Latin 1 Final
Urbs magna Pulchritudine
"A city of great beauty"
The translation of amo dormire is
"I love to sleep"
The translation of SPQR is
"The Senate and the People of Rome"
Res judicata
"a thing having been decided"
Which of the following definitions best describes an Indo-European language
Languages spoken in ancient Europe and Asia and foundational to modern language
The legendary brothers who gave Rome its name were
Romulus and Remus
The literal meaning of res iposa loquitur is
"The thing speaks for itself"
The pharmacist's symbol Rx is for the phrase
"take this"
The literal meaning of habeas corpus is
"you may have the body"
The translation of the following year MDCCLXXVI is
1776
There are 206 bones in the human skeleton. Of these, how many have Latin names?
206
The traditional year for the "fall" of Rome was
476 CE
The approximate percentage of English words coming form Latin is
50-75%
The traditional year of the founding of Rome was
753 BCE
You find a mosaic on the floor of a Roman house with the following: Cave Canem
Beware the dog
The first emperor of Rome was
Caesar Augustus
C. Julius Caesar non imperator fuit-sed dictator. Interfectus est idibus Marsis annon XLIV
Caesar's praenomen was Iulius
Which of the following was not a province of the ancient Roman Empire?
Caledonia
The famous Egyptian queen who had an affair with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony was
Cleopatra VII
The emperor who moved the seat of Roman power to the eastern city of Bzyantium was
Constantine
Dido regina Carthaginis erat
Dido was queen of Carthage
Of the following languages, which is not a Romance language?
English
Puella bona est. Nomen puellae est Flavia, quae in villa rustica habitat. Nunc puella et Marcus amicus ambulant in agris. Cantant quod laeti sunt. The girl's name is
Flavia
Quot annos habes
For how many years have you studied?
The war fought to take over Gaul (ancient France) was the
Gallic War
The Latin language gives us all of the following except
German
Which of the following was the preferred way for Romans to bathe?
Go to one of the many public bath houses
The abbreviation "Au" is from the periodic table meaning
Gold
The winner of the Trojan War was
Greece
The famous wall in northern England built to establish the furthest reaches of the Roman Empire has been called
Hadrian's Wall
The Latin name of the human being is
Homo sapiens
The verb form amavi is translated
I have loved
amavi
I have loved
Amo
I love
In agricolae terra sunt silvae
In the farmer's land there are forests
IUNO: Causa nulla morae est. Vide iniuriam, adultera!!! Callisto: Sum misera; sum spplex- et tendeo brachia mea. Iuno: Quotiens in agris olim tuis erravisti! A-quotiens tu territa-fugitavisti viros animalia feraque.
Juno loves and cherishes Callisto
Narrator: Scinse potentiam caeli immensum esse?-et non est illi fines? Ego ipse vidi locum in Phrygia-terr quondam plena virorum-sed nunc piscium. Iuppiter: Suntne viri boni in Phrygia? Transformabimus et illo adveniemus
Jupiter wonders wether there are good men in Phyrgia
Latina est in villa!
Latin is in the house
Which of the following Latin phrases translates "Great Charter"?
Magna Carta
restina lente
Make haste, slowly!
Fortuna sequatur
May fortune follow
The queen who had too much pride in the myth was
Niobe
The "second" period of Roman history and the government formed was known as
Res Publica
The Roman system of _____ was the main inspiration for the American founding fathers
Res publica (republic)
Carpe Diem!
Seize the day!
The quote "Always Faithful", motto of the USMC is expressed in Latin as
Semper fidelis
In the story we read in class, Thisbe asks what favor of her parents?
That she and Pyramus be buried together
Cum agricola filia in agris est
The daughter is in the fields with the farmer
Puella Arachne mutata est in araneam
The girl Arachne was turned into a spider
Which of the following is not true about Roman religion?
The official state religion under the Roman Republic was Christianity
Poeta narrat fabulam Aeneae
The poet tells the story of Aeneas
Ante-bellum refers to
The time before a war
Sunt pauvi in familia Marci
There are few people in the family of Marcus
The easiest way to give thanks to someone in Latin is to say
Tibi gratias ago
Troy was finally taken by the means of
Trojan Horse
The object of a preposition to mean "in" is expressed with which case?
ablative
The object of a finite verb is expressed with which case?
accusative
The first declension is characterized by which ending?
ae ending for the genitive singular
Et ceterra
and the center
The abbreviation "A.M." means
ante-meridiem 'before noon'
The Roman brought water into their city by means of the
aqueducts
The appropriate response to quid agis tu, hodie would be
bene
The Latin word for a dog is
canis
The case used to express indirect objects is
dative
The Romans are famous for having invented or developed all of the following except:
direct current motors
A city house in Rome was called a
domus
The Latin word for "cat" is
feles
The woman is in the farmhouse
femina est in villa
The highest political office in Republic Rome was the
first consul
E pluribus unum
from many, one
A noun is classified into a declension by what stem?
genitive singular
English is what type of language?
germanic
Which of the following was the basic weapon of the Roman solider?
gladius
Which of the following words does not derive from Latin
house
The second declension is characterized by which ending?
i in the genitive singular
The grammatical mood used to express commands (other than the subjunctive) is the
imperative
The verb form laudabam is in which tense?
imperfect
The grammatical mood used to express facts is the
indicative
The third declension is characterized by which ending?
is in the genitive singular
"Wretched farmer" in Latin would be
miser agricola
The subject of a finite verb is expressed with which case?
nominative
The object being asked about in the question "Quot sunt mensae in hoc loco" is the...
number of desks
The two social classes in Roman society were the
patricians and plebeians
amabo te
please
In the sentence puella cantat the subject word is
puella
The ablative singular of puella is
puella
"Boys and girls" would be
puellae et pueri
The genitive singular of puer is
pueris
The early Romans expanded their population by stealing which of the following?
s women
The easiest way to say "Hello" to one person in Latin is
salve
The Trojan War was mostly a result of which action?
the judgement of Paris in favor of
Tempus fugit
time flies
esse
to be
The garment of a Roman citizen is the
toga
The American system of government with a President and Vice-President is based on the Roman custom of
two consuls elected annually
The third declension is characterized by the
us in the genitive singular
The easiest way to say "Goodbye" to one person in Latin is
vale
A country house or farm house in ancient Italy was called
villa
The translation of "the farmhouse of the boy is"
villa pueri
The case used in direct address is the
vocative