Verba Discenda
Chapter 31
Lectio
Grammatica
Culture
100
The English meaning of quamquam.
What is although, yet?
100
The English meaning of plumbum, -i n.
What is lead?
100
The close friend and advisor of Augustus.
Who is Maecenas?
100
The use of any pronoun form ending in -i.
What is an objective genitive?
100
The meaning of father of the country.
What is pater patriae?
200
The English meaning of tantus, -a, -um.
What is so great?
200
This person visits Valeria's snack shop and orders honey.
Who is Caecilia?
200
This person obtains three thousand cattle and is the king of Elis.
Who is Augeas?
200
A participle that is formed by adding -urus, -a, -um to the stem of the perfect passive participle.
What is a future active participle (FAP)?
200
Known to the Greeks as Hephaestus.
What is Vulcanus?
300
The English meaning on honestus, -a, -um.
What is decent?
300
The Roman god of wine.
Who is Bacchus?
300
He attends Avus and is known as a servant.
Who is famulus?
300
Verbs of speaking, thinking, knowing, hearing, feeling.
What is a head verb?
300
Augustus used tax on slaves to establish and fund the _____ to serve as a fire brigade within the city of Rome.
What is vigiles urbani?
400
The English meaning of nisi.
What is unless?
400
It refers to an action that is not as "real" as an indicative verb.
What is a subjunctive?
400
This is the place where Servilius and Cordus undress before entering the baths.
What is apodyterium?
400
A verb with an -ing ending that is used as a noun.
What is a gerund?
400
Who always worked in saying this phrase: Carthago delenda est!
Who is Cato the Elder (234-149 B.C.)?
500
The English meaning of sitio, sitire, sitivi/sitii.
What is to be thirsty?
500
This indicates the manner in which the action is expressed: as fact, as command, or as "less real" or subordinate.
What is mood?
500
Wants Valeria to protect her earrings.
Who is Licinia?
500
A verbal adjective that uses the same endings as 2-1-2 adjective.
What is a gerundive?
500
A formal greeting ceremony or morning call by a Roman client at the house of his patron.
What is salutatio?