Latin Vocabulary
This Latin word can mean a public office or great respect, and is spelled the same way in English and Latin.
What is honor, honōris, m.?
"Omniscient," "prescient," and "science" all come from this Latin verb.
What is sciō, scīre, scīvī?
The THREE (3) types of Latin participles.
What are (1) present active, (2) perfect passive, and (3) perfect active.
What sort of participle?
fabrī, āb architectō laudātī, rīsērunt.
perfect passive
Rome often butted heads with these TWO (2) religions because their monotheism was antithetical to Roman polytheism.
What are "Judaism" and "Christianity"?
This adjective means "Unmoving."
What is immōtus, -a, -um.
English "venom" derives from this Latin word, although that's not what it means.
What is venēnum, venēnī, n.?
This type of participle always ends with -ns or -nt-.
What is "present active"?
Which word is the participle?
Lūcia sedēns in hortō legit.
sedēns
The chief priest, a position always held by the emperor.
What is the pontifex maximus?
This participle is means to catch sight of, and is related to spectō, spectāre, spectāvī, spectātus.
What is cōnspicātus, -a, -um?
Literally, "to throw out."
What is "eject"?
This type of participle translates "having [verb]ed."
What is "perfect active"?
What sort of participle?
Cogidubnus, haec verba locūtus, exiit.
perfect active
Early Romans believed that these spirits inhabited and controlled all things.
What are nūmina?
The opposite of numquam.
What is umquam?
This English word means "decorated."
What is "ornate"?
This type of participle is often found with ā/ab [noun].
What is "perfect passive"?
Which word is the participle?
mīles puerō lacrimantī nihil dīxit.
lacrimantī
augurēs divined the future using this animal.
What are "birds"?
This word means an order, and is part of the English word command.
What is mandatum?
The meaning of English "loquacious."
What is "talkative"?
No single verb in Latin has BOTH of these TWO (2) types of participles.
What are "perfect passive" and "perfect active"?
Which word is the participle?
senex amulētum in fonte āmissum invēnit.
āmissum
This practice was done far more in the eastern empire than in the west, where it was thought to be sacriligeous.