Chapter 8

Question 1

Cícerō, Cicerṓnis

Answer 1

m., (Marcus Tullius) Cicero (Ciceronian, cicerone)

Question 2

cṓpia, cṓpiae

Answer 2

f., abundance, supply; cṓpiae, cōpiā́rum, pl., supplies, troops, forces (copious, copy, cornucopia)

Question 3

frā́ter, frā́tris

Answer 3

m., brother (fraternal, fraternity, fraternize, fratricide)

Question 4

laus, laúdis

Answer 4

f., praise, glory, fame (laud, laudable, laudation, laudatory, magna cum laude; cf. laudō)

Question 5

lībértās, lībertā́tis

Answer 5

f., liberty (cf. līber)

Question 6

rátiō, ratiṓnis

Answer 6

f., reckoning, account; reason, judgment, consideration; system; manner, method (ratio, ration, rational, irrational, ratiocination)

Question 7

scrī́ptor, scrīptṓris

Answer 7

m., writer, author (scriptorium; cf. scrībō below)

Question 8

sorṓris

Answer 8

f., sister (sororal, sororicide, sorority)

Question 9

victṓria, victṓriae

Answer 9

f., victory (victorious, Victoria; see Latīna Est Gaudium, Capvt V, and cf. vincō below)

Question 10

dum

Answer 10

conj., while, as long as, at the same time that; + subjunct., until

Question 11

ad

Answer 11

prep. + acc., to, up to, near to, in the sense of “place to which” with verbs of motion; contrast the dat. of ind. obj., also translated with “to,” but in a different sense (administer, ad hoc, ad hominem). In compounds the d is sometimes ASSIMILATED to the following consonant so that ad may appear, for instance, as ac- (accipiō: ad-capiō), ap- (appellō: ad-pellō), a- (aspiciō: ad-spiciō): see App., Some Etymological Aids.

Question 12

ex

Answer 12

or ē, prep. + abl., out of, from, from within; by reason of, on account of; following cardinal numbers, of (exact, except, exhibit, evict). The Romans used ex before consonants or vowels; ē (like “a” vs. “an” in Eng.) before consonants only. Like ad and many other prepositions, ex/ē was often used as a prefix in compounds, sometimes with the x assimilated to the following consonant; e.g., excipiō, ēdūcō, ēventus, efficiō from ex + faciō, etc.; App., Some Etymological Aids.

Question 13

númquam

Answer 13

adv., never

Question 14

támen

Answer 14

adv., nevertheless, still

Question 15

ágō, ágere, ḗgī, ā́ctum

Answer 15

to drive, lead, do, act; pass, spend (life or time); grā́tiās ágere+ dat. for the person being thanked, to thank (someone), lit., to give thanks to (agent, agenda, agile, agitate, active, actor, action, actual, actuate)

Question 16

dēmṓnstrō, dēmōnstrā́re, dēmōnstrā́vī, dēmōnstrā́tum

Answer 16

to point out, show, demonstrate (demonstrable, demonstration, demonstrative)

Question 17

díscō, díscere, dídicī

Answer 17

to learn (disciple, disciplinary; cf. discipulus, discipula)

Question 18

dóceō, docḗre, dócuī, dóctum

Answer 18

to teach (docent, docile, document, doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate)

Question 19

dū́cō, dū́cere, dū́xī, dúctum

Answer 19

to lead; consider, regard; prolong (ductile, abduct, adduce, deduce, educe, induce, produce, reduce, seduce)

Question 20

gérō, gérere, géssī, géstum

Answer 20

to carry; carry on, manage, conduct, wage, accomplish, perform (gerund, gesture, gesticulate, jest, belligerent, congeries, digest, suggest, exaggerate, register, registry)

Question 21

scrī́bō, scrī́bere, scrī́psī, scrī́ptum

Answer 21

to write, compose (ascribe, circumscribe, conscript, describe, inscribe, proscribe, postscript, rescript, scripture, subscribe, transcribe, scribble, scrivener, shrive)

Question 22

tráhō, tráhere, trā́xī, tráctum

Answer 22

to draw, drag; derive, acquire (attract, contract, retract, subtract, tractor, etc.)

Question 23

víncō, víncere, vī́cī, víctum

Answer 23

to conquer, overcome (convince, convict, evince, evict, invincible, Vincent, victor, Victoria, vanquish)