Basic Vocabulary
This Latin word means "water."
What is aqua?
King of the Roman gods.
Who is Jupiter?
The English word "aquarium" comes from this Latin word for water.
What is aqua?
Romans wore this garment like a robe.
What is a toga?
Latin nouns have gender; one common gender is masculine, another is feminine, and this third one.
What is neuter?
This Latin word means "friend."
What is amicus?
Roman goddess of wisdom.
Who is Minerva?
The word "annual" comes from the Latin word for this period of time.
What is a year? (annus)
This city was the center of the Roman Empire.
What is Rome?
The Latin ending "-ae" is often found in this declension.
What is the first declension?
This Latin word means "war.
What is bellum?
Roman god of war.
Who is Mars?
"Portable" comes from a Latin word meaning to do this.
What is carry? (portare)
Roman soldiers marched in these military groups.
What is a legion?
The Latin word et means this English word.
What is and?
This Latin word means "horse."
What is equus?
Messenger of the gods.
Who is Mercury?
"Spectator" comes from a Latin word meaning to do this.
What is watch/look? (spectare)
Romans often watched battles involving these fighters.
What are gladiators?
The Latin word non means this English word.
What is not/no?
This Latin word means "book."
What is liber?
Roman god of the sea.
Who is Neptune?
"Terrarium" comes from the Latin word for this.
What is earth/land? (terra)
Public buildings where Romans bathed.
What are baths?
The Latin word sum means "I am" and comes from this important verb.
What is "to be"?
This Latin word means "king."
What is rex?
Goddess of the hunt.
Who is Diana?
"Manuscript" contains the Latin word for this body part.
What is hand? (manus)
The language spoken throughout the Roman Empire.
What is Latin?
A noun, pronoun, or adjective can be singular or this.
What is plural?
This Latin word means "light."
What is lux?
God of fire and blacksmiths.
Who is Vulcan?
"Lunar" comes from the Latin word for this object in the sky.
What is the moon? (luna)
The large arena where gladiators fought in Rome.
What is the Colosseum?
The Latin word videt means "he/she" does this.
What is sees?
This Latin word means "island."
What is insula?
Goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Venus?
"Vocabulary" comes from the Latin word meaning this spoken item.
What is a word? (vocabulum)
The title given to rulers like Augustus.
What is emperor?
The Latin word currit means "he/she" does this.
What is runs?