Vocabulary
This word means house in Latin
villa
The nominative singular ending for the first declension
-a
The endings for a present tense verb
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
The city where our book takes place
Pompeii
"A state of being satisfied" comes from contentus
content
This word means street in Latin
via
The case used for the subject
Nominative
The present forms of sum
sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt
The Volcano in Naples that erupted in 79CE.
Vesuvius
"A prisoner" comes from capit
Captive
This is the Latin word for "I"
ego
The case used for the direct object
accusative
The perfect tense endings
i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt
The cold room of a bath
frigidarium
"Having to do with an empire or Emperor" comes from imperium
Imperial
This is the Latin word "for you (singular)"
tibi
The case used for the indirect object
Dative
The imperfect forms of sum
eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant
The hot room of a bath
caldarium
"To calm someone down" comes from pax
Pacify
This is the Latin word which means "to/for us"
nobis
The case used for the object of the preposition
Ablative
The imperfect endings
bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant
Who wrote the only written account of the eruption?
Pliny the Younger
"A place where one can rest and relax" comes from solus
Solitude