vocab
It's the #1 most common word in Latin, meaning "and."
What is "et"?
What is Alexandria?
This case is the subject: it does the action (of an active verb).
What is nominative?
Who is Agricola?
Verbs whose subject is "someone" end like this.
What is -t?
The meaning of nunc.
What is "now"?
She was the last pharaoh of Egypt, and the only member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty who bothered to learn Egyptian.
Who was Cleopatra?
This case is the direct object: it receives the action (of an active verb).
What is accusative?
The Latin in the Roman Empire trip will visit this town, known in Latin as Aquae Sulis.
What is Bath?
This infix tells you that a verb is "was/were [verb]ing" (aka imperfect tense).
What is -ba-?
The meaning of "nisi, nī" (word #99).
What is "if not" / "unless" / "except"?
The Pharos, which stood on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, was this type of building.
What is a lighthouse?
The six go-to translations for the ablative case.
This fortification stretches 27 miles across the north of England. Despite its reputation, no part of it is in Scotland.
What is Hadrian's wall?
This infix tells you a verb is pluperfect ("had [verb]ed").
What is -era-?
The difference between saepe and semper.
What is "often" vs. "always"?
Euclid worked in this subfield of mathematics.
What is geometry?
The two go-to translations for the dative case.
What are "to/for"?
This queen of the Iceni led one of the most deadly (and temporarily successful) rebellions against Roman rule in Britain.
Who is Boudicca?
ī / istī / it / īmus / istis / ērunt
What are the perfect tense verb endings?
It's word #199, meaning "command, power" and gives us the English word "empire."
What is "imperium"?
This research institution caught fire in 48 BCE, possibly because Caesar's troops were careless.
What is the Library/Museum of Alexandria?
The go-to translation for the genitive case.
What is "of"?
What little we know about these Celtic priests comes from outsiders (like Caesar and Tacitus), so they're a bit mysterious.
Who are the druids?
The difference between vincit/vincēbat/vīcit and vincitur/vincēbātur/victus est.
What is voice (active vs. passive)?