gr. 3b, ex. 2 Dicta Latina
Various items relating to Latin phrases and sayings. Keep trying; most fill-in-the-blank items will turn into multiple-guess after two attempts.
____ libris = from (out of) the books (of . . . )
- ex
- cum
- sine
- prope
An examination done "after death"
- post mortem
- post meridiem
- post bellum
- post modern
According to the Latin, Superman is "_______" other men.
- above
- stronger than
- hungrier than
- better than
What zodiac sign is the Lion?
- Leo
- Lapis
- Linea
- Libra
Graduation "cum laude" is graduation "with _____"
- praise
- lots of student loans
- the Lord
- the land
cum grano salis = ?
- with a grain of salt
- with grainy sauce
- with jumping grain
- with great jumping
to the point of nausea = ?
- ad nauseam
- ad nautica
- ad nihil
- ad nasum
The _________ South (of the U.S.) was the South "before the (Civil) War"
- antebellum
- antacid
- antarctica
- ante bonum