latin vocabulary
The Latin word for "hello"
What is "salve"?
The Roman temple to "all the gods" with a large dome in the center
What is the Pantheon?
The first king of Rome and his twin brother
Who are Romulus and Remus?
The man who performed 12 labors for Hera/Juno
Who is Hercules?
The English for "panem et circenses" (the things that Juvenal said kept the Roman people happy)
What is "bread and circuses?"
The English meaning of the Latin verb "curo"
What is "to take care of"/"to care about"
The title of the official who interpreted signs from the gods in the form of birds
What were augurs?
The year Rome was founded
What is 753 B.C.E?
The god who caught his wife cheating on him with Ares
Who is Hephaestus/Vulcan?
State et currite in illud locum!
The Latin word for "cat"
What is feles, feles (f)?
What the circus maximus was an example of
What is a racetrack?
The Roman emperor known for dressing up like Hercules and participating in gladiatorial games (also the one featured in the movie Gladiator!)
Who was Commodus?
This woman married Jason but eventually killed off their children when he intended to remarry another woman
Who was Medea?
The Latin verb from which we derive contiguous, contact, and contaminate
What is tango (meaning "to touch")?
The Latin deponent verb meaning "to speak" (give all 3 parts!)
What is "for, fari, fatus sum"
The Roman holiday/festival that Valentine's day is thought to originate from
What is Lupercalia?
The first foreign enemy to bring elephants to Rome in combat
Who was Pyrrhus?
The name of Zeus' first wife who was the mother of Athena
The college with the motto "In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen"
The Latin for both "hare" and "rabbit" respectively
What is "lepus, leporis (m)" and "cuniculus, cuniculi (m)?"
The type of person who wore a pileus in ancient Rome
Freedman
The Roman commander defeated at the Battle of Tuetoburg Forest
Who was Varus (Publius Quinctilius Varus)?
The island on which the women killed off all the men
What is Lemnos?
The modern day equivalent of what the Romans called Carthage
What is Tunisia?