Ecce Romani Intro Questions
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NolanSpear16 on August 26, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What does Ecce Romani mean? | Look! The Romans! |
| Who are the Cornelii? | family at the center of our story |
| What year is our story set in? | A.D. 80 |
| Identify: Baie- | a resort town near the farmhouse |
| Pompeii- | city destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius |
| Mt. Vesuvius- | volcano- erupted in A.D. 79 |
| Campania | region around the Bay of Naples |
| What are the 5 principal romance languages? | French Italian Portugese Romanian Spanish |
| Why are they called the Romance languages? | they come from the Romans |
| What percentage of English words come from Latin? | more than 60% |
| What does "polysyllabic" mean? | more than one syllable |
| Does Latin have articles (definite or indefinite)? | No |
| What is the difference between a cognate and a derivitive? | cognate- related to derivative- comes from |
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