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Est canis ingens qui inferos custodit.
quis est Cerberus
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The river on which the gods make their most binding oaths.
What is Styx?
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One of the names of the god of the underworld.
What is Pluto or Dis?
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'ferrum' is metonymy for this Latin noun commonly used by 'milites'.
What is a 'gladius' or 'ensis'?
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One of President Trump's main priorities was to build one of these (give the Latin) between the U.S and Mexico.

What is a 'murus'?

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Est navita qui animas trans flumen vehit.
Quis est Charon
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This was Aeneas' ticket into the underworld.
What is the golden bough (ramus aureus)?
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In Latin this is referred to by the proper nouns Erebus, Tartarus, and Orcus
What is the underworld?
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Commonly found in Roman desserts was the ingredient 'mel', a word meaning this.
What is 'honey'?
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On TV's the 'apprentice' Trump became known for this catchphrase which could be rendered in Latin as 'dimissus es!'
What is 'You're fired!'
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Est vates vel sacerdos quae Aeneam ad inferos ducit.
Quis est Sibylla?
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Cerberus' necks bristle with these.
What are snakes (colubri)?
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In Latin Charon's job title could be any of these three.
What is 'navita', 'portitor', 'gubernator'?
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The Latin noun 'portitor' comes from this verb (Latin and English)
What is 'portare' (to carry)?
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Trump has given his name to this prominent 'aedificium' in midtown Manhattan.
What is 'Trump Tower'?
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Est uxor Plutonis. Graeci eam Persephonen vocant.
quis est Proserpina?
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The souls of the unburied must linger on the shore for this many years (give the Latin).
What is 'centum'?
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Vergil refers to some souls as 'inhumatae' which means this.
What is 'unburied'?
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'puppis' is synecdoche for this common Latin noun.
What is 'navis'?
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In Latin it is known as 'Novum Eboracum' - Trump's home state.

What is New York?

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Est gubernator mortuus cui Aeneas occurit in inferis
quis est Palinurus?
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In the underworld Dido shuns Aeneas and rejoins this man, her former husband.
Who is Sychaeus?
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Not Styx! One of the other rivers of the Underworld.
What is Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, etc.
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A snack for Cerberus. A small cake.
What is an 'offa'?
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Recently Trump felt it necessary to defend the size of these. (give the Latin)
What are 'manus suae'