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8th Grade Greek & La
Week 28
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| QUINTUS | fifth (L) |
| SEXTUS | sixth (L) |
| SEPTIMUS | seventh (L) |
| OCTAVUS | eighth (L) |
| NONUS | ninth (L) |
| DECIMUS | tenth (L) |
| ELEKTRON | amber (L) |
| quintuplet | one-fifth of five offspring born at the same birth |
| quintet | group of five musicians or singers; music written for such a group |
| sext | sixth canonical hour of the day; noon |
| siesta | (spanish) an afternoon nap or rest |
| sextant | a navigation tool with an arc which is 1/6 of a circle |
| septuplet | one of the seven babies born at one birth |
| Septuagesima Sunday | the seventieth day before Easter; third Sunday before Lent |
| September | seventh month of the old Roman calendar |
| Octavius | family name of AugustusCaesar |
| octave | series of eight notes in music |
| October | eighth month of old Roman calender |
| nonagon | a polygon having 9 angles and 9 sides |
| nones | (Christian church) the ninth hour after sunrise; the devotional service performed then. |
| noon | 12:00; midday |
| decimal system | base ten number system |
| Dewey Decimal System | system for classifying library books |
| dime | 10 cent coin; one-tenth of a dollar |
| electricity | a fundamental natural entity of negative and positive kinds; observable in attraction or repulsion of bodies and in natural phenomena such as lightning or aurora borealis |
| electric | relating to or operated by electricity |
| electron | elementary particle consisting of a negative charge of electricity |