cultures 鈥�. [English professor and photographer David Robertson] explained that circumambulating Mt. Tam was a way for him to create meaning for himself in relation to the natural world.