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Latin unit6
Latin for Americans Unit 6
Question | Answer |
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sine | cum |
remaneo | migro |
multi | pauci |
bonus | malus |
amitto | invenio |
olim | nunc |
produco | reduco |
recipio | dono |
abesse | adesse |
inimicus | amicus |
per annum | by the year |
dei gratia | by the grace of god |
sub rosa | in secret |
auxilio ab alto | by aid from on high |
via media | a middle way |
pro bono publico | for the public good |
magnum bonum | a great good |
pro patria | for one's country |
ex officio | as a result of one's position |
deo gratias | thanks to God |
Who wrote Aeneid? | Virgil |
Who often shown with winged hat and sandals? | Mercury |
Who wanted Aeneas to stay and fight for her country? | Dido |
What were the "Sibyls"? | Fortune tellers |
Carthaginian who tried to conquer Rome in the Second Punic War? | Hannibal |
Two types of Roman weapons that were used to besiege a city | Battering ram and ballista |
Goddess of woods and hunt as well as protector of women | Diana |
Large central room in a Roman house | Atrium |
Basin used to collect rain water | Impluvium |
The doorkeeper in a Roman house was called | Ianitor |
The study of a roman house was called | Tablinum |
Garden surrounded by columns were called | Peritylium |
What did Roman use for light? | Lamps and candles |
What did Roman heat rooms with | Portable charcoal heaters |
Romans lived in apartment building called what | Insulae |
What Romans use to decorate the outside of their homes | concrete, brick, stone, stucco, wood |
The wealthy Romans had country house called what? | Villae |
The two children of Latona | Apollo and Diana |