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Vocabulary Quiz

You may find it easier to print this vocabulary list and prepare the definitions with paper and pencil before entering your answers into the computer. Or, if you prefer, you can log on to Blackboard and print the version of the quiz that appears there.

For the quiz, you will need to be able to supply the dictionary form of the word, prompted by an English definition and the first letter of the Latin word. Note: You can take the online quiz as often as you want; the computer will record your most recent score. The quiz is only available through Tuesday midnight.

Want to improve your Latin vocabulary in general? Learn about Latin word frequency lists! These lists can help you focus your attention on the most frequently used words. The vocabulary lists for this course are based on a Medieval Latin word frequency list.

Vocabulary and Notes

This week's vocabulary consists of first declension nouns (ending in a) and second declension nouns (ending in us and um). Your Grammar assignment for this week covers the endings used for this declension.

You might want to play some QUIA Games to practice this vocabulary, and take a practice Cloze Quiz.

Special notes:

• angelus, ecclesia, episcopus, monachus (and monasterium): these words are dervied from Greek, as are many Latin religious terms
• arma is neuter plural
• aurum is a noun, meaning "gold"; in English, the word "gold" is both a noun and an adjective; the Latin adjective for "gold, golden" is aureus
• bellum is a noun, meaning "war"; the Latin adjective bellus, -a, -um means "pretty" (but the Latin word pulcher is much more commonly used to mean "pretty, beautiful")
• causa in the ablative can mean "because of, for the sake of", and it takes the genitive. pecuniae causa = for money; animi causa = for reasons of spirit, for fun.
• locus is primarily a masculine noun, but you will also find the neuter plural loca
• the noun mundus means "world"; the adjective mundus, -a, -um means "clean"