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The Latin verb animadvertere is formed from a combination of three words. What preposition with what meaning is contained in animadvertere?

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AD – TOWARD

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What verb with what meaning is contained in animadvertere?

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VERTERE – TO TURN

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What noun with what meaning is contained in animadvertere?

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ANIMUS – MIND, SPIRIT, SOUL or ANIMA – BREATH

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Quod animal facit mel?

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APIS

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Quod animal ululat ubi luna plena est?

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LUPUS, BUBO, VERSIPELLIS, CANIS

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Quod animal edit caseum?

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MUS (FELES)

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What Latin word with what meaning lies at the root of the English word “desperate”?

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SPES – HOPE or SPERARE – HOPE

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What Latin word with what meaning lies at the root of the English word “disparate”?

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PARARE – TO PREPARE

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What Latin word with what meaning lies at the root of the English word “dispirit”?

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SPIRITUS – BREATH or SPIRIRE – TO BREATHE

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Differentiate in meaning between ater and atrium.

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ATER – BLACK, GLOOMY, SAD

ATRIUM – HALL, ENTRY, RECEPTION ROOM, MAIN LIVING ROOM

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Differentiate in meaning between dies and diu.

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DIES – DAY

DIU – FOR A LONG TIME

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Differentiate in meaning between et and it

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ET – AND

IT – HE GOES

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What two parts of speech can adeo be?

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VERB & ADVERB

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Translate adeo as an adverb.

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SO FAR, SO MUCH, MOREOVER

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Translate adeo as a verb.

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I APPROACH

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Give a synonym of quando.

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UBI, CUM, UT

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Give a synonym of sed.

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AT, AST, AUTEM, VERUM,

ATQUI, VERO, CETERUM

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Give a synonym of statim.

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SUBITO, REPENTE, PROTINUS, EXTEMPLO, CONFESTIM, NUNC

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Latin is an inflected language. What is the meaning of the verb at the root of “inflected”?

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BEND

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Latin nouns have gender. What is the meaning of the noun at the root of “gender”?

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ORIGIN, RACE, KIND

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In Latin, as in English, there are three degrees of comparison. What is the meaning of the adjective at the root of “comparison”?

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EQUAL

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From what Latin adjective with what meaning is the English adjective “eager” derived?

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ACER – BITTER, SHARP

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What household cooking substance is derived from acer?

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VINEGAR

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What is the Latin word for vinegar?

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ACETUM

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What Latin preposition is the root of “country”?
CONTRA (CUM) (ULTRA)
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What Latin adjective is the root of “farm”?
FIRMUS
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What Latin noun is the root of “salvage”?
SALUS
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Complete this analogy: Scire : scientia :: posse : ________?
POTESTAS, POTENTIA
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Complete this analogy: Audax : audacia:: senex : ________?
SENECTUS, SENECTA
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Complete this analogy: Exire : exitus :: inire : _______?
INITIUM, INITUS
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What common English pair would be represented in Latin as lac et crustula?
MILK AND COOKIES
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What common English pair would be represented in Latin as perna et ova?
HAM AND EGGS / BACON AND EGGS
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What common English pair would be represented in Latin as complexus et oscula?
HUGS AND KISSES
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Differentiate in meaning between columna and calumnia.
COLUMNA -- COLUMN | CALUMNIA -- TRICKERY, DISGRACE, SLANDER, CALUMNY
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Differentiate in meaning between custos and castus.
CUSTOS -- GUARD | CASTUS -- PURE, CHASTE
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Differentiate in meaning between moles and mollis.
MOLES -- MASS, BULK | MOLLIS -- SOFT, MILD TENDER
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Differentiate in meaning between aedifico and afficio.
AEDIFICO -- I BUILD | AFFICIO -- I AFFECT, ATTACK, WEAKEN
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Differentiate in meaning between paene and paenitet.
PAENE -- ALMOST | PAENITET -- IT GRIEVES, DISPLEASES / BE SORRY, REGRET
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Differentiate in meaning between venia and venenum.
VENIA -- MERCY, PARDON | VENENUM -- POISON, SORCERY, RUIN, VENOM
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Give an antonym of pauci.
(PER)MULTI, COMPLURES, PLERIQUE
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Give an antonym of vesper.
AURORA, TEMPUS MATUTINUM, PRIMA LUX, ORTUS, MANE
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Give an antonym of intellegens.
BRUTUS, STULTUS, STUPIDUS, FATUUS, | INSCIUS, NESCIUS, IGNARUS
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What word borrowed directly from Latin and used in English for “a busybody”got its name from the idea that a busybody is always saying “What now?”
QUIDNUNC
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What word borrowed from Latin and used in English for “a music medley” literally means “What you please”?
QUODLIBET
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What word for “someone known for making brief, witty remarks” probably derives from the Latin word for “what”?
QUIPSTER
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What derivative of obliviscor is an English noun meaning “total forgetfulness”?
OBLIVION
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What derivative of mercor is a noun which describes goods that can be bought or sold?
MERCHANDISE
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What derivative of conor is an adjective which describes a use of the present tense in which action is attempted or begun in present time but never completed at all?
CONATIVE
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Responde Latine. How many months are in the modern year?
DUODECIM
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Responde Latine. How many calendar days are in the modern leap year?
``` TRECENTI (ET) SEXAGINTA SEX or TRECENTI (ET) SEX ET SEXAGINTA ```
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Responde Latine. How many seconds are in an hour?
TRIA MILIA ( or MILLIA) (ET) SESCENTI
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Give a synonym of magis.
PLUS, AMPLIUS
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Give a synonym of solum.
MODO, TANTUM, SED, AT, AST, AUTEM, | VERUM, ATQUI, VERO, CETERUM
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Give a synonym of denique.
DEMUM, POSTREMO, TANDEM
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What derivative of two Latin words meaning “what kind of” and “make” is an English word meaning “modify or restrict”?
QUALIFY
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The Latin verb facere has brought about many English derivatives. When combined with a Latin word meaning “branch,” what English word meaning “a consequence” is formed?
RAMIFICATION
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When facere combines with a Latin word meaning “offspring,” what English word meaning “abundantly productive” is formed?
PROLIFIC
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Which of the following, if any, is NOT derived from the same Latin root as the others: sauce, saline, salad, sausage, sauteé?
SAUTEÉ
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From what Latin verb with what meaning is “sauteé” derived?
SALIRE -- TO JUMP
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What popular food condiment’s name comes from salire, to salt?
SALSA
61
Translate the Caesarean idiom dolorem capere.
TO BE GRIEVED, SUFFER GREIF, GREIVE
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Translate the Caesarean idiom in servum animadvertere.
TO PUNISH A SLAVE
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Translate the Caesarean idiom adverso colle.
UP THE HILL
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What Latin preposition is preserved in the English adjective “puny”?
POST
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What Latin verb is the root of “puny”?
NASCI
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What word, derived from nascor and borrowed from the French, is used in English when identifying a married woman by her maiden name?
NÉE (nā) e.g. Mrs. Mary Parks née Doe
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What body part, whose name is a Latin distributive numeral, was originally thought of as being twelve fingers long?
DUODENUM
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Speaking of internal organs, from what adjective with what meaning is “intestines” derived?
INTUS -- WITHIN
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What parts of the body mean “little bellies”?
VENTRICLES
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Give a deponent synonym of oppugno.
AGGREDIOR, ADORIOR
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Give a deponent synonym of custodio.
TUEOR, INTUEOR
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Give a deponent synonym of cado.
LABOR, ALLABOR, PROLABOR
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Give a synonym of the noun amicus.
COMES / FAMILI}RIS / SOCIUS / AMATOR
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Which of the following, if any, is NOT derived from the same Latin word as the others: praise, prize, pretzel, precious, appreciate?
PRETZEL
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What Latin noun with what meaning lies at the root of "pretzel"?
BRACCHIUM -- ARM
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What Latin noun with what meaning lies at the root of the others?
PRETIUM -- VALUE, REWARD, PRICE
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Which of the following, if any, is NOT derived from the same Latin root as the others: admiral, mirror, marvel, miracle, admire?
ADMIRAL
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Which of the following, if any, is NOT derived from the same Latin root as the others: patron, paternity, patrician, patient, patter?
PATIENT
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Which of the following, if any, is NOT derived from the same Latin root as the others: abuse, useful, usurp, utensil, utter?
UTTER
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Differentiate in meaning between prope and propero.
PROPE -- NEAR, NEARLY, ALMOST | PROPERO -- HASTEN, PREPARE WITH HASTE
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Differentiate in meaning between quando and quantus.
QUANDO -- WHEN, SINCE, BECAUSE | QUANTUS -- HOW GREAT, HOW MUCH, HOW BIG
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Differentiate in meaning between simul and semel.
SIMUL -- AT THE SAME TIME, TOGETHER, AS SOON AS | SEMEL -- ONCE, A SINGLE TIME
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What Latin word with what meaning lies at the root of "frontier"?
FRONS -- FOREHEAD, FRONT, FACADE, FACE, COUNTENANCE
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What Latin word with what meaning lies at the root of "farm"?
FIRMUS -- STRONG, FIRM
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What Latin word with what meaning lies at the root of "federation"?
FOEDUS -- LEAGUE, TREATY, COMPACT

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