Vocabulary
Aliud vocābulum quod significat "timor."
metus
This infix indicates the imperfect tense.
-ba-
Rex deōrum
Juppiter
Quīntus est frāter Mārcī.
Quintus is Marcus' brother.
A foot consisting of one long and two short syllables
dactyl
Ubi mīlitēs habitant.
castra
This verb form is used when a secondary verb is needed to complete the meaning of the first.
infinitive
Nūntius deōrum
Mercūrius
Aemiliae est ūnus frāter, cui "Aemilius" nōmen est
Aemilia has one brother, whose name is "Aemilius."
A foot consisting of two long syllables
spondee
Mīles quī in pedibus pugnat
pedes
The accusative form of "exercitus."
exercitum
Dea amōris
Venus
Gladius equitis longior et gravior est quam peditis.
The meter consisting of six dactyls and/or spondees per line.
dactylic hexameter
(Magnus) numerus equitum
equitātus
In comparisons, this word means "as," in phrases that mean "as much as..."
quam
Deus maris
Neptūnus
Exercitus est magnus numerus mīlitum, quī contrā hostēs dūcitur.
An army is a large number of soldiers, which is led against the enemy.
A meter consisting of a hexameter line, followed by a pentameter line.
Elegiac couplet
Currere procul ab hostibus
fugere
This form of the adjective "fortis" makes it mean "stronger/braver," and not merely "strong/brave."
fortior
Deus bellī
Mars
"Nōnne fortēs sunt Germānī?"
"Aren't the Germans strong?"
This term describes the phenomenon of a vowel ending one word becoming unpronounced before another word beginning with a vowel.
elision