familia et villa
He is the pater of the familia.
Who is Caecilius?
The direct object of the Latin sentence is marked by this letter.
What is "m"?
What is "Caecilius is in the garden"?
The Latin word which gives us the term "horticulture."
What is hortus?
Three of the Romance Languages (languages which have their grammatical origins in Latin).
What are Spanish / French / Italian / Portuguese / Romanian / Catalan?
This is the town in which the familia lives.
What is Pompeii?
English sentences get their meaning from word order. Latin sentences get their meaning from these.
What are word endings?
The English translation of: Grumio in culina dormit.
What is "Grumio is sleeping in the kitchen"?
The Latin word which gives us "affiliation."
What is filia/filius (or ad)?
The name of the volcano which loomed over the city of Pompeii.
What is Vesuvius?
This is the Latin name for the room in which Grumio would normally work.
What is the culina?
Latin nouns are grouped according to families called these.
What are declensions?
The English translation of: amicum Quintus salutat.
What is "Quintus greets his friend"?
The French word ami comes from this Latin term.
What is amicus?
This is the reason we know so much about Caecilius and his family.
What is his preserved lockbox / safe?
These are the names of the two female members (non-slave) of the familia.
Who are Metella and Lucia?
Nominative and accusative are examples of this grammatical concept.
What is the case?
The English translation of: coquus laetus ancillam in culina videt.
What is "The happy cook sees a slave girl in the kitchen"?
A derogatory term for "the common people," the word "canaille" comes (through French) from this Latin word.
What is canis?
This is the year during which the stories we are reading take place.
What is 79 AD?
Moving from the atrium towards the hortus, one would pass through this room of the house.
What is the tablinum?
While it's usually in the middle in English, this part of speech is usually at the end of a Latin sentence.
What is a verb?
The English translation of: dominus surgit, villam exit, et mercatorem in via salutat.
What is "The master gets up, leaves the house, and greets a merchant in the street"?
The Latin word which gives us "subside."
What is sedet?
On this map, the number that marks the location of Pompeii.
What is 2?