October 9 - 3.2: Prepositions, The Great Seal, etc.

Question 1

Preposition

Answer 1

Something that is placed before a noun or pronoun (generally express relations of time and/or space)

Question 2

Word of caution about prepositions and adverbs

Answer 2

Some words can act as both prepositions AND adverbs

Ex: They walked up the stairs | They walked up
I ate before work | I ate before
She helped me through the woods | She helped me through
I passed by the store | I passed by

Question 3

Annuit coeptis meaning and history

Answer 3

Meaning: He/she/it has agreed to what has been undertaken

Origin is that Jupiter, the highest god of the Roman pantheon, is asked to agree with the actions of the Romans-to-be in coming to Italy and defeating the local Italians. The idea behind the Great Seal is that a divine being has agreed to the Americans creating the United States

Question 4

Magnus…ordo…saeclorum

Answer 4

Meaning: A great series of ages

(from one of Vergil’s works)

Question 5

Novus ordo seclorum

Answer 5

Meaning: A new series of ages