Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

fāma, fāmæ

Answer 1

[f] rumor, report; fame, reputation (famous, defame, infamy)

Question 2

fōrma, fōrmæ

Answer 2

[f] form, shape; beauty (formal, format, formula, formless, deform, inform, etc. but not formic, formidable)

Question 3

fortūna, fortūnæ

Answer 3

[f] fortune, luck (fortunate, misfortune, unfortunate)

Question 4

īra, īræ

Answer 4

[f] ire, anger (irate, irascible; but not irritate)

Question 5

nauta, nautæ

Answer 5

[m] sailor (nautical, nautilus, argonaut)

Question 6

patria, patriæ

Answer 6

[f] fatherland, native land, (one’s) country (patriotic, expatriate, repatriate)

Question 7

pecūnia, pecūniæ

Answer 7

[f] money (pecuniary, impecunious; cf. peculation)

Question 8

philosophia, philosophiæ

Answer 8

[f] (Greek philosophia, love of wisdom), philosophy

Question 9

poēta, poētæ

Answer 9

[m] poet (poetry, poetic)

Question 10

porta, portæ

Answer 10

[f] gate, entrance (portal, portico, porch, porthole)

Question 11

puella, puellæ

Answer 11

[f] girl

Question 12

rosa, rosæ

Answer 12

[f] rose (rosary, roseate, rosette)

Question 13

sententia, sententiæ

Answer 13

[f] feeling, thought, opinion, vote, sentence (sententious, sentencing)

Question 14

vīta, vītæ

Answer 14

[f] life; mode of life (vital, vitals, vitality, vitamin, vitalize, devitalize, revitalize)

Question 15

antīquus, antīqua, antīquum

Answer 15

[adj] ancient, old-time (antique, antiquities, antiquated, antiquarian)

Question 16

magnus, magna, magnum

Answer 16

[adj] large, great; important (magnify, magnificent, magnate, magnitude, magnanimous)

Question 17

meus, mea, meum

Answer 17

[adj] my

Question 18

multus, multa, multum

Answer 18

[adj] much, many (multitude, multiply, multiple, multi-, a prefix as in multimillionaire)

Question 19

tuus, tua, tuum

Answer 19

[adj] your; used when speaking to only one person

Question 20

et

Answer 20

[conj] and, even; et . . . et: both . . . and

Question 21

sed

Answer 21

[conj] but

Question 22

ō

Answer 22

[interj] O! Oh! commonly preceding a vocative

Question 23

sine

Answer 23

[prep] without (sinecure, sans)

Question 24

est

Answer 24

is