Bartholomew The Englishman

On the Phoenix

Latin Etymology

Phoenix unica dicitur esse avis, et in toto orbe terrarum singularis, unde et laici mirantur. Unde apud Arabes ubi nascitur phoenix singularis nuncupatur, ut dicit Isidorus. De hac ave dicit Philosophus, quod phoenix est avis sine pari, vivens 300 vel quingentis annis. Quibus completis, cum suum sentit defectum, nidum facit ex lignis aromaticis, et multum siccis, quae in aestate ex fervore solis flante Favonio, accenduntur, quibus iam accensis sponte nidum ingreditur, et ibidem inter ligna ardentia incineratur, ex quo cinere infra triduum quidam vermiculus nascitur, qui paulatim plumas recipiens in volucrem reformatur. Idem dicit Ambrosius in Hexameron. De phoenicis humore sive cinere novus surgit, paulatimque adolescit, et processu temporis alarum induit remigia, atque in avis speciem reparatur.

Use the following English words, closely related to text in the Latin passage, to complete the sentences below:

incinerator
sentient
ardent
spontaneously
adolescent

1. After receiving a bad grade, Johnny dumped his returned test into the to avoid it being discovered.

2. With over twenty thousand stamps, to say Mr. Smith was an collector would be an understatement.

3. For reasons only known to her, Mary began to squawk like a chicken.

4. Parents sometimes forget when raising their children what it was like to be an .

5. Many people become vegetarians because they believe the killing of any being is wrong.


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