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Trimester I Part II
Verbs, Other words and culture for part II of test
52
Language - Latin
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11/11/2004
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ambulo, ambulare
 Definition
to walk
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ceno, cenare
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to dine
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festino, festinare
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to hurry
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intro, intrare
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to enter
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laboro, laborare
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to work
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iuvo, iuvare
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to help
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laudo, laudare
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to praise
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narro, narrare
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to tell
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paro, parare
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to prepare
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porto, portare
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to carry
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saluto, salutare
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to greet
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voco, vocare
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to call
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maneo, manere (long E)
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to stay
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sedeo, sedere (long e)
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to sit
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video, videre (long e)
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to see
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ascendo, ascendere
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to climb
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cado, cadere
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to fall
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curro, currere
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to run
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duco, ducere
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to lead
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mitto, mittere
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to send
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redeo, redire
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to return
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audio, audire
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to hear
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inquit
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he/she asks/says
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sum
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I am
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es
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you are
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est
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he/she is
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sumus
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we are
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estis
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you (pl.) are
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sunt
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they are
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mox
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soon
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non
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not
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et
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and
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sed
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but
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subito
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suddenly
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in
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in / into
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ad
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to / towards
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nam
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for
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corvus
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spiked boarding bridge that allowed the Romans to win their first naval victories in the 1st Punic War
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Regellus
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Roman general who was captured during the 1st Punic War and tortured to death.
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Mylae
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Rome's first naval victory: 260 BC
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Hannibal
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Carthaginian general in the 2nd Punic War who crossed the Alps to invade Italy with elephants; he defeated the Romans at several key battles
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Cannae
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216 BC: Rome's worst military defeat ever; Hannibal was the victor
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Scipio Africanus
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Roman general who finally defeated Hannibal and ended the 2nd Punic War
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Zama
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202 BC; battle where Scipio defeated Hannibal
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Cato the Elder
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urged the Romans to start the 3rd Punic War by repeatedly urging "Carthago delenda est!-Carthage must be destroyed"
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Scipio Aemelianus
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won the 3rd Punic War by sacking and destroying Carthage
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How can an arch stand without cement?
 Definition
the keystone
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What was an unusual property of Roman cement?
 Definition
It could set under water
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What special ingredient did Roman cement contain?
 Definition
volcanic dust
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Name two architectual offshoots of the arch
 Definition
1. the (barrel) vault
2. The dome
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List charactistic Roman temples borrowed from the Etruscans
 Definition
1. High podium
2. Columns on front only
3. Acroterria
4. Elaborate cornice designs
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List characteristics Roman temples got from the Greeks
 Definition
1. Pediments
2. stone construction
3. doric, ionic & corinthian columns
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