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68 Cards in this Set
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magno timore
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with/because of great fear
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neglegentius
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more/rather carelessly (comparative adverb)
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quidam, quaedam, quoddam
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(a) certain
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donarunt
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= donaverunt = (they) have given (syncopated/poetic 3rd person plural perfect active indicative)
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Qualis ...?
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What kind/sort of ...?
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haec rogantibus
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to [those] asking these [things] (Dat. present participle)
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essent
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were (imperfect subjunctive)
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quam + superlative
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as ... as possible
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mihi
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to/for me (ususally)
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amandi
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of loving (Gen. gerund)
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moritura
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going/about to die (future participle)
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mirabile dictu
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wonderful in the saying; wonderful to say (supine)
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mitteret
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(he/she) sent (imperfect subjunctive)
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mihi tenendi sunt
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must be held by me (gerundive of obligation with Dat. of agent)
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nuntiaverunt se esse
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announced themselves to be; announced they were (indirect statement)
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Miserere ... !
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Take pity ... ! (deponent s. imperative)
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iuxta
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next to
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Si ... manerem
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If ... I would stay (subjunctive in a conditional sentence)
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Roman emperor who converted to Christianity
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Constantine
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Apollo's priestesses
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sibyls
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sea between Italy and Greece
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Adriatic
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patron of the arts for Augustus
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Maecenas
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mountains in north Africa through Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria
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Atlas Mountains
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pessimus
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worst
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Si quid
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If anything
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referet
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(he/she) will bring back
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multorum dierum
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of many days (Gen. pl.)
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sunt mihi
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there are for me = I have
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apud
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with, among
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Aeneas (king) factus est.
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rex (Predicate Nominative - renames the subject)
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nonnulli
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not none = some!
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Pergami
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at Pergamum (locative)
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tetigere
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touched = tetigerunt
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scivit esse
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(he/she) knew to be = knew there were (indirect statement)
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vel ... vel
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either ... or
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maiorem Horatio
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better than Horatius (ablative of comparison)
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paruisset
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(he/she) had obeyed (pluperfect active subjunctive)
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Nympha invita, ...
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With/Because of the nymph unwilling, ... (ablative absolute)
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ne timeamus
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let us not fear (negative volative/jussive subjunctive)
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ad necandum Minotaurum
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for the Minotaur to be killed (gerundive of purpose)
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profecta
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having set out (deponent perfect participle)
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became intertwined trees
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Baucis and Philemon
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stet
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let it stand (volative/jussive subjunctive; editor's term in English)
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oculi turgiduli
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little swollen eyes (diminutive)
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velut
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just as (introduces a simile)
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quasi
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as if (introduces a simile)
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-que
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and
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-ve
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or
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vocasset
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= vocavisset = had called (syncopated pluperfect active subjunctive)
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Plautus and Terrence
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authors of Roman comedy
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Catullus, Horace, and Ovid
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Roman lyric poets
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Horace, Martial, and Juvenal
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Roman authors of satire
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Homer and Sappho
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Greek poets who influenced Roman poets
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ancient region on the eastern Mediterranean; its most powerful city-states were Tyre and Sidon
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Phoenicia
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third largest Mediterranean island; mythical birthplace of Aphrodite & Adonis & home to King Cinyras, Teucer, & Pygmalion
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Cyprus
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Odysseus'/Ulysses' homeland
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Ithaca
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ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor on the Black Sea; governed by Pliny the Younger during the reign of Trajan
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Bithynia
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Greek city of Agamemnon; city of the famous Lion Gate, cyclopean walls, & tomb of Clytemnestra; in myth this city was founded by Perseus
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Mycenae
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mountain of barren limestone in central Greece that towers above Delphi; sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs; home of the Muses
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Mount Parnassus
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leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus
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Horace
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fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty; succeeded Claudius; his rule is often associated with tyranny and extravagance; he is known for a number of executions, including those of his mother and adoptive brother; also known as the emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned"and as an early persecutor of Christians
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Nero
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emperor of Rome from AD 117 to 138; a Stoic and Epicurean philosopher; third of the so-called Five Good Emperors; second of the recently proposed Ulpio-Aelian dynasty; his reign had a faltering beginning, a glorious middle, and a tragic conclusion.The Roman Empire reached its peak geographical size under his rule in the year 125.
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Hadrian
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musician who went to the Underworld to reclaim his wife, Eurydice
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Orpheus
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beautiful mortal woman with whom Cupid fell in love
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Psyche
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two young lovers who communicated through a crack in the wall between their homes
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Pyramus & Thisbe
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couple who offered hospitality to disguised gods and were spared and allowed to die together as intertwined trees
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Baucis & Philemon
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a system of philosophy that attacked superstition and divine intervention; tranquility and freedom from fear were obtained by knowledge, friendship, and living a virtuous, temperate, albeit materialistic, life
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Epicureanism
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a system of philosophy that taught self-control and fortitude as means of overcoming destructive emotions; to be free from anger, envy, and jealousy and to accept even slaves as equals of other men, because all alike are sons of God
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Stoicism
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