Derivatives
The English word cent is associated by derivation with the Latin word centum that means:
a) center
b) coin
c) one hundred
d) wax
c) one hundred
Ambulābamus ad ___.
a) hortus
b) hortī
c) hortō
d) hortum
d) hortum
What is the meaning of the Latin prefix ad in the English word advancing?
a) from
b) toward
c) between
d) around
b) toward
What Roman numeral is equivalent to 117?
a) XXXVIII
b) XLIX
c) CXVII
d) CDIV
c) CXVII
Which Roman god or goddess is NOT correctly paired with their Greek counterpart?
a) Minerva – Aphrodite
b) Diana – Artemis
c) Mars – Ares
d) Jupiter – Zeus
a) Minerva – Aphrodite
A knight’s oath of fidelity to his feudal lord is absolute.
a) protection
b) loyalty
c) servitude
d) superiority
b) loyalty
Nolīte ___ in viam, puerī!
a) currere
b) cucurrī
c) curre
d) currite
a) currere
Some employers pay their employees on a per diem basis.
a) weekly
b) daily
c) full-time
d) yearly
b) daily
The Roman Republic began in 509 BC. What is 509 in Roman numerals?
a) XLI
b) XXI
c) DIX
d) MXI
c) DIX
Where would Romans go to watch the chariot races?
a) Cloaca Maxima
b) Pantheon
c) Theatre of Marcellus
d) Circus Maximus
d) Circus Maximus
The English word primary is associated best by derivation with the Latin word:
a) prope
b) prīmus
c) permittō
d) procul
b) prīmus
Puer est celerior quam ______.
a) frātribus
b) frātrī
c) frātrem
d) frāter
d) frāter
Many mosaics at the entrances of Roman homes said, “Cave canem.”
a) seize the day
b) beware of the dog
c) let the buyer beware
d) may fortune enter here
b) beware of the dog
Who was forced to remain in the Underworld with Pluto because she had eaten pomegranate seeds?
a) Atalanta
b) Proserpina
c) Arachne
d) Medea
b) Proserpina
The Greeks called the young god of love Eros. What did the Romans call him?
a) Janus
b) Mars
c) Bacchus
d) Cupid
d) Cupid
Which Latin word, paired with its English meaning, is associated by derivation with the English word nomination?
a) nēmō– no one
b) nōmen – name
c) nōndum – not yet
d) numerus – number
b) nōmen – name
Venī hūc, ________!
a) Marce
b) Marcī
c) Marcus
d) Marcum
a) Marce
The story started off in mediās rēs.
a) very slowly
b) at the end
c) in the middle of things
d) in the beginning
c) in the middle of things
A Roman milestone bearing the inscription DCXLV marks a distance in miles of...
a) 445
b) 565
c) 645
d) 765
c) 645
Who wrote the Aeneid?
a) Vergil
b) Sallust
c) Catullus
d) Horace
a) Vergil
Which Latin word, paired with its English meaning, is associated by derivation with the English word international?
a) intrā—within
b) in—on
c) inter--between
d) infrā—below
c) inter--between
Imperātor sine _______ discessit.
a) morā
b) morae
c) moram
d) morārum
a) morā
The English word education is associated by derivation with the Latin preposition e/ex and what other Latin word paired with its English meaning?
a) dicō—I say
b) dūcō—I lead
c) doceō—I teach
d) discō—I learn
b) dūcō—I lead
The Trojan War began when this woman was taken by Paris.
a) Cassandra
b) Clytemnestra
c) Hecuba
d) Helen
d) Helen
De Senectute is an essay written by the Roman author who is famous for his oratory and letters. The author is...
a) Tacitus
b) Plautus
c) Cicero
d) Ovid
c) Cicero