Idioms & Phrases

Question 1

gratias agere

Answer 1

to give thanks

Question 2

discere tibi placet

Answer 2

You like learning (it is pleasing for you to learn)

Question 3

brevi tempore

Answer 3

in a short time/soon

Question 4

e.g.

Answer 4

exempli gratia; for the sake of an example

Question 5

vale

Answer 5

Goodbye (to one person)

Question 6

summa cum laude

Answer 6

with the highest praise

Question 7

What does Julius Caesar’s quote veni, vidi, vici mean?

Answer 7

I came, I saw, I conquered

Question 8

salve

Answer 8

Hello (to one person)

Question 9

prima luce

Answer 9

at dawn (at first light)

Question 10

ire mihi necesse est

Answer 10

I need to go (it is necessary for me to go)

Question 11

licetne mihi ire ad latrinam?

Answer 11

Can I go to the bathroom?

Question 12

valete

Answer 12

Goodbye (to multiple people)

Question 13

S.P.Q.R.

Answer 13

Senatus Populusque Romanus; the Senate and the Roman people

Question 14

salvete

Answer 14

Hello (to multiple people)

Question 15

per annum

Answer 15

each year

Question 16

absum

Answer 16

I am absent

Question 17

i.e.

Answer 17

id est; that is

Question 18

sol lucet

Answer 18

the sun is shining

Question 19

A.D.

Answer 19

Anno Domini; in the year of the lord

Question 20

etc.

Answer 20

et cetera; and others

Question 21

Who said veni, vidi, vici after defeating Pharnaces II at the battle of Zela?

Answer 21

Julius Caesar

Question 22

adsum

Answer 22

I am present