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