Vocab
Grammar
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Derivatives
100

lupa,lupae,f.

Wolf

100

Conjugate ambulo,-are in the imperfect active indicitive

ambulabam, ambulabas, ambulabat, ambulabamus, ambulabatis, ambulabant

100

What did Prometheus give to humans?

Fire

100

Which two twins were credited with the founding of Rome?

Romulus and Remus

100

What Latin word is the root of agriculture?

Ager

200

What Latin word means sailor?

Nauta

200

Change the phrase duo servi to the accusative singular.

unum servum

200

Which Roman god has the same name as his Greek counterpart?

Apollo

200

What country fought against Rome in the Punic Wars?

Carthage

200

What Latin word is the root of cerebral?

Cerebrum

300

What Latin word means shadow?

Umbra

300

Translate the following sentence from Latin to English: “Omnibus Romanīs credo, sed nullīs Graecīs.”

I trust all Romans, but no Greeks

300

Who was punished to push a boulder up a mountain for eternity?

Sisyphus

300

Who was the first emperor of Rome?

Augustus

300

What English derivative of the Latin word “gradus,” means “progressing slowly or by degrees?”

gradual

400

What two Latin words can mean letter?

 Epistula and Litera

400

Make the phrase audax dea dative singular.

audaci deae

400

Who gave up their rightful throne on Mt. Olympus upon Dionysus' arrival?

Hestia/Vesta

400

Who was the last king of Rome?

Tarquin the Proud

400

What does it mean when a plant is nival?

It can grow in snow.

500

What does the Latin word vinculum mean?

Chain

500

 Rosam eī dētrāxit tunicam

He/she took his golden cloak

500

Which hero’s tomb did Alexander the Great visit?

Achilles

500

Which of the three forms of Roman marriage involved a fictitious sale of the bride?

Coemptio

500

Give the principle parts of the Latin verb meaning “drive”, from which we derive the word “expulsion”.

pello, pellere, pepuli, pulsum

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