Bonus

Question 1

agitat

Answer 1

frequentative form of agere, “to do, drive”

Question 2

consumit

Answer 2

com-intensive prefix + sumere- “to take up”

Question 3

ducit

Answer 3

Il Duce: nickname of Benito Mussolini, leader of Italy, WWI

Question 4

eum

Answer 4

accusative form of is, “he”

Question 5

facile

Answer 5

from facere, “to make, do”

Question 6

ferae naturae

Answer 6

(=untamed. lit. “of a fierce nature”

Question 7

pes

Answer 7

1. sesquipedalian=use of long words
2. impedimentum = hindrance
3. pedes=footsoldier
4. impedire=to hinder
5. expidere=to set free

Question 8

porta

Answer 8

from portare, “to carry”

Question 9

pugnat

Answer 9

1. pugilist(=boxer)

2. poniard (= a short, slender dagger)

Question 10

rebumbit

Answer 10

from cubere, “to lie”

Question 11

totus

Answer 11

factotum (=a handyman or servant, from facere, “to do”+ totus, “all”

Question 12

gladius

Answer 12

1. gladius (=sword shaped like a leaf)

2. gladiolus (=sword lily)

Question 13

habitat

Answer 13

form habere, “to have”

Question 14

hic

Answer 14

hic iacet/ hic jacket (“here lies”) used as an epitah, abbreviated HJ

Question 15

incitat

Answer 15

1. in- intensive prefix + citare, “to stimulate”
2. excitonic (=a mobile combination of an electron and a hole in an excited crystal, as a semiconductor)
3. oscitant (yawning, drowsy, dull, from os=”mouth”)

Question 16

nuntius

Answer 16

from nuntiare, “announce, report”

Question 17

sanguis

Answer 17

1. sanguine (confident, optimistic)
2. sanguicolous (=living in the blood)
3. sanguinaria (=bloodroot)
4. sang-froid (= coolness and composure, from French for “cold blood”)

Question 18

silva

Answer 18

silviculous(= inhabiting the woodlands)

Question 19

spectaaculum

Answer 19

from spectare “to look at”

Question 20

statim

Answer 20

from stare, “to stand”