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It's Latin to Me
A short little quiz on your knowledge of Latin
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So, do you have problems repeating your state's Latin motto? Or does Virgil roll off your tongue in expedita et facile currens oratio? Either way, I hope you'll enjoy my short little Latin quiz!
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1. I came, I saw, I conquered:
 Caesar used this phrase to describe his total victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela
      Venire, videre, vincere        
      Aquila non capit muscas        
      Cor meum tibi offero domine prompte et sincere        
      Veni, vidi, vici        
      Coram nobis, coram vobis        
      Liberate me ex infernis        
      Navigare necesse est vivere non est necesse        
 
2. John 13:36:
 It's the Latin translation of St. Peter asking Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?"
      Quo vadis?        
      Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?        
      Quid est veritas?        
      Questio quid iuris?        
      Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur?        
      Quod me nutrit me?        
      Quo usque tandem?        
 
3. At long last love:
 Which line is from the Roman poetess Sulpicia to her lover Cerinthus, exclaiming it would be more shameful to hide their love than to reveal it?
      Da mi basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.        
      Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero        
      Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit        
      Leua papilla manet et conseruatur adultis, cuius lacte infans sexus muliebris alatur.        
      Ecce autem caveas subit per omnis insignis specie decora cultu plebes altera        
      Tandem venit amor, qualem texisse pudori quam nudasse alicui sit mihi, Fama, magis        
      Bella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos iusque datum sceleri canimus        
 
4. "If the law supposes that, the law is an a@%" ---Oliver Twist:
 Which of the following phrases translates to "friend of the court"
      Sine Die        
      Pro Bono Publico        
      Nolo Contendere        
      Modus Operandi        
      In Flagrante Delicto        
      Corpus Delicti        
      Amicus Curiae        
 
5. "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". -- King Henry the Sixth, Part II:
 Which of the following quotes concernes international law, or the law of nations?
      Ius summum saepe summa est malitia        
      Caveat emptor. Caveat vendor. Canem cave!        
      Ius gentium, autem, omni humano genere commune est        
      Nemo est supra leges        
      Publicum bonum privato est praeferendum        
      Qui tacet consentire videtur        
      Qui facit per alium, facit per se        
 
6. "Brevity is the soul of wit." -- Hamlet:
 Which of the following Latin abbreviations translates to "in the same place?"
      e.g.        
      ibid.        
      i.e.        
      q.v.        
      sic        
      s.v.        
      viz.        
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