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Latin unit6
Latin for Americans Unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |