Weather
In quo tempore anni folia cadunt de arboribus?
autumno
____ absque ____ nullus.
Mons absque valle nullus.
Amalthea became which constellation? What does its name mean?
Capricorn (goat-horn)
What Latin adjective describes glacies, nix, et pruina?
frigidus
What does the English abbreviation i.e. stand for?
id est
In quo tempore anni caelum est frigidum et umidum, et nix aut imber cadit?
hieme
A peaceful break after the chaos of final exams would be an example of what Latin proverb?
Post tempestatem tranquillum.
List two sets of coniuges who were also frater et soror.
Iuppiter et Iūno, Saturnus et Rhea
What is the opposite of lux?
tenebrae
The Romans referred to the primordial generation of gods (before the Olympians) as what?
Titans (Titani)
What Latin adjective describes ros, imber, et lacus, sed non desertum?
umidum
What Latin proverb would describe someone telling their friend a story while the friend is texting someone else?
Dat verba in ventos
The sirens were originally what? What did they look like after the transformation?
Nymphs turned into creatures with a woman's face but a bird's body (wings, feet, etc.).
Give two Latin words that are examples of pecora.
Bos, ovis, equus
"Asinus in pelle leonis." Translate the proverb and give the case of the underlined word.
Donkey in the pelt/skin of a lion (genitive)
Est ventus in caelo: aer movet celerrime. What Latin adjective would describe this weather?
ventosum
Proximus _____, proximior ______. (both words must be in the dative case)
Iovi; fulgori
Who were Proserpina's parents? What was she associated with?
Jupiter/Zeus and Ceres/Demeter. Associated with springtime/flowers
List the Latin words for "waiter" and "drink." Then provide an English word that comes from each one.
Minister (minister, ministry); potionem (potion, potable)
What is the motto of New Mexico, and what does it mean?
Crescit eundo (it grows as it goes)
Name three things that could occur during tempestate, in Latin.
fulgor, tonitrus, ventus, imber/pluit, nix/ningit
A seasick traveler stuck in a storm might use what Latin proverb to describe his feelings about the sea?
Fida est terra; infidum mare
Name the five siblings of Juppiter and their mythological realms or something associated with them.
Ceres (grain/harvest), Vesta (hearth/sacred flame), Iunō (peacocks, childbirth), Plutō (underworld) Neptunus (sea).
What is the two-word phrased used to refer to an artist's greatest work? (Grammar must be correct.)
magnum opus
Provide two Latin passwords from this semester and their English translations.
Carpe diem, tempus fugit, veni vidi vici, fortuna est caeca, scientia potentia, repetitio est mater memoriae, calvior cucurbita, gallopavo, tinniat tintinnabulum