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
to wish, to want
volō velle voluī
Quid est?
What is it?
Which goddess was the wife of Jupiter?
Juno
stylus (pencil)
stilus -i m
sī
if
three-headed dog; guards gates of Hades
Ceberus
addition to a letter after the signature
P.S. (post scriptum)
Libya
Africa
Which god could be found under Mt. Aetna making weapons for other gods and heros?
Vulcan
unknown land
terra incognita
worn by a patrician over the tunic for public occasions
toga
Aegyptus
Egypt
digitus -ī m
finger
ex libris
from the books (library) of
senate house
cūria -ae f
festīnō
to hasten, hurry
Venus
Aphrodite
cantō
to sing
carried water to Rome
aqueducts
the backbone of Italy
Apennine Mountain Range
Ceres
Demeter
persona non grata
unwelcome person
Thank you (sing.)
Gratias tibi ago?
for example
e.g. (exempli gratia)
Juno
Hera
she-wolf
nurtured Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome
The three Olympians who ruled the universe were
Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune
quid pro quo
equal exchange
slowly
tardē
paper, stylus (pencil), notebook
papyrus, stilus, tabella
The wars with Carthage were also called the
Punic Wars
Name 3 countries that surround the Mediterranean Sea.
Italia, Africa, Graecia
What is your name?
Quid est nomen tibi?
Est secunda hora
It’s two o’clock
e.g. (exempli gratia)
for example
Who are you?
Quis es tu?
unwelcome person
persona non grata
Aphrodite
Venus
Quota hora est?
What time is it?
Hello (sing.)
Salve
How many heads does the dog Cerberus have?
tres
The last king of Rome
Tarquinius Superbus
temporarily, for the time being
pro term (pro tempore)
in the year of our Lord
A.D. (anno domini)
small bedrooms or sitting rooms, usually furnished with no more than a bed and a wooden chest
cubiculum
It’s raining.
Pluit.
īrātus -a -um
angry
make haste slowly
festina lente
Bacchus
Dionysus
lupa -ae f
she-wolf
Three major mountain ranges in Rome
Apennines, Alps, Pyrenees (between Spain and France)
Carthaginian general fought in a long war during the Roman Republic
Hannibal
Ambula ad januam
Go to the door
to run
curro -ere cocurrī cursus
pro term (pro tempore)
temporarily, for the time being
cupiō cupere cupivi cupitus
to desire, long for
Illyria (modern Croatia, Serbia, etc.)
Illyrium
to hurry
propero
Thus Always to Tyrants (motto of Virginia)
Sic Semper Tyrannus
Egypt
Aegyptus
well-known, famous
nōtus -a -um
Britannia
Britain
mox
soon
tempus fugit
time flies
The Senate and the People of Rome (motto of the Roman state)
SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus)
Who was ruler of the Underworld?
Pluto
Britain
Britannia
Semper Paratus
Always Prepared (motto of the U.S. Coast Guard)
family gods of Rome
lares and penates
NB or N.B. (nota bene)
note carefully
Optime!
Very good!
p.m. (post meridiem)
in the afternoon or evening
to open
aperiō (4)
Eros
Cupid
SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus)
The Senate and the People of Rome (motto of the Roman state)
Germany
Germania
taurus -ī
bull
in the morning
a.m. (ante meridiem)
to give thanks
grātiās agere
Janus
god of gates and doors, beginnings and ends
work conquers all
labor omnia vincit
The killing of the Nemean lion was performed by ___ as one of his twelve labors.
Hercules
caveat emptor
let the buyer beware
edō -ere ēdī ēsus
to eat
Minime!
No! Not at all!
cat
fēles (fēlis) -is m/f
male
badly, wrongly
Cupid
Eros
curro -ere cocurrī cursus
to run
lacrimō
to cry
Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)
Hispania
statim
immediately
prope (adv, also an adj. with the acc.)
near
Ceberus
three-headed dog; guards gates of Hades
amphitheātrum -i n
amphitheater, arena
Hispania
Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)
finger
digitus -ī m
to pay respect to, guard
observō
timid
timidus -a -um
Mercury
Hermes
hora -ae f
hour
an amulet worn by Roman children believed to guard against evil spirits
bulla
Gratias vobis ago
Thank you (pl.)
Apollo
Apollo
cūrõ
to take care of
Pluit.
It’s raining.
Neptune
Poseidon
cūria -ae f
senate house
Vale
Goodbye (sing.)
after death
post mortem
per annum
per year
E Pluribus Unum
One From Many (motto of the United States)
Ares
Mars
servant, slave
serva -ae f.
yes indeed
ita vero
to touch
tangō -ere tetīgī tactus
schola -ae f
school
to a disgusting degree
ad nauseam
Brundisium et Ostia et Pompeii sunt in
Italia
Poseidon
Neptune
Nolite
Do not (pl.)
slave who accompanied child to school
paedagōgus -i m.
Goodbye (sing.)
Vale
she-wolf
lupa -ae f
Frater Neptuni et pater Minervae est
Jupiter
slave who accompanied child to school
paterfamiliās -i m.
Always Faithful (motto of the U.S. Marine Corps)
Semper Fidelis
Goodbye (pl.)
Valete
kitchen
culina
propero
to hurry
Hercules
Heracles
let the buyer beware
caveat emptor
Quis erat pater Romuli et Remi?
Mars
Sic Semper Tyrannus
Thus Always to Tyrants (motto of Virginia)
a.m. (ante meridiem)
in the morning
ad nauseam
to a disgusting degree
to be unwilling to
nōlō nolle nōluī
to infinity, endlessly
ad infinitum
Quaenam est emptestas hodie?
What is the weather today
Name the periods of Rome
Monarchy, Roman Republic, Roman Empire
ita vero
yes indeed
and the rest, and so on
etc. (et cetera)
What is it?
Quid est?
Vesta
Hestia
seize the day
carpe diem
recito
to recite
an important building in the Forum, also known as the Senate House
Curia
to point out; to show
mōnstrō
Two great volcanos of Italy
Vesuvius, Aetna (Sicily)
volō velle voluī
to wish, to want
atrium pool
impluvium
tardē
slowly
festina lente
make haste slowly
the year the Roman empire came to an end
476 A.D.
Vulcan
Hephaestos
post mortem
after death
Hestia
Vesta
Graecia
Greece
Two famous structures in rome
Circus Maximus, Colosseum
wall
mūrus -ī m
Hello (pl.)
Salvete
year Caesar was assassinated
44 B.C.
The typical Roman domus had no windows
facing the street
i.e. (id est)
that is (to say)
What’s new?
Quid novi?
papyrus, stilus, tabella
paper, stylus (pencil), notebook
Goodbye everybody
Valete omnes
Gratias tibi ago?
Thank you (sing.)
Illyrium
Illyria (modern Croatia, Serbia, etc.)
public paths
Thermae
Hephaestos
Vulcan
pīrāta -ae m.
pirate
time flies
tempus fugit
Minerva
Athena
grātiās agere
to give thanks
Asia
Anatolia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
nōlīte (+ infinitive)
don’t
the resort city south of Rome
Pomepeii
tabula -ae f
map
to sing
cantō
Who were the infants nurtured by the she-wolf?
Romulus & Remus
nāviculus -ī m
little ship
nurtured Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome
she-wolf
stilus -i m
stylus (pencil)
a straight ankle-length dress fastened at the shoulder with clasps worn over the tunica by Roman women
stola
tangō -ere tetīgī tactus
to touch
simple apartment blocks
insulae
Major Seas of Rome
Mare Nostrum (Mediterranean Sea), Black Sea, Atlantic Ocean
the center of government and business activity
Forum
goddess
dea -ae f.
the most famous general of the Roman Republic
Julius Caesar
in the afternoon or evening
p.m. (post meridiem)
angry
īrātus -a -um
Africa
Libya
Germania
Germany
mūrus -ī m
wall
terrified, badly frightened
perterritus -a -um
Ita
yes
immediately
statim
numero
to count
