Latin Everywhere
These two abbreviations divide our day into before noon and after noon.
What are a.m. and p.m.?
If aqua means water, which word is related: aquarium, acquire, or awkward?
What is aquarium?
Rome is located in this modern country.
What is Italy?
Carpe diem.
What is “seize the day”?
Roma est in Italia. What does it probably mean?
Rome is in Italy.
This abbreviation comes from et cetera, meaning “and the rest.”
What is etc.?
If terra means earth/land, which is related: terrace, terrible, or territory?
What is territory?
Italy is shaped roughly like this piece of clothing.
What is a boot?
Et tu, Brute?
What is “And you, Brutus?”
Marcus est poeta. If poeta looks like “poet,” what is Marcus?
A poet.
This Latin abbreviation often appears at the end of a letter when you add something afterward.
What is P.S.?
Audire means “to hear.” Name an English word that probably comes from it.
What are audio/audience/audible?
Rome sits on this river.
What is the Tiber?
Veni, vidi, vici.
What is “I came, I saw, I conquered”?
Julia est poeta. What can you figure out without knowing every Latin grammar rule?
Julia is a poet.
This phrase appears on U.S. money and means “Out of many, one.”
What is E pluribus unum?
Portare means “to carry.” Which word literally suggests “carry across”: transport, report, or support?
What is transport?
This sea surrounds much of Italy and connected Rome to the wider ancient world.
What is the Mediterranean?
Semper fidelis. If semper means “always,” what do you think the whole phrase means?
What is “always faithful”?
If aqua = water and porta = gate, which word would you expect on a sign pointing toward water: AQUA or PORTA?
Aqua.
This Latin phrase means something is genuine or “in good faith.”
What is bona fide?
Manus means “hand.” Why might something done manually have that name?
Because it is done by hand.
Other than Europe, parts of these continents were part of the Roman Empire in 64 AD.
What are Asia and Africa?
Vice versa. We still use this Latin expression in English. What does it mean?
What is “the other way around/reversed”?
Roma est in Italia. Italia est in Europa. Therefore, where is Rome?
In Europe.