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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| femina | woman |
| agircola | farmer |
| nauta | sailor |
| ancilla | helper |
| dea | goddess |
| regina | queen |
| filia | daughter/son |
| colonus | farmer |
| amicus | friend |
| dominus | lord/master |
| puella | girl |
| puer | boy |
| servus | servant |
| vir | man |
| ego | i |
| tu | you (sing) |
| nos | we/us |
| vos | you (plural) |
| uxor | wife |
| mulier | mother |
| senex | old man |
| soror | sister |
| mater | mother |
| frater | brother |
| homo | man |
| ille/illa | he/she |
| rex | king |
| hostis | enemy |
| plebs | commoner |
| civis | citizen |
| fur | thief |
| custos | guard |
| dux | leader |
| princeps | emperor |
| pastor | shepherd |
| miles | soldier |
| poeta | poet |
| socius | companion |
| magister | teacher |
| populus | people |
| imperator | general |
| gens | race/clan/family |
| adulescens | youth |
| nepos | grandson |
| heres | heir |
| inter | between/among |
| interim | meanwhile |
| cotidie | everyday |
| ubique | everywhere |
| infra | below/under |
| contra | against |
| intra | inside/within |
| ultra | beyond |
| penuria | extreme poverty |
| copia | supply/plenty |
| epistula | letter |
| balaena | whale |
| porcus | pig |
| vacca | cow |
| equus | horse |
| avis | bird |
| leo | lion |
| canis | dog |
| feles | cat |
| aquila | eagle |
| apis | bee |
| accipiter | hawk |
| pullus | chicken |
| lupus | wolf |
| formica | ant |
| ursus | bear |
| cancer | crab |
| aranea | spider |
| musca | fly |
| rana | frog |
| zues | jupiter |
| hera | juno |
| poseidon | neptune |
| hestia | vest |
| athena | minerva |
| apollo | apollo |
| artemis | diana |
| aphrodite | venus |
| hephaestus | vulcan |
| ares | mars |
| hermes | mercury |
| hades | pluto |
| dionysus | bacchus |
| emotion | dionysus |
| underworld | hades |
| messenger | hermes |
| war | ares |
| blacksmith | hephaestus |
| love | aphrodite |
| hunt | artemis |
| reason | apollo |
| wisdom | athena |
| hearth | hestia |
| sea | poseidon |
| queen | hera |
| king | zeus |
| fate | having been spoken |
| agegis | protection----athena |
| zeus defined | god |
| sacred tree of zeus | oak tree |
| zeus's father | kronus--saturnus |
| lord of the earth (poseidon) | earthquakes |
| hades--defined | unseen |
| pluto--defined | wealthy |
| hades weapon | bident- "two teeth" |
| city Athena was patron deity of | Athens |
| athenas birth placde | from Zeus's head |
| sacred tree of athena | olive tree |
| athenas gree sobriquets pallas and pathnos | maiden |
| define apollo | the destroyer |
| apollo often associated with in roman mythology for this | music- playing the lyre |
| apollos nickname- phoebus | shining (shining of the suns rays) |
| location of apollos famous oracle | delphi |
| define latin root for orare | to pray= at oracles |
| sacred tree of apollo and describe its orgin | laurel- apollo pursued the nymph daphne by escaping from him by turning into a tree |
| define: aphrodite | born from the sea foam |
| sacred tree of aphrodite | myrtle tree |
| symbol of aphrodite | biological symbol for feminine |
| define: artemis | butcher |
| sacred tree of artemis | cypress |
| two deities that are considered twins | artemis and apollo |
| natural object artemis associated | moon |
| main symbols for hermes | winged sandals and helmet |
| usual function in myths (hermes) | often guides travelers |
| symbol for ares | biological symbol for male |
| # of letters in ancient greek | 24 |
| 2 examples n literature | the odyssey and the iliad (24 books named after letters) |
| two ways ancient greek has influenced latin | capitol letters, phonetic sequence |
| language formed from latin | greek |
| 5 romance languages--why are they called this? | romanian portuguese italian french spanish romans conquered all the areas and compelled them to speak there languages |
| y the romance languages are very similar/different | greatly influenced by latin. overtime blended there natural languages |
| australia | southland |
| define: procrastinate | pro= for cras= tomorrow |
| salary=explain | roman soldiers payed with salt (sal) higher the rank--> more salt |
| roman veiws behind vulgaris | 5%-rich-education 95%-poor-no education(bad grammar)-children worked vulgaris=commmon |
| define: sinister. explain how influenced | left--->evil cut off left arm |
| dictator. y good title? | the sayer dont do what dictator says=severe punishment |
| january | door (between old and new years-2 headed god janus) |
| febuary | purification (12 day roman festival held) |
| march | from god mars (war season started march 15)--1st month of original year |
| april | opening (buds and flowers open with advent of spring) |
| may | from maia(mother god) mercury born may 15(according to tradition) |
| june | from roman dictator julius ceasear (born on july 12) |
| august | from emperor augustus (the exulted one) |
| september | 7th |
| october | 8th |
| november | 9th |
| december | 10th |
| monday | of the moon-dies lunae |
| tuesday | of mars- dies martis |
| wednesday | of mercury-dies mercuri |
| thursday | of jupiter-dies lovis |
| friday | of venus-dies veneris |
| saturday | of saturn-dies saturni |
| sunday | of the sun- dies solis |
Created by:
mtharris34
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