MINIMUS – CHAPTER 2
Dec 16, 2015
MINIMUS – CHAPTER 2
VOCABULARY•eheu? •oh dear!
•villa•house
•sordida•dirty
•hortus •garden
•squalidus•messy
•tunica•dress
•fessi•tired
•euge!•hooray
•miles•soldier
TRANSLATION QUIZ
• Please pick 5 and translate to English. • eheu• villa• sordida• hortus• squalidus• tunica• fessi• euge!•miles
VOCABULARY•vespa •wasp
•parva•small
•balaena•whale
•maxima •very big
•cuniculus•rabbit
•improbus•naughty
•delphinus•dolphin
•benignus•friendly
•porcus•pig
TRANSLATION QUIZ
• Please pick 8 and translate to English. • eheu• vespa• sordida• parva• squalidus• improbus• fessi•maxima•miles
• balaena• cuniculus• equus• sumus
VOCABULARY
•bonus/bona•good
•callidus/callida•clever
•formosus/formosa•beautiful
• ignavus/ignava• lazy
•Improbus/improba•naughty
•magnus/magna•big
VOCABULARY
•minimus/minima•Very small
•optimus/optima•very good
•parvus/parva•small
•strenuus/strenua•energetic
TRANSLATION QUIZ
• Please pick 8 and translate to Latin
• Good – feminine• Lazy – masculine• Clever – feminine • Big – masculine• Very good – feminine• Small – masculine
• Beautiful – feminine• Very small – masculine• Energetic – feminine• Naughty – masculine
ROMAN REPORT• Small meals for breakfast and lunch• Large meal that lasted hours started in afternoon called cena.• What a meal consists of for the wealthy:• An impressive meal• Special wine mixed with water• Fruits and Vegetables• Venison, chicken, pork, fish, oysters• Rice fish sauce called liquamen.
• Poetry reading• Singing or Acrobatic display
• What a meal consists of for the solidiers:• Bread, vegetables, bacon, ham, and beer.
TRANSLATION QUIZ
• Translate ALL to Latin
• Good – feminine• Lazy – masculine• Clever – feminine • Big – masculine• Very good – feminine• Small – masculine
• Beautiful – feminine• Very small – masculine• Energetic – feminine• Naughty – masculine
VOCABULARY
•vir optime •sir
•caseus•cheese
•surge!•get up!
•Nunc•now
•noli tangere•don’t touch
•omnes silent•everyone is silent
•redi•go back
•cubiculum•bedroom
•noli lacrimare•don’t cry
•scilicet•of course
•rident•smiles
•praecipue•especially
VOCABULARY
MYTH: DAEDALUS & ICARUS
• Daedalus designed the labyrinth for Minos, King of Crete.
• Icarus was Daedalus’ son.
• Minos got angry with Daedalus and locked him and his son in a tower in the maze.
• Daedalus created wings from wax and feathers to fly away from the tower.
• The only rule to Icarus was to fly near Daedalus and to not go too low or too high.
• Icarus ignored the rule and flew too high and the wax melted.
• Icarus fell into the ocean and died.
MYTH ASSIGNMENT
• Draw a maze of your own. • You must include• traps • weapons•monsters
• The maze must be all modern. NO ANCIENT GREEK ITEMS.• List the modern items on the back of the drawing.
• DON’T FORGET YOUR NAME!