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Stage 20 Vocabulary
100

This new form is considered a verbal adjective

What is a present participle?

100

These people were NOT known for dissections or autopsies

The Greeks

100

One of the two women who made a name for themselves in the sciences in Alexandrian Egypt 

Who is Maria Hebraea or Hypatia of Alexandria 

100

servi ad villam revenerunt, Barbillum portantes.

The slaves returned to the house, carrying Barbilus.

100

adeo, adire, adii

What is to approach

200

Ambulans is best translated as...

[the] walking [one]

200
This important building was set up and financed by the Greek rulers of Egypt.
What is The Museum
200
This man performed the first recorded public dissection on a human corpse. He was the most famous Alexandrian anatomist.
Who is Herophilus
200
ancillae prope lectum stabant, lacrimantes.
The slave girls were standing by the couch, crying.
200
despero, desperare, desperavi
What is to despair
300

In a slight variation of Barbillus' will:  "astrologus est malus. necesse est Quinto, meo amico, eum punire"

WHO IS THE "EUM"?    

astrologus

300

Which Greek wrote a famous oath governing the ethical mindset of the medical profession?

Hippocrates

300
The author of "The Elements". He was famous for the study of mathematics.
Who is Euclid
300

astrologus in cubiculum currebat, clamans.

The astrologer was running in the bedroom, shouting.

300
latus, lata, latum
What is wide
400
Find the present participles in this sentence: servi, Barbillum portantes, villiam intraverunt.
What is portantes
400

Aesculapius, who is usually depicted with a staff surrounded by a snake, was believed to be the god of this

What is healing/medicine

400

This renaissance scientist rediscovered the idea that the earth was round, rotated on an axis, and circled the sun: the heliocentric model. 

Who is Copernicus

400
Barbillus, in lecto recumbens, astrologum audivit.
Barbilus, lying on the couch, heard the astrologer.
400

sermo, sermonis,m.

What is conversation

500
Find the present participle in this sentence: "Phormio ancillas in cubiculo lacrimantes audivit.
What is lacrimantes
500

Doctors would use these any of these medical instruments in Egypt.

What are forceps, scales, cups, saws, scalpels

500

These people developed astrology in Mesopotamia.

Who are the Chaldeans

500

Phormio ad urbem contendit, medicum quaerens.

Phormio headed to the city, to search for the doctor.

500

preces, precum,f.

What are prayers