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Chapter 4-6 review: MĪRĀBILE AUDĪTŪ

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Question 1

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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Which phrase means an absolute necessity?

Question 5

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Which phrase might be cited when establishing precedent?

Question 6

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

Question 7

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Which phrase is related to retaliation?

Question 8

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In discussing opposites, one might employ which phrase?

Question 9

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

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

Sine quā nōn: A shorter phrase expressing the concept of condiciō sine quā nōn 

“He has nodded favorably on our beginnings.”

Annuit coeptīs: Taken from Vergil’s Georgics, this inscription is found on the one dollar bill.

“Let (may) the buyer beware!”

Quid prō quō? 

“In practice.”

In vitrō

“In a glass.”

Vice versā

“What for what?” A favor for a favor, “tit for tat.”

Status quō

“a necessary condition,” and literally meaning “without which not.”

Caveat ēmptor: A common warning in commerce.

“The condition in which <things are now>.”

Semper parātus:  Motto of the US Coast Guard.

“Time flees.” An inscription often found on clocks.

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“To the City <of Rome> and to the World.”

Urbī et Orbī: The title of the Pope’s address to the world on Easter and Christmas.

“Conversely,” “the opposite.”

Tempus fugit

“Always ready.”

P.S. An abbreviation for post scrīptum

The Latin medieval abbreviation of apud, “at,” “at the home of.”

Dē factō

“and other things.”

etc. An abbreviation for et cētera

“written afterwards or below,” an item added below the signature to a letter.

Now match these individual Latin terms to their English meaning. 

status, statūs, m.

to nod upon in consent

ēmptor, ēmptōris, m.

undertakings

vice

to beware

urbs, urbis, f.

buyer

annuō, annuere, annuī, ——

a done thing

cēterus, cētera, cēterum

glass

coepta, coeptōrum, n. pl.

condition

orbis, orbis, m.

which

sine + ablative

without

factum, factī, n.

status

quā / quō

world

versus, versa, versum

city (of Rome)

condiciō, condiciōnis, f.

converted

scrīptus, scrīpta, scrīptum

ablative of a word lacking nominative and meaning “turn”

caveat – a 3rd p. sg. present active subjunctive of caveō, cavēre, cāvī, cautum

other, the rest

vitrum, vitrī, n.

at a later time

post (adv.)

written