Vulcan & Minerva
Indirect Statement
Baths
Vigils
Gerunds
100
Vulcanus
Who is the god of fire? He is known to the Greeks as Hephaestus.
100
Head Verbs
What is a good indicator to know that an indirect statement is coming? Hint: It is another name for the main verb in a sentence.
100
apodyterium
What is an undressing room called?
100
Augustus
In 6 A.D., who used a tax on slaves to establish and fund the vigiles urbani?
100
A verb with an "-ing" ending that is used as a noun.
What is a gerund (in English)?
200
Arts and crafts. Athena is her Greek name.
What is Minerva the goddess of? What is her Greek name?
200
shout
What is the English definition for the head verb "clamo"
200
A palaestra
bibliothecia is to a book as __________ is to a treadmill
200
To serve as a fire brigade within the city of Rome.
What was to be the purpose of the vigiles urbani?
200
Nominative case
In what case can a gerund not be found?
300
Mt. Aetna in Sicily
Where is Vulcan's forge located?
300
Verbs of speaking, thinking, knowing, hearing, feeling, etc.
What are some characteristics of head verbs?
300
hypocaust
What is the name of the heating system used to heat the baths?
300
blankets, buckets of water, sand, etc.
What did the vigiles use to put out the fires?
300
"ad" preceding the gerund
What is a good indicator of a gerund in an accusative case?
400
Birmingham, Alabama
In what city and state in America is there a statue of Vulcan?
400
dictate, diction, etc.
What is a derivative of the Latin head verb "dico"?
400
frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium
Name the three different types of water rooms in order or heat level.
400
A firefighter
What would be a modern name for a "vigiles"?
400
2nd declension, neuter singular
What is the most common form of a gerund?
500
The Aventine Hill and the Capitoline Hill.
What are the two locations of her temples?
500
Thinking (intellego means to understand)
What is the action provoked by the head verb "intellego"?
500
Piscina, pisces (fish)
What was the Latin name for a swimming pool? And what animal has a similar name?
500
Ostia
What city in Rome provides important evidence for the organization and lives of vigiles?
500
I learn Latin by reading!
What is the English translation of this sentence? Linguam Latinam legendo disco!
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