rusticatio
rusticatio noun: full-immersion Latin-language “summer camp” in the countryside or a secluded setting. Participants eat, work, play, and speak nothing but Latin for the entire period.
Noun
rusticatio (plural rusticationes)
- Full-immersion Latin-language “summer camp” in the countryside or a secluded setting. Participants eat, work, play, and speak nothing but Latin for the entire period.
- Llewellyn sees Rusticatio as a place where Latinists of all sorts, but Latin teachers in particular, grow more comfortable using Latin as a language2015 October 5, “The Latin Speakers of West Virginia”, in Eidolon: Classics Without Fragility (Medium), archived from the original on 21 Jun 2017
- What’s a rusticatio? Well, it’s a live-in, immersion week of Latin in a rural setting, in which you only speak in Latin2019 July 19, “Rusticatio Australiana Altera!”, in The Patrologist, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2021
- Synonyms:
- conventiculum
Synonyms of rusticatio
Forms of rusticatio
| plural | rusticationes |
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Origin of rusticatio
Borrowed from Latin rūsticātiō (“rustication (living in the country)”)
Questions about rusticatio
- What does rusticatio mean?
- Rusticatio means full-immersion Latin-language “summer camp” in the countryside or a secluded setting. Participants eat, work, play, and speak nothing but Latin for the entire period.
- What part of speech is rusticatio?
- Rusticatio is a noun.
- What is the plural of rusticatio?
- The plural of rusticatio is rusticationes.
Words near rusticatio in the dictionary
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