Linguistic History
In linguistics, this means "of the same blood"
Cognate
The relationship of Italian to Latin
Derivative
Etruscan
In classical Latin, this letter is pronounced like an English "W"
The letter "V"
The Roman goddess of wisdom
Minerva
This language is the "mother" of Latin, Germanic, Greek, Celtic, Armenian, and others
Indo-European
English is the direct derivative of this language
Anglo-Saxon
A member of the ancient Roman ruling class; a wealthy Roman
Patrician
Veni, Vidi, Vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
"Repetition is the mother of..."
Mastery
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian
Romance Languages
Anglo-Saxon is directly derived from this language
Germanic
The Archaic Period of Rome is best described as...
Primitive
Amicus, amicum
Friend
The only nation that retains Latin as its official language
Vatican City (the Holy See)
The earliest Latin meter, originating in Rome's Archaic Period
Saturnian Meter
The relation of the French "frere" to the English "fraternal"
Cognate
These two ancient Roman figures were protected and nursed by a "she-wolf" in their infancy
Romulus and Remus
Our school motto: Scientia est libertas
Knowledge is freedom
Another name for a word ending
Inflection
Meaning is determined largely by word order in this type of language
Syntactic Language
The various modern languages of India descend directly from this language
Sanskrit
Ancient Rome likely first encountered ancient Greece in this century
3rd Century BC
DAILY DOUBLE!
Latin for "Veronica hit the friend."
Veronica amicum ferit.
A medieval and modern "variant" of classical Latin in which the pronunciation of some Latin letters and phonograms changes; the Latin of the Catholic Church
Ecclesiastical Latin