Trojan War Vocabulary

Question 1

bellum

Answer 1

Definition: war
Derivatives: rebellion, belligerent, antebellum

Question 2

caedere, caesus

Answer 2

Definition: kill
Derivatives: caesarean, genocide, fratricide, matricide, regicide

Question 3

circum

Answer 3

Definition: around
Derivatives: circumvent, circumference, circumstance, circle

Question 4

ducere, ductus

Answer 4

Definition: lead
Derivatives: deductible, abduction, induct, education, conduct

Question 5

equus

Answer 5

Definition: horse
Derivatives: equestrian, equine

Question 6

frangere, fractus

Answer 6

Definition: break
Derivatives: fragile, fragment, infraction, refract

Question 7

mors, mortis

Answer 7

Definition: death
Derivatives: mortifying, mortician, immortal, mortgage, mortality

Question 8

pax, pacis

Answer 8

Definition: peace
Derivatives: pacifist, pacifier, pacific, paix(Fr.), paz(Sp.)

Question 9

pellere, pulsus

Answer 9

Definition: push
Derivatives: pulsation, repellent, compelling, propeller

Question 10

pes, pedis

Answer 10

Definition: foot
Derivatives: pedestrian, podiatrist

Question 11

tempus, temporis

Answer 11

Definition: time
Derivatives: contemporaries, extemporaneously, temporarily, temporality, tiempo(Sp.)

Question 12

trahere, tractus

Answer 12

Definition: drag
Derivatives: retraction, tractor, protracted, attracting, extract

Question 13

venire, ventus

Answer 13

Definition: come
Derivatives: souvenirs, adventurer, conventional, preventing, invention

Question 14

ειρηνη

Answer 14

Transliteration: eirēnē
Definition: peace
Derivatives: Irene, Erina

Question 15

μισειν

Answer 15

Transliteration: misein
Definition: hate
Derivatives: misanthropic, misandrist, misophonea, misogamy, misoneism

Question 16

νίκη

Answer 16

Transliteration: nikē
Definition: victory
Derivatives: nike, Nick, Nichole

Question 17

πόλεμος

Answer 17

Transliteration: polemos
Definition: war
Derivatives: polemic

Question 18

στρατηγός

Answer 18

Transliteration: stratēgos
Definition: general
Derivatives: strategic, strategize, strategy

Question 19

war(Latin)

Answer 19

bellum

Question 20

kill

Answer 20

caedere, caesus

Question 21

around

Answer 21

circum

Question 22

lead

Answer 22

ducere, ductus

Question 23

horse

Answer 23

equus

Question 24

break

Answer 24

frangere, fractus

Question 25

death

Answer 25

mors, mortis

Question 26

peace(Latin)

Answer 26

pax, pacis

Question 27

push

Answer 27

pellere, pulsus

Question 28

foot

Answer 28

pes, pedis

Question 29

drag

Answer 29

trahere, tractus

Question 30

come

Answer 30

venire, ventus

Question 31

peace(Greek)

Answer 31

ειρηνη/eirēnē

Question 32

hate

Answer 32

μισειν/misein

Question 33

war(Greek)

Answer 33

πόλεμος/polemos

Question 34

general

Answer 34

στρατηγός/stratēgos