Saturday, May 24, 2003 |
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DISLODGE an English stone and you will find a Latin presence under it. This week let’s go Latin hunting again. I Match the abbreviations in Column A with their meanings in Column B. Column A Column B 1. i.e. (a) for the greater glory of God 2. RIP (b) the Roman senate and people 3. op.cit. (c) that is 4. q.v. (d) written afterward 5. NB (e) namely 6. e.g. (f) in proportion to value 7. SPQR (g) May he or she rest in peace 8. ad val. (h) which see 9. viz. (i) in the work cited 10. AMDG (j) in the same place 11. ibid. (k) take notice 12. PS (l) for example |
Column A Column B 1. Sub j —— (a) clean slate 2. t—— rasa (b) until an unspecified date 3. ur— et (c) through or -- bi by my fault 4. te— inco- (d) honorary gnita 5. s—- die (e) before the courts 6. adeste fi-- (f) sanctioned by law 7. per d—- (g) at first sight 8. hon—— (h) O come, causa all ye faithful 9. mea c—— (i) to the city and the world 10. p - facie (j) daily 11. de j- (k) unknown territory III Who said what? Put the speaker and his/her words together. Column A Column B 1. Veddite quae (a) Dido sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo. (Render unto Cae- sar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s) 2. Alea iacta est (b)Terence (The die is cast.) 3. Si vis pacem (c)Saint para bellum John (If you want peace, prepare for war.) 4. O tempora! O (d) Jesus mores! (Oh, the times! Oh the habits!) 5. Spectatum (e) Julius veniunt, veni- Caeser unt spectenteur ut ipsae. (They wish as much to be seen as to see.) 6. Quo vadis? (f)Vegetius (Whither goest thou?) 7. Omnes dete- (g) Dr. riores sumus Johnson Licentia. (Too much freedom debases us). 8. Non ignara (h) Ovid mali, miseris succurrere diso. (No stranger to misfortune myself, I learn to relieve the sufferings of others.) 9. Nullum quod (i) Juvenal tetgit non ornavit (He touched noth- ing he did not adorn.) 10. Mens sans (j) Cicero incorpore sano. (A sound mind in a sound body.) Answer key I 1-c, 2-g, 3-i, 4-h, 5-k, 6-1, 7-b, 8-f, 9-e, 10-a, 11-j, 12-d. II 1 judice-e, 2 tabula-a, 3 urbi, orbi-i, 4 terra-k, 5 sine-b, 6 fideles-h, 7 diem-j, 8 honoris-d, 9 culpa-e, 10 prima-g, 11 jure-f. III 1-d, 2-e, 3-f,
4-j, 5-h, 6-c, 7-b, 8-a, 9-g, 10-i. |