Common Phrases
Vocabulary
Culture
Aeneid
Other Works
100

Pro Bono

for good (used in law practice when someone takes a case for free)

100

Vocat

call

100

This is the open space in the house where water collects.

Impluvium

100

The story takes place after this war

Trojan

100

This is the story of the Trojan war by Homer

The Iliad

200

Esse quam videri

To be is to seem (NC state motto)

200

Ambulat

walk

200

The pater goes to this marketplace to conduct business.

Forum/agora

200

Who is the main character

Aeneas
200

This work by Homer details the story of Odysseus after the war

The Odyssey

300

E Pluribus Unum

One out of many (on US coins)

300

Interrogat

to question

300

This is what a female servant is called

ancilla

300

Which goddess aided our hero throughout the book

Venus

300

This is the category of literature that the Aeneid, Odyssey, Iliad fall under

Epic poems

400

Semper fidelis

Always faithful (Marine Corps motto)

400

villa

house

400
Romans practiced this type of religion that worshipped many gods

Polytheism

400

The queen of Carthage and Aeneas's love interest

Dido
400

This story by Ovid outlines the entire mythological history of Greece

Metamorphoses
500

Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas

Let learning be cherished where liberty has arisen (Davidson motto)
500

pater

father

500

He was the ultimate god, god of lightning and thunder

Jupiter/Zeus

500

The author of the book

Virgil
500

Name two of the languages derived from Latin

Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, French