Roman Culture Exam 2 Latin Terms

Hypocaust

heating mechanism under floor

Caldarium

Hot room

Tepidarium

Warm room

Frigidarium

Cold room

Apodyterium

Changing room

Palaestra

Excercise yard

Alveus

Hot tub

Labrum

Cold water basin

ientaculum

Breakfast

Prandium

Lunch

Cena

Dinner

Glirarium

Dormouse feeder

Garum

Fish sauce

Vinum

Wine

Mulsum

Wine mixed with Honey

Passum

Sweet white rasin wine

Insulae

Apartments

Macella

Shopping mall

Thermopolium

Food Service

Taberna

Shop

Vestibulum

Entrence Hall

Atrium

Formal Entrence room

Compluvium

Skylight over Atrium

Impluvium

Atrium water feature

Cubiculum

Room

Triclinum

Dining Room

Culina

Kitchen

Peristyle

Garden

Exedra

Eating/Entertaining/Relaxing

Tegulae

Roof Tiles

Opus Musivum

Floor Mosaic

Trabs

Rafter Beam

Mamillare or Strophium

Bra

Infamia

Shameful/Dishonor

Gladius

Sword

Infames

shameful and dishonorable, social status of gladiators

Suspirium puellarum Celadus Thraex

Celadus the Thracian makes all the girls pant (inscription found in the Gladiatorial Academy in Pompeii)

Ludus

Gladiator Academy

Ludus Magnus

Great Gladiator Academy

Rudis

Wooden Sword

Palus

Striking Dummy

Editor

“producer” Local Magistrate who makes contracts with managers of Gladiators

Harena

Sand (floor of the ampitheater)

Amphitheatrum Flavium

Flavian Amphitheater AKA the Colosseum

Hypogeum

underground (behind the scenes” area of the colosseum

Venationes

Hunts

Damnatio ad bestias

condemned to the beasts

Pollice verso

turned thumb

Bestiarius

Beast fighter

Venator

Hunter

Eques

Horse rider

Hoplomachus

gladiators that resembled Greek hoplite warriors

Murmillo

Large framed fighter, holds a tower shield

Thraex

Thracian

Retiarius

Net Fighter

Secutor

Pursuer

Biga

2-horse chariot

Quadriga

4-horse chariot

Hippodrome

Circus/Stadium for racing

Carceres

Starting Gates

Metae

Turning Post

Mappa

White cloth dropped at the beginning of the race

Naufragia

Accident