2010 Regional Latin II Vocab/Deriv

Question 0

TU: Give the Latin verb and its English meaning at the root of the word “manacle”.
B1: What other derivative of manus means “a handwritten statement declaring publicly the views or intent of its author”.
B2. What other derivative of manus and a Latin verb means quite literally “to make by hand”?

Answer 0

TU: manus - hand
B1: manifesto
B2: manufacture

Question 1

TU: Give a Latin noun that means “rock”.
B1: Give another.
B2: What is the meaning of the related Latin noun calculus?

Answer 1

TU: Saxum or Lapis
B1: See Above
B2: Pebble

Question 2

TU: Which two of the following four words both derive from the Latin verb regō: ratify, rectify, religion, region?
B1: Which two of these four words both derive from regō: rule, ravine, rage, rail?
B2: Which two of these four words both derive from regō: surrogate, alert, abrupt, dress?

Answer 2

TU: rectify and region
B1: rule and rail
B2: alert and dress

Question 3

TU: Differentiate in meaning between the Latin verbs cadō and caedō.
B1: Differentiate in meaning between sol and sal.
B2: Differentiate in meaning between mos and mus.

Answer 3

TU: cadō – to fall; caedō – to kill; cut
B1: sol – sun; sal – salt
B2: mos – habit, custom; mus – mouse

Question 4

TU: What English derivative of the Latin word for name denotes a part of a fraction?
B1: What two English words from the same root denote two of the eight parts of speech?
B2: What final derivative from that same noun means “a name mistakenly given to a person or thing that is not appropriate or fitting”?

Answer 4

TU: denominator
B1: noun and pronoun
B2: misnomer

Question 5

TU: What compound of the Latin verb faciō means “to kill”?
B1. What compound of the Latin verb eō means “to die”?
B2. What compound of the Latin verb sum means “to be in charge of”?

Answer 5

TU: interficiō
B1: pereō; obeō
B2: praesum

Question 6

TU: Which of the following words, if any, is not derived from the same Latin root as the others: noose, nuisance, innocent, noxious?
B1: From what Latin verb with what meaning do nuisance, innocent, and noxious all come?
B2: From what Latin noun with what meaning does noose come?

Answer 6

TU: noose
B1: noceo - to harm
B2: nodus - knot

Question 7

TU: Give a Latin antonym for claudō.
B1. Give a Latin antonym for angustus.
B2. Give a Latin antonym for maritus.

Answer 7

TU: aperiō, pandō
B1: latus
B2: uxor; coniunx; fēmina