Shared Flashcard Set

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Games, Baths and Exercise
Key Terms
18
Language - Latin
12th Grade
10/01/2011

Additional Language - Latin Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Trigon
Definition

Roman Ball Game

  • players stand at ends of triangle
  • two balls used
Term
tali
Definition

knucklebones

 

Term
tesserae
Definition
dice
Term
balneum or balnea
Definition
early bathhouses
Term
balneae
Definition
later bathhouses
Term
thermae
Definition
large bathhouses
Term
quadrans
Definition
a quarter of a cent
Term
apodyterium
Definition
dressing room
Term
tepidarium
Definition

warm room

bathers wait until sweating

Term
caldarium
Definition

hot room

hot bath

Term
frigidarium
Definition
cold room
Term
unctorium
Definition
room for rubbing and anoiting oil
Term
laconicum
Definition
sweat room
Term
strigils
Definition
scraper for removing sweat
Term
palaestra
Definition
exercise grounds
Term
hypocaust
Definition
heating system
Term
vulture
Definition
lowest throw in tali
Term
venus
Definition
hightest throw in tali
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