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Quiz about More Latin Phrases
Quiz about More Latin Phrases

More Latin Phrases Trivia Quiz


When education was still a more elitist matter, it was seen as 'good style' to spice up one's letters, speeches and writings with a few Latin phrases. In this quiz you find a few relics of such more Latin-minded ages.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
66,392
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
2350
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is meant by: Qui cito dat, bis dat? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'Latet anguis in herba'. This means? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 'Ubi bene, ibi patria.' Adapted from Cicero, Tusc. 5, 57. Means? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Fas est ab hoste doceri. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Amantium irae amoris integratio est. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo. What makes holes in stone according to this quote ? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'Mens agitat molem' is a quote from Virgil's De Aeneis. 6, 727. What does it mean? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is meant by the label given to a book 'in usum delphini'? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What did Seneca the Younger mean in his seventh letter by the maxim: Docendo discimus? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 'Non scholae sed vitae discimus' is also a quotation from Seneca the Younger.(106th letter). What view on education does it express? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is meant by: Qui cito dat, bis dat?

Answer: Who gives quickly, gives twice.

Cito can be found back in the famous Olympic motto : 'Citius, altius, fortius'. 'Ever faster, stronger, higher' is the goal that athletes set themselves.
2. 'Latet anguis in herba'. This means?

Answer: There is a snake in the grass.

Anguis can be found in French anguille for eel. A 'snakelike fish'.
3. 'Ubi bene, ibi patria.' Adapted from Cicero, Tusc. 5, 57. Means?

Answer: Where I feel o.k., there is my home.

The original is: 'Patria est ubique est bene'.
4. Fas est ab hoste doceri.

Answer: There is no law against learning a few tricks from your enemy.

Doceri is the passive of docere to teach. Literally the saying translates as: 'It is permitted to be taught by the enemy.' 'Nefas' means what is not permitted and damaging. Related to French 'nefaste' and English 'nefarious'.
5. Amantium irae amoris integratio est.

Answer: Quarrels between lovers often make their love more solid.

Literally: the moments of anger between two lovers are or lead to the 'completion', 'perfection' of their love. In French 'un amant' is a (secret) lover.
6. Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo. What makes holes in stone according to this quote ?

Answer: Repeated drops of water

'Cavare' can be found in 'excavation'. Vis = strength. Related to vigour, vigorous. Cadere=to fall. Related to {accident;} incident. Cadenza is the rhythmic 'falling' of the beats. Saepe = often. Gutta = French 'goutte', 'drop'.
7. 'Mens agitat molem' is a quote from Virgil's De Aeneis. 6, 727. What does it mean?

Answer: Matter is moved by mind.

Molestare = using your strength in an unpleasant way against {somebody;} using violence.
8. What is meant by the label given to a book 'in usum delphini'?

Answer: With 'adult' passages removed

Delphinus is related to French 'dauphin' , the son of the King and his future successor. The education of a King's son was the task of the best educators and preceptors of the realm. It was their role to teach the Prince cautiously without letting him slip off onto bad habits and less virtuous behaviour. Cp. Mentor teaching Telemachus, Ulysses' son.

In 17th century the French bishop Fenelon wrote a famous Telemachia or 'education of Telemachus', meant for the French dauphin. The French word 'dauphin' is etymologically related to English dolphin and to the French province of Dauphiny, of which the successor to the throne was traditionally made the prince. Cp. Prince of Wales in Britain.
9. What did Seneca the Younger mean in his seventh letter by the maxim: Docendo discimus?

Answer: We learn by teaching.

The idea that lies behind this 'maxim' is that to explain something to an audience you have first to refine your own understanding of it. Seneca the Younger was born in 4BC at Cordoba {;} Messalina, the debauched Empress, had him banished to Corsica in 41 AD but Agrippina called him back and made him the educator of her son Nero. 12 years after Nero acceded to the throne he forced his ex-teacher to commit suicide, which illustrates that even the best teachers cannot always reform a corrupt soul.
10. 'Non scholae sed vitae discimus' is also a quotation from Seneca the Younger.(106th letter). What view on education does it express?

Answer: We do not learn for school, but for life

A more literal translation would be "We do not learn for school, but for life".

Henry Ford said that 'history was bunk' - an opinion which can be safely disregarded, as inventing and perfecting car-models is not proof of any educative talent. Of course life may be a good teacher, but it often teaches the hard way.
Source: Author flem-ish

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