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!