Ch 28 Vocab

Question 1

cornū, ūs, n.

Answer 1

wing (of an army); horn (cornucopia, cornet, unicorn)

Question 2

domus, ūs, f.

Answer 2

house, home (domestic, domicile: a place of residence; abode; house or home.)

Question 3

exercitus, ūs, m.

Answer 3

army

Question 4

frūctus, ūs, m.

Answer 4

fruit, profit, benefit (fructose, frugal: sparing or economical with regard to money or food)

Question 5

genū, ūs, n.

Answer 5

knee (genuflect: lower one’s body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect)

Question 6

hiems, hiemis, f.

Answer 6

winter (hiemal: adj. relating to winter; wintry)

Question 7

impetus, ūs, m.

Answer 7

attack; charge; impulse (impetuous: acting or done quickly and without thought or care)

Question 8

manus, ūs, m.

Answer 8

hand; band (of men) (manual, manumit: release from slavery; set free.)

Question 9

nix, nivis, f.

Answer 9

snow

Question 10

passus, ūs, m.

Answer 10

pace, footstep (pace: a single step taken when walking or running; consistent and continuous speed in walking, running, or moving.)

Question 11

mīlle passūs, mīlia passuum

Answer 11

miles (1000 paces)

Question 12

rūs, rūris, n.

Answer 12

country (as opposed to city) (rural, rusticate: go to, live in, or spend time in the country)

Question 13

senātus, ūs, m.

Answer 13

senate; body of elders (senate, senatorial: relating to or characteristic of a senator.)

Question 14

vultus, vultūs, m.

Answer 14

face, visage (visage: a person’s face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features)

Question 15

adveniō, advenīre, advēnī, adventum

Answer 15

to arrive (advent: the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.)

Question 16

carpō, carpere, carpsī, carptum

Answer 16

to seize, pluck (carpal: bones forming the human wrist)

Question 17

iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctum

Answer 17

to join, unite (conjunction: a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause; the action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space.)