Latin midterm

Chaos

earth, air and water all mixed up

Father sky

Uranus

Mother Earth

Gaea

Titans

giant children of Gaea and Uranus

Cyclops

one eyed giant

Cronus and Rhea

parents of the Olympian gods

Mount Olympus

home of the gods

nectar and ambrosia

food and drink of the gods

Iris

goddess of the rainbow

Argus

Juno's watchman with 100 eyes

Juppiter

Zeus ( king of the gods)

Juno

Hera ( queen of the gods, goddess of marriage)

Volcanus

Hephaestus ( god of making weapons)

Mars

Ares ( god of war)

Minerva

Athena ( goddess of war, wisdom, weaving)

Neptune

Poseidon ( god of the sea)

Arachne

turned into a spider by Athena ( Minerva)

3 Fates

sisters, determined the length of a human's life

Daphne

nymph, turned into a laurel tree to escape Apollo

Apollo

Apollo ( god of sun, music, light, prophecy)

Diana

Artemis ( goddess of hunting and the moon)

Zephyr

west wind

Mercury

Hermes ( messenger of the gods)

Pluto

Hades ( god of the underworld)

Charon

ferryman of the underworld

Cerberus

3 headed dog who guards the gates of the underworld

Persephone

wife of Hades

Ceres

Demeter ( goddess of agriculture)

Bacchus

Dionysus ( god of wine)

Styx

river in the underworld

Prometheus

Titan who stole fire from the gods

Epimetheus

brother of Prometheus ( husband of Pandora)

Pandora

opened a box of evils ( first woman )

Helios

sun god (drives his chariot across the sky)

Pan

god of nature

Echo

she loves Narcissus ( lost the ability to use her voice)

Narcissus

he fell in love with his own reflection

centaur

half man half horse

satyr

half man half goat

Venus

Aphrodite ( goddess of love and beauty)

totus (deriv = total)

whole

statim

immediately

spectaculum ( deriv= spectacle)

show

silva ( deriv= Pennsylvania )

forest (woods)

sanguis (deriv = sanguine)

blood

saepe

often

pugnat (pugnavit) (deriv=pugnacious)

he fights ( he fought)

puer ( deriv= puerile)

boy

porta ( deriv= portal)

gate

pes ( pedem) ( deriv=pedicure, pedestrian)

foot

nuntius

messenger

ignavus

cowardly

hic

this

gladius ( deriv= gladiator)

sword

ferox (deriv= ferocious)

fierce

facile ( deriv= facilitate)

easily

eum

him

ducit ( duxit) ( deriv= aquaduct)

he leads ( he led)

agitat ( agitavit) (deriv= agitate)

he chases (or hunts) ( he chased)

consumit ( consumpsit) ( deriv=consume)

he consumes ( he consumed)

Helios

sun god - drives the sun chariot

satyr

half man, half goat

centaur

half man, half horse

Daphne

loved by Apollo, turned into a laurel tree

Pan

god of nature

Echo

loved Narcissus, she could only repeat what others said

Tithonus

turned into a grasshopper

Narcissus

fell in love with his own reflection

Grumio cenam paravit

Grumio prepared dinner

Melissa lacrimavit

Melissa cried

gladiator pugnavit

the gladiator fought

agricola laboravit

the farmer worked

feminae laboraverunt

the women worked

canes dormiverunt

the dogs slept

mercatores audiverunt

the merchants heard

Metella sedebat

Metella was sitting ( imperfect )

Caecilius exspectabat

Caecilius was waiting for

Grumio plaudebat

Grumio was clapping

Lucia contendebat

Lucia was hurrying

omnes lacrimabant

everyone was crying

canes in silva currebant

the dogs were running in the woods

puellae scribebant

the girls were writing

iuvenes stabant

the young men were standing

rogavit

asked

agitavit

chased

verbs in the imperfect end in :

-bat / -bant ( translate: was / were)

verbs in the perfect end in :

-vit / -verunt ( translate: -ed / did / has )

amici fabulas narrabant

the friends were telling stories

Pompeianī tabernas nōn intraverunt

The Pompeians did not enter the shops

Grumio canēs audivit.

Grumio heard the dogs.

iuvenis gladiatorēs laudavit.

The young man praised the gladiators

Grumio anulōs spectavit.

Grumio looked at the rings.

mater duas filiās habet.

The mother has two daughters

Caecilius statuās spectavit.

Caecilius looked at the statues

canis

dog

mater

mother

laborat

works

coquus

cook ( a noun)

pater

father

sedet

sits

filia

daughter

filius

son

servus

servant ( slave)

via

road

amicus

friend

cibus

food

laudat

praise

intrat

enter

ancilla

slave girl

dominus

master

salutat

greet

laetus

happy

cena

dinner

dormit

sleep

quoque

also

mercator

merchant

ad

to

clamat

shout

leo

lion

bibit

drinks

ecce!

Look!

navis

ship

circumspectat

looks around

ianua

door

taberna

shop

agit

does

mendax

liar

inquit

says

salve!

hello!

anulus

ring

satis

enough

quis?

who?

pecunia

money

habet

has

vocat

calls

ego

I

eheu!

oh no!

agricola

farmer

iuvenis

young man

currit

run

senex

old man

stat

stand

petit

go towards

urbs (urbem)

city

audit

hear

spectat

looks at

abest

is absent

subito

suddenly

per

through

libertus

freedman

vendit

sell

scribit

write

postquam

after

cubiculum

bedroom

quod

because

cenat

dine

rogat

ask

intellegit

understand

lacrimat

cry

heri

yesterday

omnis

all

parat

prepare

conspicit

catches sight of

prope

near

gladius

sword

nuntius

messenger

pugnat

fight

silva

forest

puer

boy

statim

immediately

pes (pedem)

foot

ducit

lead

spectaculum

show

magnus

big, large, great

et

and

portat

carry

coquit

cook

quaerit

looks for ( searches for )

tu

you

meus

my

multi

many

fabula

story

ferociter

fiercely

fur

thief

parvus

small

facit

make, do

narrat

tell

eum

him

totus

whole