Certamen beginners packet Flashcards
(80 cards)
1
Q
tempus fugit
A
time flies
2
Q
cave canem
A
beware of the dog
3
Q
ad nauseum
A
to nausea
4
Q
pax vobiscum
A
peace be with you
5
Q
persona non Grata
A
an unwelcome person
6
Q
quid pro quo
A
something for something
7
Q
carpe diem
A
seize the day
8
Q
sine qua non
A
what is allowed and what is not
9
Q
semper fidelis
A
always loyal
10
Q
in memoriam
A
in memory
11
Q
ad infinitum
A
to infinity
12
Q
ex libris
A
from books
13
Q
festina lente
A
make haste slowly
14
Q
semper paratus
A
always ready
15
Q
non sequitur
A
it does not follow
16
Q
caput
A
head
17
Q
coma
A
hair
18
Q
pes
A
foot
19
Q
crus
A
leg
20
Q
genu
A
knee
21
Q
oculus
A
eye
22
Q
mentum
A
chin
23
Q
digitus
A
finger
24
Q
bracchium
A
arm
25
calx
heal (foot part)
26
auris
ear
27
manus
hand
28
supercilium
eyebrow
29
dentes
tooth
30
pollex
thumb
31
nasus
nose
32
cor
heart
33
cubitum
elbow
34
collum
neck
35
os
mouth
36
macron
apex that marks long vowels
37
the nemean lion
first labour of hercules
38
the lemean hydra
second labour of hercules
39
The Erymanthean Boar
fourth labour of hercules
40
The Augean Stables
fifth labour of hercules
41
The Stymphalian Birds
the sixth labour of hercules
42
The Hind of Ceryneia
the third labour of hercules
43
The Cretan Bull
the seventh labour of hercules
44
The Horses of Diomedes
the eighth labour of hercules
45
The Belt of Hippolyte
the ninth labour of hercules
46
Geryon's Cattle
the tenth labour of hercules
47
The Apples of the Hesperides
the eleventh labour of hercules
48
Cerberus
the twelfth labour of hercules
49
atlanta and hippomenes
arrow/race story
50
three fates
Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter) and Atropos (the unturnable, a metaphor for death)
51
five rivers of the underworld
Styx, Lethe, Archeron, Phlegethon, and Cocytus.
52
where the most virtuous heroes go in the underworld
Elysian fields
53
punishment of sisyphus
boulder up a mountain
54
punishment of Ixion
tied to an ever-spinning wheel of fire
55
punishment of tantalus
thirst/hunger guy
56
punishment of Danaids
FIFTY DAUGHTERS, had to fill a bottomless vessel with water
57
theban cycle
Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
58
father and mother of Oedipus
Laius and Jocasta (king and queen of thebes)
59
founding of carthage
814
59
founding of rome
April 21, 753 BC
60
first recorded olympics
776 bc
61
founding of roman republic
509 bc
62
Years of the three punic wars
264-146 BC
63
Death of Caesar
March 15. 44 BC
64
start of roman empire
27BC
65
eruption of mt, vesuvius
8/24/79 BC
66
fall of western roman empire
476 (AD?)
67
fall of eastern empire
1453 AD
68
father of Romulus
Mars
69
king of Alba Longa who romulus defeated
king Amulius
70
Who said "In signo vinces"
Cincinnatus ("in the sign of turns)
71
first triumvirate
Caesar, pompey, crassus
72
battle where caesar defeated Pompey
battle of Pharsalus
73
battle where where octavian and antony defeat brutus and Cassius
battle of Phillipi
74
battle where Octavian defeats Cleopatra and Marc Antony
battle of actium
75
C.
Gaius
76
Cn.
Gnaeus
77
T.
titus
78
Ti.
tiberius
79
M.
Marcus
