Upgrade to remove ads
Only $2.99/month

Latin - Wheelock Caput XII

Terms in this set (24)

Asia
-ae, f., Asia Minor (roughly modern-day Turkey)
medica
-ae, f., doctor, physician
patientia
-ae, f., suffering; patience, endurance
annus
-ī, m., year
medicus
-ī, m., doctor, physician
prīncipium
-iī, n., beginning
adulēscēns
adulēscentis, m./f. ("c." = common), young man/woman
Caesar
Caesaris, m., Caesar (for our purposes, usually Julius; "Caesar" became a
title that emperors adopted as well)
māter
mātris, f. mother
pater
patris, m. father
acerbus
-a, -um, harsh, bitter, grievous
creō
creāre, creāvī, creātum, to create
amīttō
-ere, āmīsī, āmissum, to send away; lose, let go
cadō
-ere, cecidī, cāsum/cāsūrus, to fall
diū
long, for a long time
nūper
recently
prō
+ ablative, in front of, before, on behalf of, for the sake of, in return for, instead of,
for, as
A.D.
= annō dominī, in the year of our Lord; denotes a method of dating that is
based on counting years from the accepted year of the birth of Christ
annus mīrābilis
wonderful year (often refers to 1665-6, in which Isaac Newton
made revolutionary discoveries)
alma māter
the college from which one graduates (literally "nourishing mother")
pater patriae
a father of his country
per annum
by year, yearly
prō bonō (pūblicō)
for the public good; used of work done for free
prō tempore
for the time being, temporarily (often shortened to prō tem.)
THIS SET IS OFTEN IN FOLDERS WITH...