NLE Exam Flashcards
Portae urbis clausae sunt. Cives (igitur) salvi erunt
Therefore
Magnam ranam in aquam (salturam) vidi
About to jump
Miles fortis pilo gladio(ve)interfectus est
Or
(Sequi) illis viros in turban nolumus.
To follow
Nautae ad portum reverse sunt (ut temptsatem vitarent)
So this they might avoid the storm
Numquam athletam (citorem) vidimus
Faster
Carminibus nondum perfectis, poeta (vita excessit)
Died
Liberi multas horas (dormiant)
Let the children sleep
Consul dixit senatores (convenire) in templo
We’re meeting
Clientes plus_postulabant
Pecuniae
Fer hunc panem ad servos in agro laborantes! What form is equivalent to Fer?
Porta
Silvae in montibus incendio igenti deltae sunt. What word does the adjective igenti describe?
Incendio
Filius meus domi manere (mavult)
Prefers
Mite ad me epistulas quam saepissime!
As often as possible
Heri (quidam amicus) mihi fabulam narravit
A certain friend
Via nova per montes (munienda est)
Must be built
Prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics, London last hosted the Games in 1948, which is__in Roman numerals.
MCMXLVIII
Gallia is on the map in the area numbered what?
2
On what hill would a Roman’s general’s triumphal procession typically end with a sacrifice on the temple of Jupiter?
Capitoline
The English words adjunct, conjugation, and junction are derive from the Latin word meaning what?
Join
Do you like to swim? (Translate it into Latin)
Placetne tibi natare?
What figure from Roman legend was the foster child of the shepherd, Fastulus, and his wife, Acca Laurentia?
Romulus
What Roman general exclaimed “Alea iacta est!” before leading his army across the Rubicon River into Italy?
Gaius Iulius Caesar
In what battle of the Second Punic war did the greatly outnumbered Hannibal defeat the a Roman army led by the consuls Paullus and Varro?
Cannae
The musician Orpheus made a journey to the Underworld to fetch his beloved who?
Eurydice
Some themes in literature, such as the story of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, have their origins in Roman mythology, cf. Ovid’s story of Pyramus and Thisbe. What does the Latin abbreviation cf. mean?
Compare
What is the best translation of ut solebat?
As he was accustomed
According to line 2 (Multos…vastabat), we know the plague what?
Had been in Rome for a while
What is the best translation of the words (ut reverteretur)?
That he return
To whom did Numa turn for health of the Roman people?
Jupiter
What did Numa do before the storm?
He completed sacred rites
What did fear cause many of the Romans to do?
Run to their huts
The King and priests who stayed outside in the storm were what?
Watching the sky
We know the great shield what?
Had fallen into a trash dump
What was unusual about what was written on the shield?
It unable to be read
Why did Numa return to Egeria a few days after the storm?
People were still dying
What is the best meaning of sibi faciendam esset?
He had to do
Egeria gave Numa spathe order that what?
He build a temple where the shield landed
How did Numa save the Roman people from the plague?
He covered up the source of disease
Iter (Romam) fecimus
To Rome
