Translation Nation
Grammar Gurus
Nab that Vocab
For the Culture
100

Alexander te delectat?

Does Alexander delight you?

100

explicavit optimum argumentum

Correct!

100

pax

peace

100

This was the name of the teacher in the first stage of education

ludi magister

200

Quam ridicula es, Melissa!

How ridiculous you are, Melissa!

200

Thrasymachus est iratissimus quam Diodorus

INCORRECT


Iratior quam

200

alone

solus
200

This was the name of the slave who would escort students

paedagogus

300

Theodorus in palaestra cotidie Alexandrum et Quintum docet.

Theodorus teaches Alexander and Quintus everyday in the palaestra.

300

Nos Romani sumus fortissimus

Corect!

300

suus (all 3 definitions)

his, her, their

300

This was the name of the stick used in writing on wax

Stilus

400

Quintus et Alexander amicissimi sunt.

Quintus and Alexander are best friends!

400
Nos Romani sumus callidior quam vos Graeci

incorrect

Callidiores

400

liber

book

400

How would Romans learn about technical subjects?

Through an apprenticeship

500

Nos Romani non semper sumus meliores quam Graeci

Us Romans are not always better than the Greeks

500

Roma est magnior quam Nuceria

incorrect!

Maior

500

always

semper

500

This was the age that a student left the grammaticus and went to the third stage

15 or 16

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