1ST DECLENSION NOUNS VIII

Question 1

tabella ae

Answer 1

writing tablet; letter;

Question 2

cera ae

Answer 2

wax; honeycomb; writing tablet, letter; seal;

Question 3

tragoedia ae

Answer 3

tragedy

Question 4

palla ae

Answer 4

palla, a lady’s outer garment; cloak

Question 5

noverca ae

Answer 5

stepmother;

Question 6

aurora ae

Answer 6

dawn, daybreak; Orient/East,

Question 7

Philomela ae

Answer 7

Philomela (a daughter of Pandion, violated by her brother-in-law, Tereus, changed into a nightingale)

Question 8

Minerva ae

Answer 8

Minerva (Roman goddess of wisdom)

Question 9

Parca ae

Answer 9

Fate (one of the goddesses of Fate, whose Latin names are Nona, Decuma, and Morta, Caesell)

Question 10

Erycina ae

Answer 10

Erycina (cult title of Venus, who had a temple on Mount Eryx in Sicily)

Question 11

Pergama ae

Answer 11

citadel of Troy; Troy

Question 12

Europa ae

Answer 12

Europe

Question 13

Asia ae

Answer 13

Asia (Roman province formed from Pergamene); Asia Minor; the East;

Question 14

Lapitha ae

Answer 14

Lapith (fought the centaurs in the Centauromachy)

Question 15

misericordia ae

Answer 15

pity, sympathy; mercy

Question 16

eloquentia ae

Answer 16

eloquence

Question 17

tabula ae

Answer 17

writing tablet; records (pl.); document

Question 18

provincia ae

Answer 18

province

Question 19

conscientia ae

Answer 19

(joint) knowledge, complicity (of crime); sense of guilt

Question 20

discordia ae

Answer 20

disagreement, discord

Question 21

modestia ae

Answer 21

restraint; modesty;

Question 22

luxuria ae

Answer 22

luxury; thriving condition;

Question 23

transfuga ae

Answer 23

deserter

Question 24

licentia ae

Answer 24

freedom; license

Question 25

paenitentia ae

Answer 25

regret, repentance; change of mind