Vocab and Derivatives
Culture
Grammar
Translation
Grab Bag
100
This is a good translation of "esto"
What is alright or let it be?
100
This is the road that travels across Italy from Rome to Brundisium.
What is the Appian Way?
100
FABWIO is an acronym for this.
What is From At By With In On?
100
Sextus non obdormivit, nam de militis fabula cogitabat.
100
This useless second baseman is still owed 26 million dollars by the Atlanta Braves over the next 2 years.
What is a Dan Uggla?
200
This is a translation of "animum recuperare".
What is to regain one's senses?
200
The office that creates a count of the Roman citizens and sets the moral standards is called this.
What is censor?
200
These are the two neuter rules.
What are Nominative and Accusative are always the same AND Plurals end in -a?
200
Ego sum Cornelia. Quis te saltare docuit?
200
This item of idiosyncratic attire appears on Mr. Carroll usually around 4 times a month.
What are sandals (or Friday Shoes)?
300
Give and define 3 Latin words having to do with sleep.
What are somnus, somnium, dormire, obdormire, vigilare, etc.
300
These are three ways to translate the word "hospes."
What are guest, host, and friend?
300
These are the first 3 principal parts of "sum"
What are sum, esse, fui?
300
Nemo me adiuvare nunc potest! Caupo enim me necavit.
300
This man will be the next governor of Virginia.
Who is Terry McAuliffe?
400
Give 3 derivatives of "mortuus"
What are mortal, mortuary, mortician, mortify, moribund, etc?
400
These were the two major powers of the tribune of the plebs.
What are sacrosanctitas and veto?
400
Besides VSUX, this is another way to mark the perfect tense. (Hint: videre and venire both use this)
What is vowel lengthening?
400
Agite pueri! Nonne vos iussi post cenam cubitum ire? Cur ad cubiculum non istis?
400
This is either an NFL team or a afro-wearing friend of Peter's on Family Guy.
Who/what is Cleveland Brown?
500
These are two possible definitions of "mane".
What are "in the morning" and "stay"?
500
Gaius Mucius got this nickname (Latin and English) for sticking his hand in a torch to prove a point.
What is Scaevola (or Lefty)?
500
"iussus" from "iubeo, iubere, iussi, iussus" means this.
What is having been ordered?
500
Me numquam verberat et omnia dat quae volo.
500
This American writer of The Sun Also Rises won a fishing contest hosted by Fidel Castro in 1960.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
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