Lost in Translation Latin to English
Rex amicum bonum salutavit
The King greeted the good friend
origin of the word 'decapitate"
caput, capitis
She was the last of the Ptolemy rulers
Cleopatra
bam,bas,bat,bamus,batis,bant
what are the imperfect verb tense endings?
'My blood is coagulatin,'
Worst lyric in rock music history
Clemens est vir fortis
Clemens is a strong man
two words from the Latin 'deus'
deity / deify / Jupiter /
This was a common painkiller in the ancient world
morphine/ opium
you want
what does 'vis' mean?
Oikophobia
Fear of one's country
Quis est tu, homunculeZ?
Who are you, little man?
these words come have at least one English derivative:
1. antiquus
2. maritus
3. dicto
1. antique / antiquated
2. marital / marriage
3. dictate/ dictator etc.
This structure burned. One of the great disasters of Western culture.
The library of Alexandria
i- isti - it imus, -istis - erunt
what are the perfect tense endings?
Eratosthenes
he estimated the circumference of the earth
auxilium Eutychi resuavit et inquit" praesidium tuum operasque flocci non facio."
He refused Eutychus's help and said"I don't give a hoot about your protection and hired thugs."
provide a derivative for each of the following ( 1o pts each) longus
peto
nox
coepi
- long/ longitude
- appetitie / petition
- nocturnal
- incipient
He created geometry
Who was Euclid?
esse / posse, velle, nolle
what are four irregular verbs in Latin?
Dissection
What were Greek doctors not allowed to do but Egyptian doctors were?
quid dixisti? sola es? decem ancillas habes
What did you say? You are alone? You have 10 slave girls
give the Latin origin of:
dominate/ diligent/ delete/ Argentina / ubiquitous
domina/ diligenter/ argenteus/ ubi
He devised the theory of the four humors
Who was Galen?
dic
duc
fac
fer
what are four irregular imperative forms in Latin?
x-ing
How do we best translate a present active participle in Latin?