Latin ch. 7 (VII)

Question 0

CARMEN, CARMINIS

VII

(neuter)

Answer 0

Song, poem

Derivatives - charm

Question 1

AMOR, AMŌRIS

VII

(mas.)

Answer 1

Love

Derivatives - amorous, enamored, (cf. AMŌ, AMĪCUS)

Question 2

CĪVITĀS, CĪVITĀTIS

VII

(fem.)

Answer 2

State, citizenship

Derivatives - city

Question 3

CORPUS, CORPORIS

VII

(neut.)

Answer 3

Body

Derivatives - corps, corpse, corpuscle, corpulent, corporal, corporate, corporation, incorporate, corset

Question 4

HOMŌ, HOMINIS

VII

(mas.)

Answer 4

Human being, man

Derivatives - homicide, homage; Homo sapiens, but not the prefix homo-; (cf. HŪMĀNUS and VIR)

Question 5

LABOR, LABŌRIS

VII

(mas.)

Answer 5

Labor, work, toil; a work, production

Derivatives - laboratory, belabor, laborious, collaborate, elaborate

Question 6

LITTERA, LITTERAE

LITTERAE, LITTERĀRUM

VII

(fem.)

Answer 6

A letter of the alphabet

A letter (epistle), literature

Derivatives - literal, letters, illiterate, alliteration

Question 7

MŌS, MŌRIS

MŌRES, MŌRUM

VII

(mas.)

Answer 7

Habit, custom, manner

Habits, morals, character

Derivatives - mores, moral, immoral, immorality, moral, morose

Question 8

NŌMEN, NŌMINIS

VII

(Neut.)

Answer 8

Name

Derivatives - nomenclature, nominate, nominative, nominal, noun, pronoun, renounce, denomination, ignominy, misnomer

Question 9

PĀX, PĀCIS

VII

(Fem.)

Answer 9

Peace

Derivatives - pacify, pacific, pacifist, appease, pay

Question 10

RĒGĪNA, REGĪNAE

VII

(Fem.)

Answer 10

Queen

Derivatives - Regina, reginal

Question 11

RĒX, RĒGIS

VII

(Mas.)

Answer 11

King

Derivatives - regal, regalia, regicide, Royal; (cf. rajah)

Question 12

TEMPUS, TEMPORIS

VII

(Neut.)

Answer 12

Time, occasion, opportunity

Derivatives - tempo, temporary, contemporary, temporal, temporize, extempore, tense (of a verb)

Question 13

TERRA, TERRAE

VII

(Fem.)

Answer 13

Earth, ground, land, country

Derivatives - terrestrial, terrace, terrier, territory, inter (verb), subterranean, terra cotta, Tierra (Span.)

Question 14

UXOR, UXŌRIS

VII

(Fem.)

Answer 14

Wife

Derivatives - uxorial, uxorious, uxorcide

Question 15

VIRGŌ, VIRGINIS

VII

(Fem.)

Answer 15

Maiden, virgin

Derivatives - virgin, virginity, virginal, Virginia

Question 16

VIRTŪS, VIRTŪTIS

VII

(Fem.)

Answer 16

Manliness, courage; excellence, character, worth, virtue

Derivatives - virtuoso, virtuosity, virtual; cf. VIR

Question 17

NOVUS, NOVA, NOVUM

VII

(Fem.)

Answer 17

New, strange

Derivatives - novel, novelty, novice, innovate

Question 18

POST

VII

Answer 18

prep. + acc., after, behind

Derivatives - posterity, posterior, posthumous, post mortem
P.M. = post meridian, preposterous, post- as a prefix, postgrads, postlude, Postpositive, postwar, etc.

Question 19

SUB

VII

Answer 19

Under, up under, close to; down to/into, to/at the foot of

prep. + abl. with verbs of rest, + acc. With verbs of motion;

Sub- or, by assimilation, suc-, suf-, sug-, sup-, sums-, in countless compounds: subterranean, suburb, succeed, suffix, suggest, support, sustain

Question 20

AUDEŌ, AUDĒRE, AUSUS SUM

VII

Answer 20

To dare

Derivatives - audacious, audacity

The unusual third part of this simi-deponent verb is explained in ch. XXXIV

Question 21

NECŌ, NECĀRE, NECĀVI, NECĀTUM

VII

Answer 21

To murder, kill (internecine; cf. NOCĒRE, to harm)