NLE- Prep Flashcards
Zeus
Jupiter
Jupiter
King of the Gods, god of the sky and weather.
Hera
Juno
Juno
Goddess of Marriage
Poseidon
Neptune
Neptune
God of the sea, Earthquakes and Horses.
Demeter
Ceres
Ceres
Goddess of Agriculture and Grain.
Hestia
Vesta
Vesta
Goddess of the hearth and home.
Aphrodite
Venus
Venus
Goddess of love and beauty.
Hephaestus
Vulcan
Vulcan
God of metalworking and fire
Ares
Mars
Mars
God of war and battlelust.
Hermes
Mercury
Mercury
God of messengers, trade and thieves.
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
God of music, prophecy, healing.
Athena
Minerva
Minerva
Goddess of wisdom, war and craft.
Artemis
Diana
Diana
Goddess of hunting, animals and children.
Dionysus
Bacchus
Bacchus
God of wine and festivity.
Heracles
Hercules
Hercules
Apotheosised hero, physical defender of mount Olympus.
Atrium
Formal entrance hall
Piscina
Decorative pool in garden
Ala
“Wings” opening from atrium.
Cubiculum
Small room; bedroom.
Culina
Kitchen
Exedra
Garden room
Peristylium
Colonnaded garden
Taberna
Shop
Tablinum
Office; study
Triclinium
Dining room
Vestibulum
Entrance hall
Janua
Front door
Hodie
Today
Absum, -esse, Afui, afuturus,
To be absent
Adsum
Present (I am here)
Gratias tibi ago
Thank you (I give thanks to you)
Scribe, quaeso, tuum, nomen in tabula
Please write your name up on the board
Silentium, quaeso
Quiet, please
Surgite, omnes
Stand up, everyone
Ubi habitas?
Where do you live?
Pro bono
For the (public) good (done without compensation
Magna cum laude
With great praise
Summa cum laude
With highest praise
Ad (vitam) aeternam
Forever
Mea culpa
My fault
In absentia
In absence
Per capita
Per person, equally per individual
In toto
In all, entirely
Ad hoc
Formed for a specific purpose
Antebellum
Before the Civil War
Viva voce
By word of mouth
Lapsus linguae
Slip of the tongue
Sine die
With no day fixed
Mare nostrum
Our sea
Semper paratus
Always prepared
Semper fidelis
Always faithful (motto of the U. S. Marine Corps)
E pluribus unum
Once from many(motto of the U. S.)
Sic semper tyrannus
Thus always to tyrants(motto of Virginia)
SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus)
The senate and the people of Rome (motto of the Roman state)
Carpe diem
Seize the day
Tempus fugit
Time flies
Festina lente
Make haste slowly
Labor omnis vincit
Work conquers all
a.m. (ante meridiem)
In the morning
p.m. (post meridiem)
In the afternoon or evening
A.D. (anno domini)
In the year of our Lord
Etc. (et cetera)
And the rest, and so on
i.e. (id est)
That is (to say)