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Chapter 4-6 review: MĪRĀBILE AUDĪTŪ

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9 questions

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Match the Latin phrase, motto, or abbreviation to its English translation.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Caveat ēmptor: A common warning in commerce.		“He has nodded favorably on our beginnings.”
etc. An abbreviation for et cētera		“Let (may) the buyer beware!”
Urbī et Orbī: The title of the Pope’s address to the world on Easter and Christmas.		“In practice.”
Quid prō quō?		“In a glass.”
Sine quā nōn: A shorter phrase expressing the concept of condiciō sine quā nōn		“What for what?” A favor for a favor, “tit for tat.”
@		“a necessary condition,” and literally meaning “without which not.”
Status quō		“The condition in which <things are now>.”
Annuit coeptīs: Taken from Vergil’s Georgics, this inscription is found on the one dollar bill.		“Time flees.” An inscription often found on clocks.
P.S. An abbreviation for post scrīptum		“To the City <of Rome> and to the World.”
Dē factō		“Conversely,” “the opposite.”
Tempus fugit		“Always ready.”
In vitrō		The Latin medieval abbreviation of apud, “at,” “at the home of.”
Semper parātus: Motto of the US Coast Guard.		“and other things.”
Vice versā		“written afterwards or below,” an item added below the signature to a letter.

1

Which of the phrases might be taught in a consumer economics class?

1

Which abbreviation is oft en found at the end of a list of items?

1

Which phrase means an absolute necessity?

1

Which phrase might be cited when establishing precedent?

1

Folks who oppose or fear change, want to preserve what instead?

1

Which phrase is related to retaliation?

1

In discussing opposites, one might employ which phrase?

17

Now match these individual Latin terms to their English meaning.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
versus, versa, versum		to nod upon in consent
caveat – a 3rd p. sg. present active subjunctive of caveō, cavēre, cāvī, cautum		undertakings
ēmptor, ēmptōris, m.		to beware
quā / quō		buyer
urbs, urbis, f.		a done thing
condiciō, condiciōnis, f.		glass
status, statūs, m.		condition
cēterus, cētera, cēterum		which
scrīptus, scrīpta, scrīptum		without
vitrum, vitrī, n.		status
annuō, annuere, annuī, ——		world
factum, factī, n.		city (of Rome)
sine + ablative		converted
vice		ablative of a word lacking nominative and meaning “turn”
post (adv.)		other, the rest
coepta, coeptōrum, n. pl.		at a later time
orbis, orbis, m.		written