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ELE: DL 2010
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
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Language - Latin
02/23/2010

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Term

Family

 

The family member who used

 

patria potestas

Definition
fater/ pater
Term

Children

 

A boy's guardian spirit

Definition
Genius
Term

 Education

 

The first teacher

 

of all children

Definition
mother/ mater
Term

 Dress

 

Item of clothing

 

worn only by male Roman citizens

Definition
toga
Term

Food

 

The time

 

when Republican Romans

 

ate beef

Definition
after a sacrifice
Term

Dining

 

Number of courses

 

served at dinner

Definition
three
Term

Derivatives

 

Place

 

where you can keep

 

bread and other cooking supplies

Definition
pantry
Term

Family

 

Latin word

 

for everyone subject to the

 

patria potestas

Definition
familia
Term

Children

 

What a child received on the

 

Dies Lustricus

 

besides a bulla

Definition
a name
Term

Education

 

The daily duty of a

 

paedagogus

Definition
took children to school
Term

Dress

 

Part of the body

 

on which a Roman wore

 

soleae and calcei

Definition
feet
Term

Food

 

The two fruits

 

that were most important

 

to the Romans

Definition
grapes/ uva olives/ olivae
Term

Dining

 

The Romans'

 

mid-day meal

Definition
prandium
Term

Derivatives

 

The word

 

for anything so old

 

that it rattles

Definition
decrepit
Term

Family

 

Latin word

 

for your aunt

 

on your mother's side

Definition
matertera
Term

Children

 

The reason

 

a girl stopped wearing

 

her bulla

Definition
marriage
Term

Education

 

Two of the many subjects

 

taught by a grammaticus

Definition
Homer, music, history, geography, mythology, geometry
Term

Dress

 

The woman's garment

 

tied around the waist with a zona

Definition
stola
Term

Food

 

The time

 

when the Romans put sugar

 

on their food

Definition
never
Term

Dining

 

The literal meaning of

 

secunda mensa

Definition
second table
Term

Derivatives

 

Favoritism shown to relatives

Definition
nepotism
Term

Family

 

The part of a Roman man's name

 

that reflected his gens

Definition
nomen
Term

Children

 

The deities

 

to whom a boy dedicated his bulla

 

at age sixteen

Definition
Lares
Term

Education

 

The two items

 

a student needed for writing

Definition
tabella (wax tablet) stilus (pointed stick)
Term

Dress

 

Person who wore

 

a toga candida

Definition
political candidate (Roman running for office)
Term

Food

 

The Romans'

 

favorite meat

Definition
pork
Term

Dining

 

What Roman dinner guests

 

carried home

 

in a mappa

Definition
leftover food
Term

Derivatives

 

One of the words

 

derived from the Latin word,

 

plicare

Definition
complicated replica multiplication
Term

Family

 

The Latin word for

 

"blood relatives"

Definition
cognati
Term

Children

 

Latin word

 

for a baby's rattle toy

Definition
crepundia
Term

Education

 

Teacher who instructed older boys

 

in the art of

 

public speaking

Definition
rhetor
Term

Dress

 

The function of a sinus

 

in a toga

Definition
a pocket
Term

Food

 

The item of food

 

grown in viticulture

Definition
grapes
Term

Dining

 

Period of Roman history

 

when it was good to be a vegetarian

Definition
Republic
Term

Derivatives


The adjective

 

that describes a bird

 

who nests on the ground

Definition
gallinaceous