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Latin I 1st semester
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Salve | hello to one person |
| salvete | hello to more than one person |
| Quid agis | How are you? |
| Bene | well |
| optime | great |
| satis bene | OK |
| male | bad |
| Quaenam est tempestas hodie | How is the weather today? |
| Sol lucet | It is sunny |
| Ningit | It is snowing |
| Pluit | It is raining |
| Nimbi in caelo sunt | It is cloudy |
| Calet | It is hot |
| Friget | It is cold |
| Vale | goodbye to one person |
| Valete | goodbye to more than one person |
| sum | I am |
| sumus | we are |
| es | you (singular) are |
| estis | you (plural) are |
| est | he/she/it is |
| sunt | they are |
| • E pluribus unum | Out of many, one |
| • Annuit coeptis | He approves [our] undertakings |
| • Novus ordo seclorum | New order of generations |
| Derivative Bene | (well) benefit |
| Derivative Optime | (great) optimist |
| Derivative Sol | (sun) solar |
| Derivative Annos | (year) annual |
| E pluribus unum | Out of one, many |
| Deo gratiam habeamus | Let us be grateful to God |
| Dum spiro spero | While I live, I hope |
| Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
| Justitia omnibus | Justice for all |
| Regnat populus | The people rule |
| Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) | The Senate and people of Rome |
| Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno | One for all, all for one |
| Pro mundi beneficio | For the benefit of the world |
| In varietate concordia | United in diversity |
| Iustitia, pietas, fides | Justice, piety, loyalty |
| Finis coronat opus | The end crowns the work |
| amicus/a | friend |
| magistra | female teacher |
| magister | male teacher |
| discipulus | boy student |
| discipula | girl student |
| mensa | desk |
| sella | chair |
| ianua | door |
| fenestra | window |
| murus | wall |
| camera | room |
| liber | book |
| horologium | clock |
| picture | picture |
| tabula | board |
| creta | chalk |
| erasure | eraser |
| penna | pen |
| stilus | pencil |
| charta | paper |
| regula | ruler |
| tablua geographica | map |
| vexillum | flag |
| • versus | vs. or v. |
| • exit | he/she/it goes out |
| • circa | around |
| • anno Domini (A.D.) | in the year of the Lord |
| • alter ego | another self |
| • aut disce aut discede | either learn or leave! |
| • docendo discitur | by teaching, it is learned |
| • repetio est mater studiorum | repetition is the mother of studies |
| • experientia docet | experience teaches |
| • ipsa scientia potestas est | knowledge itself is power |
| • tabula rasa | a blank slate (a student's mind, before study) |
| • honestus vir | "the honest man" (vir and honestus are both masculine, singular and in the nominative case) |
| • summa cum laude | "with highest praise" (summa and laude are both feminine, singular, and in the ablative case) |
| • bellum longum | "the long war" (bellum and longum are both neuter, singular, and either in the nominative or the accusative case) |
| angustus, a, um | narrow |
| anxius, a, um | anxious |
| bonus, a, um | good |
| fatigatus, a, um | tired |
| iratus, a, um | angry |
| laetus, a, um | happy |
| latus, a, um | wide |
| longus, a, um | long |
| magnus, a, um | big |
| malus, a, um | bad |
| mortuus, a, um | dead |
| parvus, a, um | small |
| territus, a, um | frightened |
| verus, a, um | true |
| vivus, a, um | alive |
| ater, atra, atrum | black |
| prasinus, a, um | green |
| olivaceus, a, um | olive green |
| caeruleus, a, um | blue |
| purpureus, a, um | purple |
| ruber, rubra, rubrum | red |
| roseus, a, um | pink |
| fuscus, a, um | brown |
| flammeus, a, um | orange |
| aureus, a, um | gold |
| flavus, a, um | yellow |
| albus, a, um | white |
| argenteus, a, um | silver |
| canus, a, um | gray |
| • ars gratia artis | art for the sake of art |
| • ars longa, vita brevis | art lasts long, life is short |
| • ars est celare artem | true art is to conceal art |
| • de gustibus non disputandum | about tastes there is no dispute |
| • ex nihilo nihil fit | from nothing comes nothing |
| Scisne? | "Do you know?" |
| ad hoc | for this purpose |
| ad nauseam | to the point of sickness |
| alibi | elsewhere |
| alma mater | nourishing mother (school from which one graduates) |
| alumnus, alumna | foster child (graduate of a school) |
| nolo contendere | I do not wish to contend (no contest plea by defendant in which the accused does not admit guilt but will accept punishment) |
| non bis in idem | not twice in the same (legal principle not allowing person to be tried twice for one crime) |
| nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare | no one is bound to accuse himself |
| nemo est supra leges | no one is above the law |
| accedas ad curiam | you may approach the court |
| nihil dicit | he says nothing (the defendant declines to answer to charges) |
| casa, casae | house |
| cena, cenae | dinner |
| femina, feminae | woman |
| puella, puellae | girl |
| aqua, aquae | water |
| fabula, fabulae | story |
| filia, filiae | daughter |
| via, viae | street |
| amica, amicae | friend |
| familia, familiae | family |
| lana, lanae | wool |
| ara, arae | altar |
| barba, barbae | beard |
| cauda, caudae | tail |
| cura, curae | care |
| dea, deae | goddess |
| insula, insulae | island |
| littera, litterae | letter |
| toga, togae | toga |
| urna, urnae | urn, water pot |