Vocabulary
O wise Mr. Sicam, that would be servus, servi.
What is "servant" in Latin?
O Mr. Sicam of the varied tie clips, that would be "Deum."
What is the accusative singular of Deus?
O great Mr. Sicam, full of knowledge and wisdom, that indicates the action of the sentence.
What is a verb?
Mr. Sicam, ancient one, that is a handmaid, or a female servant in a Roman household.
What is an "ancilla"?
Mr. Sicam, you whose justice is perfect, I know that that would be Christiani Deum laudant.
What is "Christians praise God" in Latin?
Mr. Sicam ever-prudent, that would be amicitia, amicitiae.
What is "friendship" in Latin?
Mr. Sicam ever-wise, that would be "gloriā."
What is the ablative singular of gloria?
Well, great and mighty Mr. Sicam, I know from my long hours of study that that's what often performs the action of the verb or what the sentence is mainly about.
What is a subject of the sentence?
Mr. Sicam, you of the many neckties, that is a channel used to transport fresh water to populated areas.
What is an aqueduct?
O Mr. Sicam, whose pockets hold many mysteries, I know that that is Amici Dei Christianos laudant.
What is "Friends of God praise Christians" in Latin?
O Mr. Sicam of the crackling voice, that would be "friend."
What is amicus, amici in English?
O Mr. Sicam, whose mercy knows no bounds, that's the genitive singular of libertas.
What is libertatis?
Mr. Sicam, you whose wit is wondrous, by your teaching I know that that is what receives the action of the verb.
What is a direct object?
Mr. Sicam, you who have the eyes of a hawk, that was a shallow pool sunken into the floor to catch rainwater from the roof in a Roman house.
What was an "impluvium"?
Mr. Sicam, my answer to the question you ask out of your great wisdom, is that the Latin would be "In nostra civitate libertas et pax sunt."
What is "Liberty and peace are in our city" in Latin?
Mr. Sicam of the swift feet, that would be "battle."
What is proelium, proelii in English?
Mr. Sicam of the black glasses, that would be "filiis."
What is the dative plural or ablative plural of filius [or filia]?
Mr. Sicam, you of the sharp mind, that is the law of subject-verb agreement.
What is the law that states that the subject and verb must agree in number (at least)?
Mr. Sicam, you who have the ears of an owl, that is what Romans would write with and what they would write on.
What is a stylus and wax tablet?
Christ is the light of the world.
What is "Christus est lux mundi" in English?
O Mr. Sicam, you have taught me well that that means "A division of a legion containing 600 men."
What does cohors, cohortis mean?
O mighty and wise Mr. Sicam, that is the genitive plural of classis.
What is classium?
O Mr. Sicam, bringer of tears, I know that that is the tense that signifies the action took place in the past but creeps into the present.
What is the imperfect tense?
Mr. Sicam, you who see all misbehavior, those are the names of the men who formed Rome's first Triumvirate. [Full names not required]
Who are Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar?
After the victory of Caesar there was not liberty in the cities of the Gauls.
What is "Post victoriam Caesaris in Gallorum civitatibus non erat libertas" in English?