Vocabulary
Derivatives &
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Roman History &
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gods
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goddesses
(pssst, they're not real)
100
What is the Latin word for lion?
leo
100
Was Pompeii a large or small town?
small
100
Matella est in culina.
Metella is in the kitchen.
100
Amicus (servus, servum) laudat.
servum
100
Who was the Roman goddess of love and beauty?
Venus
200
What is the Latin word for door?
janua
200
How would a stranger to Pompeii find out directions to where they were going?
They had to ask because there weren't any street signs.
200
Tonsor in taberna laborat.
The barber is working in the shop.
200
(Dominus, Dominum) cibum gustat.
Dominus
200
Who is the Roman King of the gods?
Jupiter
300
Translate this the Latin saying: Labor omnia vincit
Work conquers all
300
What is the name of the mountain close to Pompeii and how close was the mountain to the town?
Mount Vesuvius was 5 miles away from Pompeii.
300
Caecilius surgit et e taberna exit.
Caecilius stands and leaves the shop.
300
Ancilla est (pulchus, pulchra, pulchrum).
Pulchra copies ancilla and is feminine.
300
Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth?
Vesta
400
Which word does NOT belong and why? advise, evident, visceral, supervise, interview
Visceral does not belong because the other words are derivatives of video, to see or look at.
400
What material was used to pave the streets of Pompeii?
Volcanic stone
400
Argentarius navem magnem videt et ad navem ambulat.
The banker see a large ship and walks toward the ship.
400
Ancilla vinum (bonum, bonam) ad Caecilium porta
Bonum describes the vinum so it copies the gender, number and case.
400
Who was the Roman goddess of marriage and queen of the gods?
Juno
500
Which word doesn't belong and why? insurgent, regional, resurrection, surge, resurgence
Regional doesn't belong because the other words come from surgit, to rise.
500
Were Syria and Palestine north, south, east, or west in relation to Pompeii?
east
500
Caecilius Melissam emit et ad villam revenit. Melissa Grumionem delectat. Melissa Quintum delectat. Eheu! Ancilla Metellam non delectat.
Caecilius buys Melissa and returns to his house. Melissa pleases Grumio. Melissa pleases Quintus. Alas! The slave girl does not please Metella.
500
Caecilius walks to the house and knocks on the door.
Caecilius ad villam ambulat et in januam pulsat.
500
Who was the god of poetry, prophecy and music? - the same name in Roman and Greek mythology. What a symbol associated with him?
Apollo Sun and lyre (ancient musical instrument); also bow and arrow, serpent (ancient wisdom symbol) and mouse (also wisdom symbol)
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