PMAQ

Question 1

What Latin word with what meaning does the pharmaceutical abbreviation Rx. stand for?

Answer 1

RECIPE, “TAKE!”

Question 2

If your doctor tells you to take a medication p.r.n., how often are they suggesting that you take it?

Answer 2

AS NEEDED

Question 3

What Latin word with what meaning does the medical abbreviation gtt. stand for?

Answer 3

GUTTAE, DROPS

Question 4

Respondē Latīnē: Medicus tibi remedium aegritūdinis dat, et īnscrībit litterās b.i.d. Quotiēns remedium cōnsūmere dēbēs?

Answer 4

BIS (IN DIE)

Question 5

Respondē Latīnē: Advocātus tē consulit dē līte recentī et dīcit: “nōn vincere potes et poenās dabis.” Quid advocātus prō iūdice dīcet?

Answer 5

NŌLŌ / NŌLLE CONTENDERE

Question 6

What is the meaning of the motto of New York University, “perstāre et praestāre”?

Answer 6

TO PERSEVERE AND EXCEL

Question 7

What is the Latin motto of Dartmouth College, which means “the voice of one shouting in the wilderness”?

Answer 7

VŌX CLĀMANTIS IN DĒSERTŌ

Question 8

What is the Latin motto of the University of Vermont, which means “for virtuous studies and matters”?

Answer 8

STUDIĪS ET RĒBUS HONESTĪS

Question 9

What two-word Latin phrase refers to a unique or prodigious occurrence, giving rise to the concept of a black swan, and was originally coined by the poet Juvenal?

Answer 9

RĀRA AVIS

Question 10

What other phrase, also first said by Juvenal, means “a sound mind in a sound body”?

Answer 10

MĒNS SĀNA IN CORPORE SĀNŌ

Question 11

What other famous Latin quote is used to convey that everyone has their own taste?

Answer 11

DĒ GUSTIBUS NŌN EST DISPUTANDUM / SUUM CUIQUE / QUOT HOMINĒS TOT SENTENTIAE

Question 12

Translate the motto of Maine: Dīrigō

Answer 12

I LEAD / POINT (THE WAY) // I DIRECT

Question 13

Name the two U.S. states that mention freedom in their Latin mottos using either the adjective līber or the noun lībertās.

Answer 13

MASSACHUSETTS AND WEST VIRGINIA

Question 14

What state has the Ciceronian motto cēdant arma togae?

Answer 14

WYOMING

Question 15

What abbreviation originally comes from the two-word Latin phrase vidēre licet, which is contracted to the single word vidēlicet, meaning “namely”?

Answer 15

viz.

Question 16

Give the Latin for the abbreviation q.s., used on prescriptions to indicate the pharmacist should dispense an amount suitable for the need.

Answer 16

QUANTUM SUFFICIT / SATIS

Question 17

Coins of the late Queen Elizabeth II bear the inscription D G REG F D. Give the Latin and English for either D G or F D.

Answer 17

DEĪ GRĀTIĀ, BY THE GRACE OF GOD // FIDEĪ DĒFĒNSĀTRĪX / DĒFĒNSOR, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH

Question 18

Adopted in 2020, translate the Latin motto of the United States Space Force: semper suprā

Answer 18

ALWAYS ABOVE

Question 19

Related to the state motto of Kansas, give the Latin motto of the Royal Air Force of the UK. It is also shared by the air forces of Australia and New Zealand.

Answer 19

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

Question 20

Give the related celestial motto for the Royal Canadian Air Force, a quote from Book 9 of the Aeneid meaning, “thus one goes to the stars.”

Answer 20

SĪC ĪTUR AD ASTRA

Question 21

The Latin words parī, diē, curā, and the phrase quā nōn are all preceded in common Latin phrases by what Latin preposition meaning “without”?

Answer 21

SINE

Question 22

John Montgomery Gay’s 2002 book entitled Lawyer’s Latin was subtitled “A
Vāde-Mēcum.” This phrase similar to sine quā nōn means that the book is essential for
any lawyer. What does the phrase Vāde Mēcum literally mean?

Answer 22

GO / COME WITH ME

Question 23

In his description of the book, John Gay says, “Latin is learnt by few in school and young lawyers with minimal knowledge of the language will be in tenebrīs as they continue to meet it in old, reported cases, academic articles, [and] statutes.” What does he mean when he says lawyers will be in tenebrīs?

Answer 23

THEY WILL BE IN THE DARK / SHADOWS // CLUELESS

Question 24

What Latin word is combined with integer in a Horatian quote that denotes a blameless man, is combined with aqua in a euphemistic term for alcohol, and is the v. in the abbreviation c.v.?

Answer 24

VĪTA / VĪTAE

Question 25

What four-word quotation from Horace’s Odes literally means “I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze”?

Answer 25

“EXĒGĪ MONUMENTUM AERE PERENNIUS”

Question 26

An idiomatic phrase from Horace refers to the “good old days” with the name of what consul of 42 BC?

Answer 26

(L. MUNATIUS) PLANCUS

Question 27

What two-word alliterative Latin proverb has been translated into the alliterative English: "Forewarned is forearmed"?

Answer 27

PRAEMONITUS, PRAEMŪNĪTUS

Question 28

What is the English translation of the formulaic Latin phrase dī duint?

Answer 28

MAY THE GODS GRANT (IT)

Question 29

What four-word phrase in the first few lines of the Aeneid expresses Vergil’s incredulity at the vindictiveness of the gods?

Answer 29

TANTAENE ANIMĪS CAELESTIBUS ĪRAE

Question 30

The Universities of New Mexico, North Dakota, and Washington all have mottoes that feature what third declension antonym of tenebrae?

Answer 30

LUX

Question 31

What is the Latin and English for the motto of the University of New Mexico?

Answer 31

LUX HOMINUM VĪTA - LIGHT THE LIFE OF MEN / MANKIND / PEOPLE

Question 32

Give the Latin mottoes of the Universities of North Dakota and Washington. Please specify which belongs to each university.

Answer 32

LUX ET LEX - ND and LUX SIT - WA

Question 33

What neighboring state has the motto scūtō bonae voluntātis tuae corōnāstī nōs on its seal along with that state’s Italian motto?

Answer 33

MARYLAND

Question 33

Translate the motto of Virginia: sīc semper tyrannīs.

Answer 33

THUS ALWAYS TO TYRANTS

Question 34

Give the Latin motto of the state of North Carolina.

Answer 34

ESSE QUAM VIDĒRĪ

Question 35

What Latin phrase, which is similar in form to ā marī usque ad mare, might someone use in order to say that an evening was wonderful from beginning to end, and is equivalent to the English turn of phrase “from soup to nuts”?

Answer 35

AB ŌVŌ USQUE AD MALA

Question 36

Ā marī usque ad mare is the national motto of what country?

Answer 36

CANADA

Question 37

What Latin phrase serves as a reminder not to say anything bad about the dead?

Answer 37

DĒ MORTUĪS NĪL NISĪ BONUM

Question 38

What Latin abbreviation is used to indicate the front of a page, or the right-hand page?

Answer 38

F.R.

Question 39

Give two possible Latin words represented by the abbreviation “fl.”.

Answer 39

FLORES / FLORUIT

Question 40

The abbreviation ff., which often appeared on works of art, stands for what Latin word?

Answer 40

FĒCĒRUNT [NOT FĒCIT]

Question 41

“Homō sum, hūmānī nīl ā mē aliēnum putō” is a famous quote from the Heauton Timorumenos of what second century B.C. Latin playwright?

Answer 41

(PUBLIUS) TERENTIUS/TERENCE (AFER)

Question 42

What Roman author wrote “difficile est saturam nōn scrībere” in the first of his 16 satires?

Answer 42

JUVENAL

Question 43

What four-word legal phrase means, “Ignorance of the law is not an excuse”?

Answer 43

IGNŌRANTIA IŪRIS NŌN EXCŪSAT / IGNŌRANTIA LĒGIS NŌN EXCŪSAT / IGNŌRANTIA LĒGIS NĒMINEM EXCŪSAT / IGNŌRANTIA IŪRIS NĒMINEM EXCŪSAT / NĒMŌ CĒNSĒTUR IGNŌRĀRE LĒGEM

Question 44

Above the age of 10, a child who has committed a crime may be treated as an adult. Give the two-word Latin phrase that can be used to describe this situation where the child is being treated as an adult for his crime.

Answer 44

DOLĪ CAPĀX

Question 45

Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation sec. reg.

Answer 45

SECUNDUM RĒGULAM - ACCORDING TO THE RULE

Question 46

Some of you will be heading off to college soon and seeking a B.A. or B.S. Eventually you may even get an LL.D. Give the Latin and English for the degree abbreviated LL.D.

Answer 46

LĒGUM DOCTOR – DOCTOR OF LAWS

Question 47

In college, you may be asked to do things inf. dig. Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation inf. dig.

Answer 47

ĪNFRĀ DIGNITĀTEM – BELOW ONE’S DIGNITY

Question 48

After doing something īnfrā dignitātem like getting your M.D., you are instructed to prepare some aq. bull. before an operation. Give the Latin and English for the abbreviation aq. bull.

Answer 48

AQUA BULLIĒNS – BOILING WATER

Question 49

Translate into English the Latin motto 'festīnā lentē'.

Answer 49

MAKE HASTE SLOWLY

Question 50

Give the English meaning of the Latin motto 'absit invidia'.

Answer 50

LET ENVY BE ABSENT

Question 51

Give the English meaning of the Latin motto 'suī generis'.

Answer 51

OF ITS OWN KIND / ONE OF A KIND

Question 52

When applying for a job in academia, it is customary to submit a list of one's relevant education and job experiences. This listing is often called a CV. For what Latin phrase does that abbreviation stand?

Answer 52

CURRICULUM VĪTAE

Question 53

What Latin phrase is used nowadays to indicate that a meeting is adjourned and the date of the next meeting has not yet been determined?

Answer 53

SINE DIĒ

Question 54

Translate into English the Latin phrase 'Fideī Dēfensor', found among the titles of the queen of England.

Answer 54

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH

Question 55

How often should a medication taken if it is labeled with the abbreviation o.h., which stands for omnī hōrā?

Answer 55

EVERY HOUR

Question 56

Where should you apply a medication that is labeled p.a.a.?

Answer 56

TO THE AFFECTED PART (PARTĪ AFFECTAE APPLICANDUS)

Question 57

If the doctor writes qt. dx. on his prescription for you to take back to the pharmacist, what is she instructing your pharmacist to do with the prescription?

Answer 57

TO DOUBLE THE QUANTITY (QUANTITĀS DUPLEX)