Customs, Geography, and PMAQ Flashcards
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Give the Latin and English for the motto found on the 1$ Bill.
Annuit Coeptis (‘He looks with favor on our undertakings’)
Give the English meaning for the Latin phrase alter ego.
another self
Give the English meaning for the Latin phrase Ex tempore.
without preparation
first name
praenomen
Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation pinx.
(pinxit) he painted
Geography: Give the ancient equivalent for the modern waters of the Po River, Italy.
Padus
covered all over and had neither an impluvium nor compluvium
Atrium Testudinatum
additional cognomina after the third name,
agnomen
Give the Latin and English for the motto of University of Pennsylvania.
Leges sine moribus vanae (laws without morals are useless)
Give the Latin and English for the motto of University of Vermont.
Studiis et rebus honestis (by honorable pursuits and deeds)
Which Roman praenomen is abbreviated P.?
Publius
Geography: Give the ancient equivalent for the modern city of Bodrum, Turkey.
Halicarnāssus
Give the Latin and English for the medical abbreviation Rx
(recipe) take
Give the Latin and English for the motto of University of Oregon.
Mens agitat molem (‘Mind moves the mass’)
What occupation in ancient Rome would be a(n) faber?
workman
Give the Latin and English for the medical abbreviation t.i.d.
(ter in die) three times a day
Geography: Give the ancient equivalent for the modern city of Carthage, Tunisia.
Carthāgō
Give the Latin and English for the motto of University of Mississippi.
Pro scientia et sapientia. (For knowledge and wisdom.)
What occupation in ancient Rome would be a(n) vēnātor?
hunter
What occupation in ancient Rome would be a(n) gladiātor?
gladiator
Give the English meaning for the Latin phrase Per annum.
by the year
Give the modern equivalent for the ancient city of Smyrnā.
Izmir, Turkey
What occupation in ancient Rome would be a(n) medicus?
doctor
Give the English meaning for the Latin phrase sui generis.
one of a kind