NLE Intro Level Study Deck Flashcards
No! Not at all!
Minime!
school
schola -ae f
nōtus -a -um
well-known, famous
per diem
per day
to eat
edō -ere ēdī ēsus
One From Many (motto of the United States)
E Pluribus Unum
Heracles
Hercules
Two famous roads in Rome
Via Sacra, Via appia
timidus -a -um
timid
Hermes
Mercury
What is the port city on the eastern cost of Italy?
Brundisium
bene
well
beware of the dog
cave canem
Quid novi?
What’s new?
What time is it?
Quota hora est?
cave canem
beware of the dog
Quis es tu?
Who are you?
How are you?
Quid agis?
Go to the door
Ambula ad januam
nine muses
Callipe - epic poetry
Clio - history
Erato - love poetry
Euterpe - lyric poetry
Melphomene - tragedy
Polyhymnia - sacred poetry
Terpsichore - coral dance, song
Thalia - comedy
Urania - astronomy
amphitheater, arena
amphitheātrum -i n
Pater Romuli Remique at deus belli erat?
Mars
Semper Fidelis
Always Faithful (motto of the U.S. Marine Corps)
note carefully
NB or N.B. (nota bene)
P.S. (post scriptum)
addition to a letter after the signature
a draped cloak worn as an outer garment by Roman women
palla
terra incognita
unknown land
Founding of Rome
753 B.C.
In Roman numerals, there is no symbol for
zero
Always Prepared (motto of the U.S. Coast Guard)
Semper Paratus
Diana
Artemis
Very good!
Optime!
carpe diem
seize the day
In what year and how was Pompeii destroyed?
In 79 AD the volcano on Mt. Vesuvius erupted
From 509-27 B.C. the Roman Republic was governed by ___.
consuls
Jupiter
Zeus
equal exchange
quid pro quo
Athena
Minerva
The ancient name for France is
Gallia
Hades
Pluto
Pegasus
white winged horse; carried Bellerophon; sired by Poseidon
mōnstrō
to point out; to show
Gaul (modern France)
Gallia
that is (to say)
i.e. (id est)
Gallia
Gaul (modern France)
It’s two o’clock
Est secunda hora
yes
Ita
little ship
nāviculus -ī m
Mars
Ares
What was Rome’s port city?
Ostia
paterfamiliās -i m.
slave who accompanied child to school
dea -ae f.
goddess
three graces
goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity
bull
taurus -ī
dining room, with a three-sided cushioned bench for reclining surrounding a small table
triclinium
soon
mox
Our Sea (Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea)
Mare Nostrum
map
tabula -ae f
labor omnia vincit
work conquers all
to recite
recito
The first emperor of Rome
Octavian, later known as Augustus
Pluto
Hades
Do not (pl.)
Nolite
office, where family records and treasure chest were kept
tablinum
Salvete
Hello (pl.)
Italia
Italy
Demeter
Ceres
to take care of
cūrõ
to cry
lacrimō
near
prope (adv, also an adj. with the acc.)
The Colosseum in Rome was dedicated in
AD LXXX (AD 80)
Do no (sing.)
Noli
Salve
Hello (sing.)
pirate
pīrāta -ae m.
if
sī
Valete omnes
Goodbye everybody
from the books (library) of
ex libris
Name the most important hill of the seven hills
Capitoline Hill
care, responsibility
cūra -ae f
cūra -ae f
care, responsibility
to hasten, hurry
festīnō
A large open-air interior courtyard. It was the formal room where guests received and clients assembled to wait for their customary morning visits to their patron
atrium
Quid agis?
How are you?
Quid est nomen tibi?
What is your name?
paedagōgus -i m.
slave who accompanied child to school
a decorated pin used to fasten cloaks and draped clothing
fibula
Venus was goddess of
love and beauty
Italy
Italia
per year
per annum
Noli
Do no (sing.)
Anatolia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
Asia
Name the three important plains on the west coast of Italy
Etruria, Latium, and Campania
to count
numero
What is the weather today
Quaenam est emptestas hodie?
Dionysus
Bacchus
Hera
Juno
Who ruled the Roman Republic
Senate and two consuls
A.D. (anno domini)
in the year of our Lord
Swift as the wind was the Greek god Hermes, whom the Romans called
Mercury
Apollo
Apollo
basic garment for Romans
tunica, or tunic
white winged horse; carried Bellerophon; sired by Poseidon
Pegasus
perterritus -a -um
terrified, badly frightened
god of gates and doors, beginnings and ends
Janus
Valete
Goodbye (pl.)
Zeus
Jupiter
Where was Rome located?
Tiber River
ad infinitum
to infinity, endlessly
hour
hora -ae f
Thank you (pl.)
Gratias vobis ago
Hello (greetings) students
Salvete discipuli
Persephone
Proserpina
don’t
nōlīte (+ infinitive)
Greece
Graecia
The typical Roman domus had no windows
facing the street
nōlō nolle nōluī
to be unwilling to
goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity
three graces
Mare Nostrum
Our Sea (Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea)
badly, wrongly
male
etc. (et cetera)
and the rest, and so on
Salvete discipuli
Hello (greetings) students
aperiō (4)
to open
The large island directly south of Italy
Sicily
well
bene
to desire, long for
cupiō cupere cupivi cupitus
Proserpina
Persephone
fēles (fēlis) -is m/f
cat
serva -ae f.
servant, slave
Rhea Silvia and Mars were the parents of ___
Romulus and Remus
per day
per diem
Artemis
Diana
decorative pool at the center of the peristylium
piscina
observō
to pay respect to, guard