gart yats Flashcards
Celebrated for boys on the ninth day after birth.
Dies Lustricus
During this period, babies were called Pupa.
Primorida
Boy’s adornment
Wore a Bulla to protect against the evil eye.
Established the town of Ostia.
Ancus Marcius
Ordered the construction of the Pons Sublicius (first bridge).
Ancus Marcius
Wife of Tarquinius Priscus, prophesied his rise to kingship.
Tanaquil
Chosen as king over Tarquinius’ children.
Servius Tullius
Won the 3v3 fight against Alba Longa, killed his sister for mourning the enemy.
Horatius
Fight took place during the reign of Tullus Hostilius.
Horatii vs Curiatii
Created the genre of Fabulae Praetextae.
Gnaeus Navius
His poem Bellum Punicum covered the First Punic War.
Gnaeus Navius
The father of Latin literature,
Livius Andronicus
Translated Homer’s Odyssey as the Odussia
Livius Andronicus
Written in Saturnian meter.
Livius Andronicus
Wrote Andria, Adelphi, Eunuchus, and Heauton Timorumenos.
Terence
author from Carthage.
Terence
known for Menaechmi.
Plautus
Carried aegis (shield)
Athena
Born from Zeus’ head
Athena
God of wine/theater
Dionysus
Born from Zeus’ thigh
Dionysus
Carries thyrsus (staff)
Dionysus
The Fates
Clotho, Atropos, Lachesis
The Horae
Dike, Eirene, Eunomia
The Cyclopes
Arges, Brontes, Steropes
Niobe
Niobe: Turned into a weeping rock for boasting over Leto.
Io
Io: Transformed into a cow by Zeus, tormented by Hera
Lycaon
Lycaon: Fed his children to Zeus, transformed into a wolf.
Callisto
Callisto: Turned into a bear for her relationship with Zeus.
Hecuba
Hecuba: Queen of Troy, turned into a dog.
Ante:
Origin of words like advance, ancient, etc.
Obey:
Derived from the Latin root meaning to follow commands.
Essay:
Comes from Latin meaning a short piece of writing.
Caput
is the root for words like cabbage, precipice, and chapter but not captive.
Cura
is the root for words like proxy, assure, and scour but not glare.
Coquo
is the root for biscuit, apricot, and terra cotta but not miscreant.
Connecticut:
Qui transtulit sustinet – He who came across holds up.
California:
Eureka (the only Greek motto) - I have found it
New York:
Excelsior - Upwards
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Maine:
Dirigo - I lead
Virginia:
Sic semper tyrannis – Thus always to tyrants.
West Virginia
: Montani semper liberi – Mountaineers are always free
Harvard:]
Motto: Veritas.
University of Georgia:
Motto: Et docere et rerum exquirere causas – To teach and to inquire into the causes of things.
Yale: Motto:
Lux et Veritas – Light and Truth.
First Declension:
Includes words like puella, femina, ancilla.
Second Declension:
Example words might include amicus, servus, dominus.
Third Declension:
Example words might include rex, mater, canis.