The Greek Era and Hippocratic Texts
Medicinal Latin
and Cicero Medicorum
Spain, Portugal, and
Arabia
Latin Vocab
Surprises!
100
The oldest Greek medical writings are from when?
4th and 5th century BC
100
An important development in the medical world of Rome took place when?
The 1st century AD
100
There are three countries and a dependency on the Iberian Peninsula. Name them all.
Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar(UK)
100
Subitō means what?
Suddenly
100
Since the Arabs made such a contribution to medicine, what is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
200
When taking the Hippocratic Oath, who is the first Greek God you swear to uphold ethical standards? What is his/her role in medicine?
Apollo, the physician.
200
What is the full name of the person who wrote De Medicina? Pronounce it correctly, please.
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
200
Name the capitals of Spain, Portugal, and Persia(present day Iran)
Madrid, Lisbon, and Tehran.
200
Pater and Mater mean what?
Mother and Father.
200
What does not belong? thorax, galea, falx
Falx does not belong.
300
Who created a number of medical works in the 2nd century AD, which were valued as highly as the Hippocratic ones?
Galen of Pergamum.
300
When writing De Medicina, the man who did faced a problem due to the absence of what in Latin?
Equivalent terms. Most Greek words had no Latin counterparts.
300
Name five of the seven modern-day countries on the Arabic Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, or/and Oman
300
Translate the following: servus est in hortō labōrat
The slave is in the garden working.
300
AIDS is an almost universal name, however in two countries they use SIDA and in another SPID. Name these three countries.
France and Spain use SIDA, Russia uses SPID.
400
The man who wrote De Medicina was born in what town? The modern-day French name can count.
Narbonesis or Narbonne.
400
How many different strategies did Cicero Medicorum come up with to solve the biggest problem with Greek-Latin translation?
3 different ones.
400
What was the most famous center of Arab learning? What modern-day country is it in?
Timbuktu, Mali.
400
The Spanish form of the Latin verb iuvat is ayudar, the French form is aider. What does iuvat mean? Make a sentence using iuvat
Iuvat means to help(he/she/it helps).
400
Name the four ancient capitals of the Persian Empire.
Pasargadae, Babylon, Susa and Ekbatana. Each enjoyed regional autonomy in a multi-state empire.
500
Rome imported Greek medicine, therefore the ethnic majority in medicine was what?
Greek.
500
Cicero Medicorum had to come up with many rules in order to translate Greek texts into Latin. Name at least one of them.
He imported some Greek terms directly. OR He latinized Greek words by writing them with Latin letters. OR He retained the vivid imagery of Greek anatomical terminology.
500
In what year did the Arabs commence the invasion of Iberia, and when did the Spanish expel them?
The Arabs moved into Spain in 711, and the Spaniards got rid of them in 1492.
500
Translate the following: He/she praises He/she carries But
Laudat, portat, and sed
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! You may wager all or part of your money. Name four of five diseases known to be described in the Hippocratic Texts. IN THEIR GREEK FORMS!
Catarrh, Diarrhoea, Dyspnoea, Melancholic, and/or Podagra