Unit 1A Text and Vocab Flashcards
Aurarus
Greedy (adj)
Tip: looks like ‘avarice’
Filia
Daughter (n.)
Tip: sounds like ‘filial’
Dramatis
Of the play
Genitive noun
Ego
I
Tip: ego is all about the self
Tip: sounds like Eggo
Sum
I am
1st person singular
Es
You are (singular)
Est
He/she/it is (3rd person sing)
Sumus
We are (1st person plural)
Tip: sum-us = us = we
Estis
You (pl.) are
Sunt
They are / there are
3rd person pl.
Es?
Are you? (Singular)
Estis?
Are you? (Plural)
Et
And
Also
Too
Even
Familia
Household
Tip: not family! False friend!
Habito
I live
Tip: sounds like inhabit/habitat
Habitat
He she or it lives (3rd p. Sing)
Habitant
They live (3rd p. Pl.)
Omnes
All (pl.)
Tip: like omni
Pater
Father
Paterfamilias
Head of the family (n.)
Personae
Characters, literally masks
Plural
Qui
Who (plural)
Quis
Who (singular)
Senex
Old man
Tip: like senile
Serua
Slave woman (n.)
Tip: like servant
Seruae
Of the slave woman (genitive)
Nomen
Name
Tu
You (singular, nominative and vocative)
Quis es tu?
Who are you (sing.)?
Note: s on quis
Qui estis?
Who are you (plural)?
Note: drop s on quis for plural
Aedibus
House
Tip: like aedifico (I build) which sounds like edifice
Ante
Before (preposition)
Ianuam
Door (accusative)
Tip: like January, Janus - god of doorways
Clamo
I shout (1st sing)
Tip: like clamour
Clamat
He/she/it shouts / is shouting
(3rd sing)
Tip: like clamour
Coquus
Cook (noun, nominative)
Cur
Why
Auus
Grandfather
Heus
Hey!
In scaenam
On stage
Tip: like scene
Intrat
He/she/it enters (3rd sing)
Me
Me (accusative)
Note: accusative is for objects
Quid
What
Quod
Because
Seruae
Of the slave woman (female, genitive)
Seruam
The slave woman (accusative)
I.e. the object
Seruus
Slave (male, nominative, singular)
Serui
Of the slave (male, genitive)
Stat
He she or it stands / is standing
(3rd sing.)
Tip: like stationary
Te
You (singular, accusative)
I.e. you as the object
Tibicina
Pipe girl
Tip: as in “plays the tibia”
Uoco
I call (1st singular)
Tip: uoco = vocalise
Uocat
He she or it calls / is calling
Tip: uoco = vocalise
Uocas
You (singular) are calling / call
ad
to (preposition)
tuae
of your (genitive)
nuptias
marriage-rites (accusative)
aedes
house (noun., nom.)
aperis
you (sing.) open / are opening
Tip: like aperture
aperit
He/she/it opens / is opening
Tip: like aperture
approprinquat
He/she/it approaches
at
but
aula
pot (noun, Nominative - i.e. subject)
aulam
pot (noun, accusative - i.e. object)
auri plena
full of gold (nom.)
plena = like plenty auri = genitive, of gold
autem
however
clamatis
You (pl.) are shouting / shout
Tip: like clamour
clausa
closed, shut (nom.)
cognoui
I know (1st person sing)
Tip: like cognitive
coqui
Cooks (noun., plural)
coquum
cook (noun, accusative - object)
coquorum
of the cooks (genitive)
tibinicarum
of pipe-girls (genitive)
coquos
cooks (noun, accusative, plural)
coronam
crown, garland (accusative - object, singular)
Tip: like corona
cuncta
the whole (noun, nominative)
cuncti
all (noun, nominative)
cursitant
they run about / are running about
Tip: run = course
cursito
I run about / am running about
Tip: run = course
dominus
master (noun, male, nominative)
enim
because, for
festinat
he/she/ it hurries
Tip: to move very fest/fast
filiam
daughter (accusative)
furcifer
rascal (noun, nom.)
Tip: like a furry Lucifer - definitely a rascal
fures
thieves (noun, nominative, plural)
heu
alas
hodie
today
homo
man, fellow (noun)
huc
here
ianua
door (nominative)
Tip: like January, Janus - god of doorways
igitur
therefore
illuc
there
in aedis meas
into my house
in matrimonium dat
he/she/it is giving in marriage
intrant
they enter
intratis
you (plural) enter
meus
my (nominative)
nam
for, because
non
not
nunc
now
occupata
Busy (nominative)
Tip: occupied
otiosi
Idle (nominative, plural)
otiosus
Idle (nominative, singular)
paro
I prepare
parant
They prepare
paratis
You (plural) prepare
perditus
lost, done for (nominative)
plenae
full (nominative plural)
portat
He/she/it carries
Tip: portable, porter etc
puellae
Girls (nominative)
pueri
Boys (nominative)
pulsat
He/she/it beats on/pounds
Tip: pulsate
pulso
I beat on / pound
quoque
also, too
sed
but
statis
you (pl) stand / are standing
tibicinae
pipe-girls (nominative plural)
tibicinam
pipe-girl (accusative sing.)
tibicinas
pipe-girls (accusative plural.)
uenimus
we come / are coming
Tip: like ueni - I came
uideo
I see
Tip: like video
uidet
He/she/it sees
Tip: like video
unguentum
ointment (accusative)
Tip: like unguent
uos
You (plural, nominative, vocative and accusative)
adest
he/she/it is present
appropinquo
I approach
auri plenam
full of gold (acc.)
plena = like plenty auri = genitive, of gold
aurum
gold (nom, acc)
bonam
good (accusative)
celo
I hide
celat
he/she/it hides
circumspectat
he/she/it looks around
Tip: circum = round
spectat = spectate, watch
clam
secretly
Tip: Clamdestine
contra
in return
-que
and
corono
I garland/crown (verb)
das
You (s.) give
dat
he/she/it gives
de
about
deinde
then
do
I give
Tip: DOnate
ecce
Look!
Tip: rECCE
ecquis
anyone
fortunam
luck (acc.)
furem
thief (acc.)
habeo
I have
habes
You (s.) have
hominum
of men (genitive)
honorem
respect (acc.)
ignorat
he/she/it knows nothing
immo
more precisely
in fouea
in the hole/pit
Lar
household god (voc.)
Lari
(to) the Lar
latet
he/she/it lies hidden
Tip: like latent
monstrat
he/she/it shows or reveals
Tip: deMONSRATe
neminem
No one (accusative)
nemo
no one (nom)
nullam / nullum
no (Acc.)
obsecro
I beseech
Tip: like obsequious
olet
it gives off a smell
olfactant
they sniff out
Tip: olfactory
oro
I beg
perditissimus
most lost, done for (nom)
plenae
full (nominative plural)
porto
I carry
Tip: transport, portable, porter etc
prius
first, beforehand
sacrificium
a sacrifice (noun, accusative)
saluas / salua / saluum
safe (nominative)
Tip: like salvation
semper
always
serua
save / protect
si
if
solus
alone (nom)
spectat
he/she/it is looking at
Tip: spectate, spectacle etc
sub terra
beneath the earth
sub ueste
under my clothes
Tip: like vestments
supplico
I pray
supplicat
He/she/it prays
tibi
to you (sing.)
timeo
I fear
Tip: timid
tutela
guardian (vocative)
ualde
very much
