Phrases and Abbreviations
What does n.b. mean in Latin and English?
Nota bene, note well
MDCCLXXVI
1776
Who escaped from the island of the cyclopes?
Odysseus/Ulysses
God of music, the sun, and medicine:
Apollo
Kitchen
culina
What is etc. short for and what does it mean?
et cetera, and others/the rest (things)
DCCLXXX
780
Who defended the bridge against Lars Porsenna in 508 BC?
Horatius
Goddess of crafts/weaving:
Minerva
shop at the front
taberna
What does i.e. mean in Latin and English?
CMXCIX
999
Who returned to his farm after his dictatorship in 458 BC?
Cincinnatus
Goddess of marriage and childbirth:
Juno
dining room
triclinium
What does it mean to do something "sub rosa"?
to do something in secret
DCCLIII
753
Who killed Medusa?
Perseus
God of wine and revelry:
Bacchus
the pool and hole in the roof in the atrium
impluvium and compluvium
What does e.g. mean in English and Latin?
exempli gratia, for example
MC
1100
Who killed the Minotaur?
Theseus
God of agriculture, mother of Proserpina:
Ceres
the paterfamilias' study
tablinum