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What is the dictionary entry for the irregular verb that means “to want”?

A

VOLŌ, VELLE, VOLUĪ

B1: What is the dictionary entry for the irregular verb that means “to raise”?

TOLLŌ, TOLLERE, SUSTULĪ, SUBLĀTUM

B2: What is the dictionary entry for the irregular verb that means “to go”?

EŌ, ĪRE, IĪ/ĪVĪ, ITUM

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: What first declension noun means window?

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FENESTRA

B1: What second declension noun means roof?

TECTUM

B2: What third declension noun means wall?

PARIES

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Differentiate in meaning between diu and dies.

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FOR A LONG TIME and DAY

B1: Differentiate in meaning between dignus and digitus

WORTHY and FINGER

B2: Differentiate between dirus and dives

DREADFUL and RICH

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Quid Anglice significat dolus

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DECEIT/TRICK

B1: Quid Anglice significat dolor.

PAIN

B2: Quid Anglice significat deleo.

DESTROY/ERASE

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Differentiate in meaning between vito and vita

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AVOID and LIFE

B1: Differentiate in meaning between vitium and vitrum

VICE and GLASS

B2: Differentiate in meaning between volo, velle and volo, volare

WANT and FLY

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What derivative of ago, agere means “an analytic or interpretive written composition usually with its subject from a limited or personal point of view”?

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ESSAY

B1: What derivative of ago, agere means “to crouch close to the ground”?

SQUAT

B2: What derivative of ago, agere means “to inspect closely”?

EXAMINE

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Quid Anglice significat spero?

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TO HOPE

B1: Quid Anglice significat spiro?

TO BREATHE

B2: Quid Anglice significat sperno?

TO REJECT

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What word in the following sentence is derived from a Latin verb meaning “to rule”: Real abrupt ruin enrages the arrogant regent.

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REGENT

B1: What word in the following sentence is derived from a Latin verb meaning “to ask”: Real abrupt ruin enrages the arrogant regent.

ARROGANT

B2: What word in the following sentence is derived from a Latin noun meaning “thing”: Real abrupt ruin enrages the arrogant regent.

REAL

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What deponent verb means “to follow”?

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SEQUOR

B1: What deponent verb means “to talk”?

LOQUOR

B2: What deponent verb means “to suffer”?

PATIOR

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From what third conjugation verb, with what meaning is the English word “subjunctive” ultimately derived?”

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IUNGO-TO JOIN

B1: What dependent use of the subjunctive is a derivative of a third conjugation verb
meaning “to put or place”?

PURPOSE

B2: What independent use of the subjunctive is a derivative of a second conjugation verb meaning “to order”?

JUSSIVE

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Differentiate in meaning between nemo and nego.

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NO ONE and DENY

B1: Differentiate in meaning between nullus and neuter.

NO and NEITHER

B2: Differentiate in meaning between nox and nux.

NIGHT and NUT

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What word in the following sentence is a form of a Latin adjective meaning “slow”: lepus celer a testudine tardissima superabatur?

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TARDISSIMA

B1: What word in that sentence means turtle?

TESTUDINE

B2: What word in that sentence means rabbit?

LEPUS

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Quid Anglice significat aurum?

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GOLD

B1: Quid Anglice significat auris?

EAR

B2: Quid Anglice significat aura?

BREEZE

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Many states’ names have their ultimate roots in Latin words. Name either of the two states that derive their name from the Latin word for mountain.

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MONTANA/VERMONT

B1: What state gets its name from the Latin word for color?

COLORADO

B2: What state gets its name from the Latin word for snow?

NEVADA

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What word in the following sentence means “happy”: paucī discipulī cibum ūnī caprō aegrō laetius dedērunt.

A

B1: What word in the following sentence means “a few”: paucī discipulī cibum ūnī caprō aegrō laetius dedērunt.

PAUCI

B2: What word in the following sentence means “sick”: paucī discipulī cibum ūnī caprō aegrō laetius dedērunt.

AEGRO

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Which does not come from the same Latin root as the others: liberate, delivery, libretto, libertine?

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LIBRETTO

B1: What noun with what meaning is at the root of libretto?

LIBER-BOOK

B2: What noun from the same root as libretto means “a defamatory statement”?

LIBEL

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What word in the following sentence is derived from a verb meaning to want: The advocate voluntarily went into the vault with the volatile carnivorous vulture?

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VOLUNTARILY

B1: What word in the sentence comes from a Latin verb meaning “to roll”?

VAULT

B2: What word in that sentence comes from a Latin verb meaning “to fly”?

VOLATILE

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Which does not have the same Latin root as the others: manacle, manager, manure, manger?

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MANGER

B1: From what noun with what meaning do manacle, manager, and manure come from?

MANUS-HAND

B2: What derivative of manus means “a written statement declaring publicly the
intentions, motives, or views of its issuer”?

MANIFESTO/MANIFEST

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What Latin noun with what meaning is at the root of granny, madonna, domain, and domestic?

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DOMUS—HOUSE

B1: What Latin noun with what meaning is at the root of casino?

CASA—HOUSE

B2: What Latin noun with what meaning is at the root of edifice and edify?

AEDIS—BUILDING,TEMPLE or AEDĒS—HOUSE

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Which word in the following sentence comes from a Latin verb meaning “to yield”: On occasion, the incessant chiseling causes incalculable calamity?

A

INCESSANT

B1: What word in that sentence comes from a Latin verb meaning “to fall”?

OCCASION

B2: What word in that sentence comes from a Latin verb meaning “to cut”?

CHISELING

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Differentiate in meaning between faciēs and facilis

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APPEARANCE/FACE and EASY

B1: Differentiate in meaning between fidēs and finis.

FAITH and END/BOUNDRY

B2: Differentiate in meaning between fors and forma.

CHANCE/FATE and SHAPE/BEAUTY

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Differentiate in meaning between gens and genu.

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TRIBE/RACE/CLAN and KNEE

B1: Differentiate in meaning between cor and cornu.

HEART and HORN

B2: Differentiate in meaning between manus and manes.

HAND/BAND and SPIRITS

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What Latin noun describes all of the following: psittacus, corvus, cycnus, aquila, vultur?

A

AVIS / AVĒS (prompt on ANIMAL)

B1: What sort of avis was an aquila?

EAGLE

B2: What sort of avis was a corvus?

RAVEN/CROW

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Give the dictionary entry for the first conjugation verb meaning “to try”

A

TEMPTO, TEMPTARE, TEMPTAVI, TEMPTATUM- TO TRY /
CONOR, CONARI, CONATUS SUM - TO TRY

B1: Give the dictionary entry for the third declension noun that means “time”.

TEMPUS, TEMPORIS N. - TIME

B2: Give the dictionary entry for the third conjugation verb that means “to stretch”.

TENDO, TENDERE, TETENDI, TENSUM/TENTUM- TO STRETCH

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What is the meaning of the Latin adjective at the root of “levee”?

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LIGHT

B1: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective at the root of “assemble”?

SIMILAR

B2: What is the meaning of the Latin adjective at the root of “grievance”?

HEAVY

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Identify the word in the following sentence that is derived from the Latin noun that means “book”: The allegations of illicit actions at the carnival are deliberate libel

A

LIBEL

B1: What word in that sentence is derived from the adjective for “light”?

CARNIVAL

B2: What word in that sentence is derived from an impersonal verb meaning “it is
permitted”?

ILLICIT

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What second conjugation verb is an antonym of sanare?

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NOCERE

B1: What third conjugation verb, from which we get lesion, is a synonym of nocere?

LAEDERE

B2: Give a first conjugation verb that is a synonym of nocere.

VULNERARE

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What word in the following sentence is derived from a Latin verb meaning to fall: Calcite incidentally changed the cement caldron, and incapacitated the cad’s chalice.

A

INCIDENTALLY

B1: What word in that sentence is derived from a Latin verb meaning to cut: Calcite
incidentally changed the cement caldron, and incapacitated the cad’s chalice.

CEMENT

B2: What word in that sentence is derived from a Latin verb meaning to be warm: Calcite incidentally changed the cement caldron, and incapacitated the cad’s chalice.

CALDRON

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What English derivative from the Latin verb meaning “to join” is “an uninflected linguistic form that joins together sentences, clauses, phrases, or words”?

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CONJUNCTION

B1: What English derivative from the Latin verb meaning “to throw” is “an utterance
usually lacking grammatical connection such as a cry or inarticulate utterance expressing emotion”?

INTERJECTION

B2: What English word from the Latin noun meaning “part” is “a word having
characteristics of both verb and adjective”?

PARTICIPLE

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Which of the following English words does not come from the same root: jetty, jut, adjacent, projectile?

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ADJACENT

B1: What verb with what meaning does adjacent come from?

IACEO-TO LIE

B2: What verb with what meaning do the rest of the words in the tossup come from?

IACIO-TO THROW

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: What derivative of maneō refers to the leftover undivided part that is lower than the divisor?

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REMAINDER

B1: What derivative of maneō refers to a large house or estate?

MANSION/MANOR

B2: What derivative of maneō is a synonym for zoo?

MENAGERIE

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Which does not have the same root as the others: pilgrim, vinegar, agriculture, agrarian

A

VINEGAR

B1: What adjective with what meaning is at the root of vinegar?

ACER-SHARP

B2: What noun is the root of the other words in the tossup?

AGER

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Which of the following, if any, does not belong by derivation: prerogative, direct, regulate, incorrigible?

A

PREOGATIVE

B1: From what Latin verb with what meaning does “prerogative “come?

ROGO-ASK

B2: From what Latin verb with what meaning do the rest of the words in the toss-up derive?

REGO-RULE

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Quid Anglicē significat “temptō”?

A

TO TRY / ATTEMPT

B1: **Quid Anglicē significat “persuadeō”? **

TO PERSUADE

B2: **Quid Anglicē significat “cogo”? **

TO FORCE / COMPEL

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Differentiate in meaning between nuntius and numen.

A

NUNTIUS – MESSENGER; NUMEN – DIVINE WILL/NOD

B1: …between genus and genu.

GENUS – RACE/KIND; GENU - KNEE

B2: …between hostis and hospes.

HOSTIS – ENEMY; HOSPES – GUEST/HOST

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From what deponent verb with what meaning are “patient”, “compatible”, and “passive” derived?

A

PATIOR – TO SUFFER, ENDURE

B1: From what deponent verb with what meaning are “ensue”, “sectarian”, and “sequel” derived?

SEQUOR – TO FOLLOW

B2: From what deponent verb with what meaning are “avalanche” and “relapse” derived?

LABOR – TO SLIP

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Which of the following does not belong by derivation: adore, ordain, inexorable, oracle?

A

ORDAIN

B1: From what Latin noun with what meaning does “ordain” come?

ORDO – ORDER, RANK

B2: From what Latin verb with what meaning do the other words in the toss up come?

ORO – TO BEG, ASK, BESEECH

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What English verb, a derivative of the Latin adjective fortis means “to protect or strengthen against attack”?

A

FORTIFY

B1: What English adjective, a derivative of the Latin adjective levis means “not applicable or pertinent”?

IRRELEVANT

B2: What English noun, a derivative of the Latin adjective dulcis means “a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers”?

DULCIMER

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From what Latin noun with what meaning do we derive “impede”, and “pedestal”?

A

PES - FOOT

B1: From what Latin adjective with what meaning do we derive “iniquity”, “inadequacy”, and “equation”?

AEQUUS - EQUAL

B2: From what Latin noun with what meaning do we derive “forgery” and “fabricate”?

FABER – WORKMAN, ARTISAN, CARPENTER

40
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Differentiate in meaning between vix and vexo.

A

VIX – HARDLY/SCARECLY; VEXO - ANNOY

B1: … between ius and iam.

IUS – LAW/RIGHT; IAM – ALREADY

B2: … between soleo and gaudeo.

SOLEO – TO BE ACCUSTOMED; GAUDEO – TO REJOICE

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Perhaps this year you took one of the NJCL digital contests. From what Latin noun, with what meaning do we derive “digitial”?

A

DIGITUS – FINGER

B1: From what Latin noun, with what meaning, do we derive “contest”?

TESTIS – WITNESS

B2: You really want to do well on the derivatives test. From what Latin noun, with what meaning do we derive “derivative”?

RĪVUS - RIVER

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Give the dictionary entry for the 3rd declension Latin noun that means “fire”.

A

IGNIS, IGNIS, M

B1: … that means “guard”.

CUSTOS, CUSTODIS M.

B2: … 3rd declension neuter Latin noun that means “work, need”.

OPUS, OPERIS N.

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The English words “insatiate” and “satisfactory” come from what Latin word?

A

SATIS

B1: The English words “redound” and “undulate” come from what Latin word?

UNDA

B2: The English words “vouch” and “advocate” come from what Latin word?

VOX

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From what impersonal verb with what meaning are “leisure”, “illicit”, and “license” derived?

A

LICET – IT IS PERMITTED

B1: From what defective verb with what meaning are “annoy”, “noisome”, and “odius” derived?

ODI – TO HATE

B2: From what deponent verb with what meaning are “affable”, “infancy”, and “fate” derived?

**FOR **– TO SPEAK

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Differentiate in meaning between creo and cresco

A

CREO – CREATE, MAKE; CRESCO – GROW, INCREASE

B1: …between facies and fax.

FACIES – FACE, APPEARANCE; FAX – TORCH

B2: …between īdem and idoneus.

ĪDEM – THE SAME; IDONEUS - SUITABLE

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From what 2nd conjugation verb, with what meaning, do we derive “melee” and “miscellany”?

A

MISCEO – TO MIX

B1: What derivative of misceō means “fond of interfering”?

MEDDLESOME

B2: What derivative of misceō means “a collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous peace?

MEDLEY

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Give a Latin preposition meaning on account of

A

Answer: OB/PROPTER

B1. Give a synonym of the preposition post

Answer: PONE

B2. Give a synonym of the preposition prope

Answer: AD/PROPTER

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Which of the following is NOT derived from the same root as the others? accident, cadence, ACCESS, decay,

A

Answer: ACCESS

B1. From what root is access derived?

Answer: CEDO

B2. From what root are the others derived?

Answer: CADO

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Give the principal parts of the Latin verb meaning drive out

A

Answer: EXPELLŌ, EXPELLERE, EXPŪLĪ, EXPULSUS

B1. Give the principal parts of the Latin verb meaning throw

Answer: IACIO, IACERE, IĒCĪ, IACTUS (IACTO, 1)

B2. Give the principal parts of the Latin verb meaning seek or attack

Answer: PETO, PETERE, PETĪVI, PETITUS

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Give the Latin noun and its meaning which give us domestic

A

Answer: DOMUS, HOME

B1. What English verb meaning to rule, control, or to be the most important part of something is from the same root?

Answer: DOMINATE

B2. What English verb meaning to rule, control, or to bring into danger or peril is
from the same root?

Answer: ENDANGER

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From what Latin noun is alarm derived?

A

Answer: ARMA

B1. From what Latin noun is artificial derived?

Answer: ARS

B2. From what verb is artificial also derived?

Answer: FACIO

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Distinguish in meaning between spero and sperno

A

Answer: SPERO = TO HOPE, SPERNO = TO DESPISE, REJECT, SPURN

B1. Distinguish in meaning between audeo and augeo

Answer: AUDEO = TO DARE, AUGEO = TO INCREASE, ENLARGE

B2. Distinguish in meaning between paro and pareo

Answer: PARO = TO PREPARE, PAREO = TO OBEY

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Give the dictionary entry for the Latin verb from which audiophile is derived.

A

Answer: AUDIO, AUDIRE, AUDIVI, AUDITUS, TO HEAR, LISTEN

B1. Give the dictionary entry for the related Latin noun from which monaural is derived.

Answer: AURIS, AURIS, F. EAR

B2. What English verb meaning “to follow the commands of” is derived from audio

Answer: obey

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What Latin noun with what meaning gives us trident?

A

Answer: DENS, TOOTH

B1. Dens also gives us this noun that means “a space at the beginning of a line or paragraph.”

Answer: INDENTATION

B2. Dens also gives us this noun that means “a contract which binds one person to work for another for a given period of time.

Answer: INDENTURE

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Which of the following does not belong according to meaning: vultur, aquila, corvus, APIS, cycnus

A

Answer: APIS

B1. What is an apis?

Answer: BEE

B2. What is an aquila

Answer: EAGLE

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What 1st and 2nd declension adjective means hostile or unfriendly

A

Answer: INIMICUS

B1. What 1st and 2nd declension adjective means disturbed or moved

Answer: COMMOTUS/MOTUS

B2. What 1st and 2nd declension adjective means unwilling

Answer: INVITUS

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Give the principle parts of the Latin verb which gives us incredible

A

Answer: CREDO, CREDERE, CREDIDI, CREDITUM

B1. Also coming from credo is this English verb meaning to give or allow.

Answer: GRANT

B2. Also from the same root is this noun meaning the willingness to believe something.

Answer: CREDULITY

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What is the meaning of the Latin noun flumen

A

Answer: RIVER/STREAM

B1. What is the meaning of the Latin noun telum

Answer: WEAPON, MISSLE, ARROW, JAVELIN

B2. What is the meaning of the Latin noun consilium

Answer: PLAN, ADVICE

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Give the dictionary entry for the Latin adjective meaning easy

A

Answer: FACILIS, FACILE

B1. Give the dictionary entry for the 3rd declension Latin adjective meaning lucky

Answer: FELIS, FELICIS

B2. Give the dictionary entry for the 3rd declension Latin adjective meaning sharp, keen

Answer: ACER, ACRIS, ACR

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From what Latin verb with what meaning is envy derived?

A

Answer: VIDEO, TO SEE

B1. Also from video is this adjective meaning wise

Answer: PRUDENT

B2. What English noun for a person who measures an area of land

Answer: SURVEYOR

61
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What deponent Latin verb means follow

A

Answer: SEQUOR

B1. What deponent Latin verb means return

Answer: REGREDIOR

B2. What deponent verb means pray

Answer: PRECOR

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Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which the English noun bib comes

A

Answer: BIBO, DRINK

B1. Another Latin verb that means to drink or drain gives us the noun exhaust from what verb
does exhaust come?

Answer: HAURIO

B2. Our word draw, on the other hand is cognate with a Latin verb that gives us tract and treaty. What is this Latin verb?

Answer: TRAHO

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What is the meaning of the Latin noun clamor

A

Answer: SHOUT, NOISE, UPROAR

B1. What is the meaning of the Latin noun civis

Answer: CITIZEN

B2. What is the meaning of the Latin noun epistula

Answer: LETTER

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Which of the following is NOT derived from the same root as the others? sure, secure, sure, CURRENT

A

Answer: CURRENT

B1. From what root with what meaning is current derived?

Answer: CURRO, RUN

B2. From what root with what meaning are the others derived?

Answer: CURA, CARE

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From what Latin verb is convict derived?

A

Answer: VINCO

B1. From what Latin noun is devious derived

Answer: VIA

B2. . From what Latin verb is adversary derived

Answer: VERTO

66
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Differentiate in meaning between inter and intrā

A

INTER - BETWEEN / AMONG INTRĀ - WITHIN

B1: …nullus and ullus.

NULLUS - NO / NONE ULLUS - ANY

B2: …pareō and parcō.

PAREŌ - OBEY PARCŌ - SPARE

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What fourth declension Latin noun, with what meaning, is at the root of “manicure”?

A

MANUS - HAND

B1: … “preliminary”?

LĪMEN - THRESHOLD / DOORWAY

B2: … “specious”?

SPECIES - SIGHT / APPEARANCE

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What derivative of the Latin verb emō, emere means “free from an obligation or liability imposed on others”?

A

EXEMPT

B1: …means “the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil”?

REDEMPTION

B2: …means “a sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner”?

RANSOM

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Quid Anglicē significat “lītus”?

A

SHORE

B1: Quid Anglicē significat “mundus”?

WORLD / UNIVERSE

B2: Quid Anglicē significat “obscurus”?

DARK / SHADY / SHADOWY / GLOOMY / HIDDEN

70
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Give the principal parts of frangō.

A

FRANGŌ, FRANGERE, FRĒGĪ, FRACTUM

B1: …of fundō.

FUNDŌ, FUNDERE, FŪDĪ, FŪSUM

B2: …of gaudeō.

GAUDEŌ, GAUDĒRE, GAVĪSUS (SUM)

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Give a SYNONYM of arbitror

A

REOR / COGITŌ / PUTŌ / EXISTIMŌ / CENSEŌ

B1: Give a SYNONYM of fortitūdō.

VIRTŪS / AUDACIA

B2: Give a SYNONYM of consuētūdō.

MOS / INSTITUTUM

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What is the meaning of the Latin idiom “quam celerrimē”?

A

AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

B1: …“solis occāsū”?

AT SUNSET

B2: …“quā dē causā”?

FOR THIS REASON / WHY

73
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Differentiate in meaning between moror and morior

A

MOROR - DELAY MORIOR - DIE

B1: …between vultus and vetus.

VULTUS - FACE / COUNTENANCE VETUS - OLD

B2: …between currus and cursus.

CURRUS - CHARIOT CURSUS - COURSE / RUNNING

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From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive “execute” and “sequential”?

A

SEQUOR - FOLLOW

B1: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive “reverent”?

VEREOR - FEAR

B2: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive “progress”?

GRADIOR - STEP

75
Q

Quid Anglicē significat “vēndō”?

A

SELL

B1: Quid Anglicē significat “vestimentum”?

CLOTHING / GARMENT

B2: Quid Anglicē significat “verberō”?

TO BEAT / HIT / STRIKE

76
Q

Differentiate in meaning between plānus and plēnus.

A

PLĀNUS - FLAT / LEVEL / EVEN PLĒNUS - FULL

B1: …between prosum and praesum.

PROSUM - BE OF ADVANTAGE / HELP / BENEFIT PRAESUM - BE IN CHARGE OF

B2: …between noscō and poscō.

NOSCŌ - LEARN / KNOW POSCŌ - ASK / DEAMAND

77
Q

From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive “obituary” and “intransigent”?

A

EŌ - GO

B1: What English noun, derived from eō, īre, means “a European nobleman whose rank
corresponds to an English earl”?

COUNT

B2: What English noun, derived from eō, īre, means “conduct or speech inciting people to
rebel against the authority of a state or monarch”?

SEDITION

Certamen Language Vocabulary / Derivatives Questions (13 decks)

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