Action Words
$200: This verb, meaning "to sing," is where we get the word "cantata."
Answer: What is "cantant" (or "cano")?
$200: This Latin word for "water" is found in the English words "aquarium" and "aquatic."
Answer: What is "aqua"?
$200: The Latin word "Oculus" gives us this English term for a "one-eyed" lens.
Answer: What is a "monocle"? (Or "ocular/binocular")
$200: This word means "teacher," while "discipulus" means "student."
Answer: What is "magister" (or "doctor")?
$200: This small word means "and."
Answer: What is "et"?
$400: If you are told to "Audi!", your teacher wants you to do this.
Answer: What is "Listen!" (or "Hear!")?
$400: "Terra" is the word for "earth" or "land," but this specific word from Lesson 4 means "empty."
Answer: What is "vacua"?
$400: Our English word "science" comes from this Latin noun meaning "knowledge."
Answer: What is "scientia"?
$400: If you are in a "hortus," you are surrounded by plants in this location.
Answer: What is a "garden"?
$400: If you are asking "Cur?", you are looking for this English "question word."
Answer: What is "Why?"
$600: This verb means "to pick up" or "to take," and is the root of the English word "resume."
Answer: What is "sumo" or "sumere"?
$600: While "animalia" is general, this specific word refers to "beasts" or "wild animals."
Answer: What is "bestiae"?
$600: The English word "dormitory" comes from this Latin verb meaning "to sleep."
Answer: What is "dormio" or "dormire"?
$600: This word for "shepherd" (found in Lesson 15) is where we get the title of a church leader.
Answer: What is "pastor"?
$600: These two words both mean "now," appearing frequently in the readings.
Answer: What are "iam" and "nunc"?
$800: In Lesson 15, this imperative command means "Depart!" or "Go away!"
Answer: What is "Abi!"?
$800: In the story of Noah, he built this "arca" to survive the "inundo" (flood).
Answer: What is an "ark"?
$800: This Latin word for "new" is the ancestor of English words like "novelty" and "novice."
Answer: What is "novus"?
$800: A "nauta" works on a "navis." Translate both.
Answer: What are a "sailor" and a "ship"?
$800: This preposition can mean "in" or "on," depending on the context.
Answer: What is "in"?
$1000: These two verbs mean "to think" and "to believe," respectively.
Answer: What are "cogito" and "credo"?
$1000: These are the Latin words for "sun" and "moon."
Answer: What are "sol" and "luna"?
$1000: From the Latin "custos" (a guard), we get this English word for someone who looks after a building.
Answer: What is a "custodian"?
$1000: These are the three Latin words for "morning," "day," and "night."
Answer: What are "mane," "die," and "nocte"?
$1000: This word is used to introduce a question when you are expecting the answer to be "No."
Answer: What is "num"?