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Certamen beginners packet Flashcards

1
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tempus fugit

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time flies

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cave canem

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beware of the dog

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3
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ad nauseum

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to nausea

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pax vobiscum

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peace be with you

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5
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persona non Grata

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an unwelcome person

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6
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quid pro quo

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something for something

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7
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carpe diem

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seize the day

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8
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sine qua non

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what is allowed and what is not

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9
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semper fidelis

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always loyal

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10
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in memoriam

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in memory

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11
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ad infinitum

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to infinity

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12
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ex libris

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from books

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13
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festina lente

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make haste slowly

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14
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semper paratus

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always ready

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15
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non sequitur

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it does not follow

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16
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caput

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head

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17
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coma

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hair

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18
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pes

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foot

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19
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crus

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leg

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20
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genu

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knee

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21
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oculus

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eye

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22
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mentum

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chin

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23
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digitus

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finger

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24
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bracchium

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arm

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25
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calx

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heal (foot part)

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26
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auris

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ear

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27
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manus

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hand

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28
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supercilium

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eyebrow

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29
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dentes

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tooth

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30
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pollex

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thumb

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31
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nasus

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nose

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32
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cor

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heart

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33
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cubitum

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elbow

34
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collum

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neck

35
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os

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mouth

36
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macron

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apex that marks long vowels

37
Q

the nemean lion

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first labour of hercules

38
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the lemean hydra

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second labour of hercules

39
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The Erymanthean Boar

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fourth labour of hercules

40
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The Augean Stables

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fifth labour of hercules

41
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The Stymphalian Birds

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the sixth labour of hercules

42
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The Hind of Ceryneia

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the third labour of hercules

43
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The Cretan Bull

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the seventh labour of hercules

44
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The Horses of Diomedes

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the eighth labour of hercules

45
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The Belt of Hippolyte

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the ninth labour of hercules

46
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Geryon’s Cattle

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the tenth labour of hercules

47
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The Apples of the Hesperides

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the eleventh labour of hercules

48
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Cerberus

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the twelfth labour of hercules

49
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atlanta and hippomenes

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arrow/race story

50
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three fates

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Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter) and Atropos (the unturnable, a metaphor for death)

51
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five rivers of the underworld

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Styx, Lethe, Archeron, Phlegethon, and Cocytus.

52
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where the most virtuous heroes go in the underworld

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Elysian fields

53
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punishment of sisyphus

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boulder up a mountain

54
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punishment of Ixion

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tied to an ever-spinning wheel of fire

55
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punishment of tantalus

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thirst/hunger guy

56
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punishment of Danaids

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FIFTY DAUGHTERS, had to fill a bottomless vessel with water

57
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theban cycle

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Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.

58
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father and mother of Oedipus

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Laius and Jocasta (king and queen of thebes)

59
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founding of carthage

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814

59
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founding of rome

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April 21, 753 BC

60
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first recorded olympics

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776 bc

61
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founding of roman republic

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509 bc

62
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Years of the three punic wars

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264-146 BC

63
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Death of Caesar

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March 15. 44 BC

64
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start of roman empire

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27BC

65
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eruption of mt, vesuvius

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8/24/79 BC

66
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fall of western roman empire

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476 (AD?)

67
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fall of eastern empire

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1453 AD

68
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father of Romulus

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Mars

69
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king of Alba Longa who romulus defeated

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king Amulius

70
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Who said “In signo vinces”

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Cincinnatus (“in the sign of turns)

71
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first triumvirate

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Caesar, pompey, crassus

72
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battle where caesar defeated Pompey

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battle of Pharsalus

73
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battle where where octavian and antony defeat brutus and Cassius

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battle of Phillipi

74
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battle where Octavian defeats Cleopatra and Marc Antony

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battle of actium

75
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C.

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Gaius

76
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Cn.

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Gnaeus

77
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T.

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titus

78
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Ti.

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tiberius

79
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M.

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Marcus

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