States Questions—Advanced Flashcards
Let’s talk about sports! What is the translation of the Tottenham Hotspur motto: “audere est facere”?
TO DARE IS TO DO
B1: Now give the translation for the motto of Manchester City: Superbia in Proelio.
PRIDE IN BATTLE
B2: Now translate Everton F.C.’s motto: Nil satis nisi optimum.
NOTHING BUT THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH
What state has an ablative gerund in its Latin motto, “crēscit eundō”?
NEW MEXICO
B1: Name one of the two states that have a future imperative of sum.
SEE BELOW
B2: Name the other
IDAHO / MISSOURI
The Latin abbreviation s.o.s. has what meaning in English?
IF THERE IS NEED
B1: Give the Latin for that abbreviation.
SI OPUS SIT
B2: The Latin abbreviation p.r.n. is synonymous with s.o.s. Give the Latin for p.r.n.
PRŌ RĒ NATĀ
While walking through the hallway at school, your friend turns to you and says: “Look, Billy always makes outrageous statements. You have to take what says cum granō salis. Translate this phrase
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
B1: Your friends turns to you and says “Ceterīs paribus, I prefer lemons to limes.” Translate the phrase ceterīs paribus.
(WITH) THE REST / OTHER THINGS (BEING) EQUAL
B2: Your history teacher has edited a draft of your essay on the Vietnam War, and in his e-mail to you says: “Please re-submit this mutātīs mutandīs.” Translate this phrase.
WITH THE NECESSARY CHANGES HAVING BEEN MADE
What state has the motto Audēmus iura nostra dēfendere?
ALABAMA
B1: …Crescite et multiplicāminī?
MARYLAND
B2: …Animīs opibusque parātī?
SOUTH CAROLNA
Translate the motto of the Kings of Scotland: Nemō mē impunē lacessit.
NO ONE PROVOKES ME WITH IMPUNITY
B1: Translate the motto of the Society of Jesus: Ad maiorem deī gloriam.
TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD
B2: Translate the motto of Louis XIV: Nec pluribus impar.
NOT UNEQUAL TO MOST / MORE or THE EQUAL TO MOST / MORE
The quotations “Vītanda est improba sīren dēsidia,” “Dulce et decorum est pro patriā morī,” and,“Aurea mediocritās” were all written by what author?
HORACE
B1: Translate the Horatian quote: “Exēgī monumentum aere perennius.”
I HAVE ERECTED A MONUMENT MORE LASTING THAN BRONZE
B2: Translate the first quote from the toss-up, “Vītanda est improba sīren dēsidia.”
LAZINESS / IDLENESS, THE WICKED SIREN, MUST BE AVOIDED
Complete this well-known Latin phrase: Vox populī ___________.
VOX DEĪ
B1: …Dē mortuīs__________.
NIL NISI BONUM
B2: …Asinus asinum ________.
FRICAT
What Latin abbreviation designates a document listing one’s job experience and education?
C.V.
B1: Give the Latin and English for C.V.
CURICULUM VĪTAE - THE COURSE OF LIFE
B2: Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation i.a
INTER ALIA - AMONG OTHER THINGS
Translate the motto of the state of Maryland, Scutō bonae voluntātis tuae coronāstī nōs.
WITH THE SHIELD OF THY GOOD WILL, THOU HAST COVERED US
B1: What is the non-syncopated form of coronāstī?
CORONĀVISTĪ
B2: Which state’s motto contains a gerund?
NEW MEXICO’S (CRESCIT EUNDŌ)
What university has as its motto Dominus Illuminatiō Mea?
OXFORD
B1: Translate that motto.
THE LORD, MY LIGHT
B2: Cambridge University’s motto Hinc lucem et pocula sacra figuratively means “From this place we gain enlightenment and sacred knowledge,” translate it literally.
HENCE / FROM THIS PLACE LIGHT AND SACRED GOBLETS
What Latin phrase, equivalent to “when pigs fly,” literally means “until the Greek Kalends”?
AD KALENDĀS GRAECĀS
B1: What Latin phrase, synonymous with “treachery,” reflects the Roman attitude toward their rivals in the Punic Wars?
PUNICA FIDES
B2: What Latin phrase, equivalent to the English idiom “to take a bull by the horns,” literally
means to hold a wolf by the ears”?
TENĒRE LUPUM AURIBUS
