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Latin Midterm Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mater | mother |
| pater | father |
| paterfamilias | oldest male |
| frater | brother |
| soror | sister |
| filia | daughter |
| filius | son |
| servus | male slave |
| serva | female slave |
| coquus | cook |
| feles | cat |
| canis | dog |
| Claudius | pater |
| Antonia | mater |
| Claudia | filia |
| Lucius | filius |
| discipulus | boy student |
| discipula | girl student |
| vir | man, husband |
| femina | woman, wife |
| puella | girl |
| puer | boy |
| parens | parent |
| parentes | parents |
| libertus | freedman |
| Mucius | I was caught while trying to kill a king, and burned off my right hand to show how brave Romans are. This created peace. |
| Caesar | I was a powerful Roman and the uncle of Octavius. Senators killed me. |
| Horatius | I saved Rome by holding off an invading army at a bridge over the Tiber River. |
| Aeneas | I escaped from Troy and after many adventures I reached Italy. |
| Mars | I was a god and the father of twin boys who are the founders of the city of Rome. |
| Venus | Roman goddess |
| Homer | known as a great poet, Greek. |
| She wolf | lupa-saved boys in river, nursed them, raised them. |
| April 21, 753 BC | Founding date of Rome |
| Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud) | The last king of Rome, driven out because he was so terrible. |
| Augustus | "Honored One" |
| Colosseum | I was a place where men fought other men or hunted wild animals. |
| Circus Maximus | 1st Roman racecourse, biggest of the 3 in the city, chariot races, 1800 feet long, 600 feet wide, seated 250K, rooted for teams by color, nothing is left today except the field where it used to be. |
| Forum | I was the center of Rome: a place of business, government, and religion. |
| -t | singular |
| -nt | plural |
| -a | singular |
| -ae | plural |
| -us, r | singular |
| -l | plural |
| ? | singular |
| -es | plural |
| freedom | Slaves go freedom by saving small earnings to buy it, being granted it as a reward, or getting freed upon master's death in his will. |
| Spartacus | Led a slave revolt in 73 BC and it took 3 roman armies to defeat him. |
| FUG | Label of fugitive slaves for running away. Got imprinted on forehead. |
| Patricii | Ultra-wealthy, top 1% of all Romans and control the 99%, senators and billionaires of today. |
| Equites | Businessmen and wealthy members of society, millionaires of today, top 5% and allowed to engage in trade. |
| Plebii | Lowest class of citizens, working poor, everyone else in today's world, other 94%, poor, relied on government. |
| Liberti | Freedman, free under the law, lack the rights of citizens, their grandchildren can become citizens. |
| Servi | Slaves, owned as property, have no rights under the law. |
| Patronus | Provides $$, resources, and protection. |
| Cliens | Provides errands, favors, political support, and other business arrangements. |
| Saturnalia | A feast of the winter solstice, celebrated after the last sowing of fields. |
| Romulus | I was sent down Tiber River with my brother Remus and saved by a wolf |
| Remus | I was murdered by my brother in a struggle to be Rome's first king. |
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