Sunday, September 29, 2024

17.11.24: Level 1; review; practice in the cases; 3rd declension nouns [4]: proverbs, quotations and sayings

Match the description with the images A – J:

[1] used by Elon Musk to justify the reinstatement by vote of former President’s Trump account on Twitter; in doing so he was possibly unaware of the original context

[2] used by Cicero: accused Verres of ordering the crucifixion of an individual which, under Roman law, was forbidden; a plea for the rights of a citizen

[3] adopted as the motto for the Protestant Reformation; originally appeared in the Vulgate (Job 17:12)

[4] used in a play by Plautus accusing a man of being a thief

[5] referring to a hidden danger

[6] proverb stating that you’ll speak your mind – when you’re drunk

[7] form part of inscriptions on church bells to call the people and to chase away the Plague

[8] term used in geometry to refer to the opposite sides of an isosceles triangle

[9] a proverb emphasising the power of virtue

[10] art does not need to have any instructive, moral or political purpose or justification

anguis, -is [3 m/f]: snake; serpent

ars, artis [3/f]: art; skill

cīvis, -is [3 m/f]: citizen

homō, hominis [3/m]: man

lūx, lūcīs [3/f]: light

pestis, -is [3/f]: disease; plague; infection

plēbs, -is [3/f]: common people

pōns, pontis [3/m]: bridge; also the deck of a ship

vēritās, vēritātis [3/f]: truth

virtūs, virtūtis [3/f]: manliness; courage; virtue; goodness

vōx, vōcis [3/f]: voice 

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