Lexis Arcana — Latin Roots & Proverbs

The deeper roots of language, one tab at a time. 450+ Latin roots, 228 proverbs, quiz mode & search on every new tab.

✨ The Latin you didn't know you already speak. Every English word carries Latin in its bones. Lexis Arcana shows you one piece at a time—on every new tab. A root that explains a dozen words you already use. A proverb still quoted in law, medicine, and literature. No app to launch. No streak to protect. Open a tab; learn something. 696 entries. Zero setup. 📚 WHAT'S INSIDE • 228 Latin proverbs from Roman literature, philosophy, law, science, and everyday speech—the phrases still heard in courtrooms, journals, and scholarship. • 468 Latin roots—the building blocks behind thousands of English words. Learn that contra means "against" and contradict, controversy, contravene, and contrary all click into place at once. HOW IT WORKS Open a new tab. Read the line on screen. Done. Your new tab becomes a clean card: Latin up front, English underneath. No dashboards, ads, or sign-in—just the word or phrase, waiting when you are. FOUR WAYS TO LEARN 📜 Proverbs — classic phrases with English translations. For the Latin still woven into modern writing, law, and science. 🌱 Roots — meaning, origin, 16 categories, and English derivatives. One root lights up whole families of vocabulary. 🎲 Random — alternates proverbs and roots so every tab stays fresh. ✍️ Trial — type your answer and see what you remember. Items you have glimpsed less often come back more often; fuzzy matching forgives typos and missing punctuation. ⚡ FEATURES • Search Latin and English at once, with highlighted matches • Codex — browse, filter, and sort the full library; track glimpses and favorites • Root categories including anatomy, nature, and motion • Favorites from the new tab or Codex • Glimpse counts for what you have already met • Optional English derivative examples for roots • Popup settings sync instantly to open new tabs • Preferences sync across devices (Chrome storage) • Spacebar for the next item 🔒 PRIVACY No accounts. No analytics. No ads. Nothing leaves your browser. Storage is the only permission—it keeps favorites, glimpse counts, and preferences in your Chrome profile. The only network request loads the Playfair Display font from Google Fonts.