NLE Intro Level Study Deck Flashcards
1
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No! Not at all!
A
Minime!
2
Q
school
A
schola -ae f
3
Q
nōtus -a -um
A
well-known, famous
4
Q
per diem
A
per day
5
Q
to eat
A
edō -ere ēdī ēsus
6
Q
One From Many (motto of the United States)
A
E Pluribus Unum
7
Q
Heracles
A
Hercules
8
Q
Two famous roads in Rome
A
Via Sacra, Via appia
9
Q
timidus -a -um
A
timid
10
Q
Hermes
A
Mercury
11
Q
What is the port city on the eastern cost of Italy?
A
Brundisium
12
Q
bene
A
well
13
Q
beware of the dog
A
cave canem
14
Q
Quid novi?
A
What’s new?
15
Q
What time is it?
A
Quota hora est?
16
Q
cave canem
A
beware of the dog
17
Q
Quis es tu?
A
Who are you?
18
Q
How are you?
A
Quid agis?
19
Q
Go to the door
A
Ambula ad januam
20
Q
nine muses
A
Callipe - epic poetry
Clio - history
Erato - love poetry
Euterpe - lyric poetry
Melphomene - tragedy
Polyhymnia - sacred poetry
Terpsichore - coral dance, song
Thalia - comedy
Urania - astronomy
21
Q
amphitheater, arena
A
amphitheātrum -i n
22
Q
Pater Romuli Remique at deus belli erat?
A
Mars
23
Q
Semper Fidelis
A
Always Faithful (motto of the U.S. Marine Corps)
24
Q
note carefully
A
NB or N.B. (nota bene)
25
P.S. (post scriptum)
addition to a letter after the signature
26
a draped cloak worn as an outer garment by Roman women
palla
27
terra incognita
unknown land
28
Founding of Rome
753 B.C.
29
In Roman numerals, there is no symbol for
zero
30
Always Prepared (motto of the U.S. Coast Guard)
Semper Paratus
31
Diana
Artemis
32
Very good!
Optime!
33
carpe diem
seize the day
34
In what year and how was Pompeii destroyed?
In 79 AD the volcano on Mt. Vesuvius erupted
35
From 509-27 B.C. the Roman Republic was governed by \_\_\_.
consuls
36
Jupiter
Zeus
37
equal exchange
quid pro quo
38
Athena
Minerva
39
The ancient name for France is
Gallia
40
Hades
Pluto
41
Pegasus
white winged horse; carried Bellerophon; sired by Poseidon
42
mōnstrō
to point out; to show
43
Gaul (modern France)
Gallia
44
that is (to say)
i.e. (id est)
45
Gallia
Gaul (modern France)
46
It's two o'clock
Est secunda hora
47
yes
Ita
48
little ship
nāviculus -ī *m*
49
Mars
Ares
50
What was Rome's port city?
Ostia
51
paterfamiliās -i *m.*
slave who accompanied child to school
52
dea -ae *f.*
goddess
53
three graces
goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity
54
bull
taurus -ī
55
dining room, with a three-sided cushioned bench for reclining surrounding a small table
triclinium
56
soon
mox
57
Our Sea (Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea)
Mare Nostrum
58
map
tabula -ae *f*
59
labor omnia vincit
work conquers all
60
to recite
recito
61
The first emperor of Rome
Octavian, later known as Augustus
62
Pluto
Hades
63
Do not (pl.)
Nolite
64
office, where family records and treasure chest were kept
tablinum
65
Salvete
Hello (pl.)
66
Italia
Italy
67
Demeter
Ceres
68
to take care of
cūrõ
69
to cry
lacrimō
70
near
prope (adv, also an adj. with the acc.)
71
The Colosseum in Rome was dedicated in
AD LXXX (AD 80)
72
Do no (sing.)
Noli
73
Salve
Hello (sing.)
74
pirate
pīrāta -ae *m.*
75
if
sī
76
Valete omnes
Goodbye everybody
77
from the books (library) of
ex libris
78
Name the most important hill of the seven hills
Capitoline Hill
79
care, responsibility
cūra -ae *f*
80
cūra -ae *f*
care, responsibility
81
to hasten, hurry
festīnō
82
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
83
Quid agis?
How are you?
84
Quid est nomen tibi?
What is your name?
85
paedagōgus -i *m.*
slave who accompanied child to school
86
a decorated pin used to fasten cloaks and draped clothing
fibula
87
Venus was goddess of
love and beauty
88
Italy
Italia
89
per year
per annum
90
Noli
Do no (sing.)
91
Anatolia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
Asia
92
Name the three important plains on the west coast of Italy
Etruria, Latium, and Campania
93
to count
numero
94
What is the weather today
Quaenam est emptestas hodie?
95
Dionysus
Bacchus
96
Hera
Juno
97
Who ruled the Roman Republic
Senate and two consuls
98
A.D. (anno domini)
in the year of our Lord
99
Swift as the wind was the Greek god Hermes, whom the Romans called
Mercury
100
Apollo
Apollo
101
basic garment for Romans
tunica, or tunic
102
white winged horse; carried Bellerophon; sired by Poseidon
Pegasus
103
perterritus -a -um
terrified, badly frightened
104
god of gates and doors, beginnings and ends
Janus
105
Valete
Goodbye (pl.)
106
Zeus
Jupiter
107
Where was Rome located?
Tiber River
108
ad infinitum
to infinity, endlessly
109
hour
hora -ae *f*
110
Thank you (pl.)
Gratias vobis ago
111
Hello (greetings) students
Salvete discipuli
112
Persephone
Proserpina
113
don't
nōlīte (*+ infinitive*)
114
Greece
Graecia
115
The typical Roman *domus* had no windows
facing the street
116
nōlō nolle nōluī
to be unwilling to
117
goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity
three graces
118
Mare Nostrum
Our Sea (Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea)
119
badly, wrongly
male
120
etc. (et cetera)
and the rest, and so on
121
Salvete discipuli
Hello (greetings) students
122
aperiō (4)
to open
123
The large island directly south of Italy
Sicily
124
well
bene
125
to desire, long for
cupiō cupere cupivi cupitus
126
Proserpina
Persephone
127
fēles (fēlis) -is *m/f*
cat
128
serva -ae *f.*
servant, slave
129
Rhea Silvia and Mars were the parents of \_\_\_
Romulus and Remus
130
per day
per diem
131
Artemis
Diana
132
decorative pool at the center of the peristylium
piscina
133
observō
to pay respect to, guard
134
to wish, to want
volō velle voluī
135
Quid est?
What is it?
136
Which goddess was the wife of Jupiter?
Juno
137
stylus (pencil)
stilus -i *m*
138
sī
if
139
three-headed dog; guards gates of Hades
Ceberus
140
addition to a letter after the signature
P.S. (post scriptum)
141
Libya
Africa
142
Which god could be found under Mt. Aetna making weapons for other gods and heros?
Vulcan
143
unknown land
terra incognita
144
worn by a patrician over the tunic for public occasions
toga
145
Aegyptus
Egypt
146
digitus -ī *m*
finger
147
ex libris
from the books (library) of
148
senate house
cūria -ae *f*
149
festīnō
to hasten, hurry
150
Venus
Aphrodite
151
cantō
to sing
152
carried water to Rome
aqueducts
153
the backbone of Italy
Apennine Mountain Range
154
Ceres
Demeter
155
persona non grata
unwelcome person
156
Thank you (sing.)
Gratias tibi ago?
157
for example
e.g. (exempli gratia)
158
Juno
Hera
159
she-wolf
nurtured Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome
160
The three Olympians who ruled the universe were
Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune
161
quid pro quo
equal exchange
162
slowly
tardē
163
paper, stylus (pencil), notebook
papyrus, stilus, tabella
164
The wars with Carthage were also called the
Punic Wars
165
Name 3 countries that surround the Mediterranean Sea.
Italia, Africa, Graecia
166
What is your name?
Quid est nomen tibi?
167
Est secunda hora
It's two o'clock
168
e.g. (exempli gratia)
for example
169
Who are you?
Quis es tu?
170
unwelcome person
persona non grata
171
Aphrodite
Venus
172
Quota hora est?
What time is it?
173
Hello (sing.)
Salve
174
How many heads does the dog Cerberus have?
tres
175
The last king of Rome
Tarquinius Superbus
176
temporarily, for the time being
pro term (pro tempore)
177
in the year of our Lord
A.D. (anno domini)
178
small bedrooms or sitting rooms, usually furnished with no more than a bed and a wooden chest
cubiculum
179
It's raining.
Pluit.
180
īrātus -a -um
angry
181
make haste slowly
festina lente
182
Bacchus
Dionysus
183
lupa -ae *f*
she-wolf
184
Three major mountain ranges in Rome
Apennines, Alps, Pyrenees (between Spain and France)
185
Carthaginian general fought in a long war during the Roman Republic
Hannibal
186
Ambula ad januam
Go to the door
187
to run
curro -ere cocurrī cursus
188
pro term (pro tempore)
temporarily, for the time being
189
cupiō cupere cupivi cupitus
to desire, long for
190
Illyria (modern Croatia, Serbia, etc.)
Illyrium
191
to hurry
propero
192
Thus Always to Tyrants (motto of Virginia)
Sic Semper Tyrannus
193
Egypt
Aegyptus
194
well-known, famous
nōtus -a -um
195
Britannia
Britain
196
mox
soon
197
tempus fugit
time flies
198
The Senate and the People of Rome (motto of the Roman state)
SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus)
199
Who was ruler of the Underworld?
Pluto
200
Britain
Britannia
201
Semper Paratus
Always Prepared (motto of the U.S. Coast Guard)
202
family gods of Rome
lares and penates
203
NB or N.B. (nota bene)
note carefully
204
Optime!
Very good!
205
p.m. (post meridiem)
in the afternoon or evening
206
to open
aperiō (4)
207
Eros
Cupid
208
SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus)
The Senate and the People of Rome (motto of the Roman state)
209
Germany
Germania
210
taurus -ī
bull
211
in the morning
a.m. (ante meridiem)
212
to give thanks
grātiās agere
213
Janus
god of gates and doors, beginnings and ends
214
work conquers all
labor omnia vincit
215
The killing of the Nemean lion was performed by ___ as one of his twelve labors.
Hercules
216
caveat emptor
let the buyer beware
217
edō -ere ēdī ēsus
to eat
218
Minime!
No! Not at all!
219
cat
fēles (fēlis) -is *m/f*
220
male
badly, wrongly
221
Cupid
Eros
222
curro -ere cocurrī cursus
to run
223
lacrimō
to cry
224
Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)
Hispania
225
statim
immediately
226
prope (adv, also an adj. with the acc.)
near
227
Ceberus
three-headed dog; guards gates of Hades
228
amphitheātrum -i *n*
amphitheater, arena
229
Hispania
Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)
230
finger
digitus -ī *m*
231
to pay respect to, guard
observō
232
timid
timidus -a -um
233
Mercury
Hermes
234
hora -ae *f*
hour
235
an amulet worn by Roman children believed to guard against evil spirits
bulla
236
Gratias vobis ago
Thank you (pl.)
237
Apollo
Apollo
238
cūrõ
to take care of
239
Pluit.
It's raining.
240
Neptune
Poseidon
241
cūria -ae *f*
senate house
242
Vale
Goodbye (sing.)
243
after death
post mortem
244
per annum
per year
245
E Pluribus Unum
One From Many (motto of the United States)
246
Ares
Mars
247
servant, slave
serva -ae *f.*
248
yes indeed
ita vero
249
to touch
tangō -ere tetīgī tactus
250
schola -ae *f*
school
251
to a disgusting degree
ad nauseam
252
Brundisium et Ostia et Pompeii sunt in
Italia
253
Poseidon
Neptune
254
Nolite
Do not (pl.)
255
slave who accompanied child to school
paedagōgus -i *m.*
256
Goodbye (sing.)
Vale
257
she-wolf
lupa -ae *f*
258
Frater Neptuni et pater Minervae est
Jupiter
259
slave who accompanied child to school
paterfamiliās -i *m.*
260
Always Faithful (motto of the U.S. Marine Corps)
Semper Fidelis
261
Goodbye (pl.)
Valete
262
kitchen
culina
263
propero
to hurry
264
Hercules
Heracles
265
let the buyer beware
caveat emptor
266
Quis erat pater Romuli et Remi?
Mars
267
Sic Semper Tyrannus
Thus Always to Tyrants (motto of Virginia)
268
a.m. (ante meridiem)
in the morning
269
ad nauseam
to a disgusting degree
270
to be unwilling to
nōlō nolle nōluī
271
to infinity, endlessly
ad infinitum
272
Quaenam est emptestas hodie?
What is the weather today
273
Name the periods of Rome
Monarchy, Roman Republic, Roman Empire
274
ita vero
yes indeed
275
and the rest, and so on
etc. (et cetera)
276
What is it?
Quid est?
277
Vesta
Hestia
278
seize the day
carpe diem
279
recito
to recite
280
an important building in the Forum, also known as the Senate House
Curia
281
to point out; to show
mōnstrō
282
Two great volcanos of Italy
Vesuvius, Aetna (Sicily)
283
volō velle voluī
to wish, to want
284
atrium pool
impluvium
285
tardē
slowly
286
festina lente
make haste slowly
287
the year the Roman empire came to an end
476 A.D.
288
Vulcan
Hephaestos
289
post mortem
after death
290
Hestia
Vesta
291
Graecia
Greece
292
Two famous structures in rome
Circus Maximus, Colosseum
293
wall
mūrus -ī *m*
294
Hello (pl.)
Salvete
295
year Caesar was assassinated
44 B.C.
296
The typical Roman *domus* had no windows
facing the street
297
i.e. (id est)
that is (to say)
298
What's new?
Quid novi?
299
papyrus, stilus, tabella
paper, stylus (pencil), notebook
300
Goodbye everybody
Valete omnes
301
Gratias tibi ago?
Thank you (sing.)
302
Illyrium
Illyria (modern Croatia, Serbia, etc.)
303
public paths
Thermae
304
Hephaestos
Vulcan
305
pīrāta -ae *m.*
pirate
306
time flies
tempus fugit
307
Minerva
Athena
308
grātiās agere
to give thanks
309
Asia
Anatolia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
310
nōlīte (*+ infinitive*)
don't
311
the resort city south of Rome
Pomepeii
312
tabula -ae *f*
map
313
to sing
cantō
314
Who were the infants nurtured by the she-wolf?
Romulus & Remus
315
nāviculus -ī *m*
little ship
316
nurtured Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome
she-wolf
317
stilus -i *m*
stylus (pencil)
318
a straight ankle-length dress fastened at the shoulder with clasps worn over the tunica by Roman women
stola
319
tangō -ere tetīgī tactus
to touch
320
simple apartment blocks
insulae
321
Major Seas of Rome
Mare Nostrum (Mediterranean Sea), Black Sea, Atlantic Ocean
322
the center of government and business activity
Forum
323
goddess
dea -ae *f.*
324
the most famous general of the Roman Republic
Julius Caesar
325
in the afternoon or evening
p.m. (post meridiem)
326
angry
īrātus -a -um
327
Africa
Libya
328
Germania
Germany
329
mūrus -ī *m*
wall
330
terrified, badly frightened
perterritus -a -um
331
Ita
yes
332
immediately
statim
333
numero
to count
