The god of fire. In Greek, named Hephaestus. His forge is said to be inside Mt. Aetna.
Who is Vulcan, or Vulcānus?
100
Tranquil is a derivative of this Latin word.
What is tranquillus, -a, -um?
100
This is the english translation of the Latin gerund "laborandī causā".
What is "to work" or " for the sake of working"?
100
This Latin word refers to both a biological AND legal family.
What is familia?
100
In 9 A.D., this emperor established the vigilēs urbānī, the fire brigade.
Who is Augusts?
200
The goddess of wisdom, poets, actors, and physicians.
Who is Minerva?
200
Lavatory is a derivative of this Latin word meaning to wash.
What is lavō, lavāre, lāvī, lautum?
200
The English translation of the Latin reflexive verb phrase "tē fers".
What is "you betake yourself", or "you go"?
200
The Latin for "the head of the family".
What is paterfamiliās?
200
This is the room in a bath complex in which Romans would go to undress.
What is the apodyterium?
300
Vulcānus made thunderbolts for this god of sky, thunder, and lightening.
What is Jupiter?
300
Latitude and latissimus dorsi (the name of a muscle) are derivatives of this Latin word.
What is lātus, -a, -um
300
This Grammatical term is actually Greek for "speaking around." It is used, for example, to express "Nōlī tangere!" (Do not wish to touch!).
What is periphrasis?
300
Patriapotestās is the Latin word for the legal power this person held over his/ her family.
What is the father?
300
Mt. Aetna, the largest active volcano in Europe is on this Italian island.
What is Sicily?
400
In Ovid's Metamorphōsēs, Minerva challenges a mortal woman named Arachne to a contest of this particular craft.
What is weaving?
400
Nuptial as well as nubile are derivatives of this Latin word.
What is nūbō, nūbere, nūpsī, nūptum
400
This is the English translations of the Latin phrase "sē cōnferre".
What is "talk together"?
400
In the lectios,, Avus passed his authority down to this person.
Who is his son, Servilius?
400
The lābrum (a basin with cool water) was located in this room.
What is the caldārium?
500
In this month, the feast of Vulcānālia was celebrated in Rome.
What is August?
500
Receipt is a derivative of this latin word meaning "take back".
What is recipiō, recipere, recēpī, receptum?
500
This is the English translation of the Latin Gerundive "loquendus".
What is "worthy to be spoken"?
500
This is the English translation of "maxima capitis dīminūtiō."
What is "maximum decrease of rights"?
500
This is the name of the heating system in the bathing complex that heated water with large furnaces and passed it under the floor of the hot water room.