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THE RED-HOT ONE HUNDRED
By their very nature, the words selected for this group are likely to be so well-known, or else to have such obvious English derivatives that it makes VDB prompts rather unnecessary...
Don't worry, the best (?) is yet to come...!
** Some of the VDB prompts use English words similar to, but not actually derived from the Latin. This 'double-star' symbol is used to warn you that the word should not be considered an 'official' English derivative!
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NOUNS 1st decl: click #nouns1stdecl
NOUNS 2nd masc: click #nouns2ndmasc
NOUNS 2nd neuter: click #nouns2ndneut
ADJECTIVES: click #adjectives
PRONOUNS: click #pronouns
PREPOSITIONS: click #prepositions
ADVERBS: click #adverbs
CONJUNCTIONS: click #conjunctions
VERBS 1st conj: click #verbs1stconj
VERBS 2nd conj: click #verbs2ndconj
VERBS 3rd conj: click #verbs3rdconj
VERBS Mixed conj: click #verbsmixedconj
VERBS 4th conj: click #verbs4thconj
VERBS: irreg: click #verbsirreg
| NOUNS | 1st Declension: -A, -AE (mostly fem) | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| AGRICOLA | FARMER | agriculture | the farmer is getting 'a(n)gri'... |
| ANCILLA | SLAVE-GIRL | ancillary | 'anci-panci' |
| AQUA | WATER | aqueduct, aquatic | (deriv.) |
| DEA | GODDESS | deity, deify | see prompt for 'DEUS': feminine version! |
| FEMINA | WOMAN | feminine | (deriv.) |
| INSULA | ISLAND | insulate, peninsula | water wrapped around the island |
| NAUTA | SAILOR | nautical, astronaut | Jason & the Argonauts |
| POETA | POET | poetry | umm...! |
| PUELLA | GIRL | ? | female 'puer' |
| REGINA | QUEEN | reign | 'Elizabeth Regina' |
| SAGITTA | ARROW | Sagittarius, the centaur archer | he shot the STAG with a SAG |
| TERRA | LAND, GROUND | terrain, subterranean | Fr: pomme de terre |
| VILLA | (Country) HOUSE | village | same word! |
| NOUNS | 2nd Declension: -US, -I (all masc) | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| AMICUS | FRIEND | amicable | connect with 'AMO' |
| CIBUS | FOOD | ? | 'cibus' (give us!) this day our daily bread |
| DEUS | GOD | deity, deify | Zeus, the chief Deus |
| DOMINUS/A | MASTER, MISTRESS | dominate | he's a Grand Master at Dominoes |
| EQUUS | HORSE | equestrian | (deriv.) |
| GLADIUS | SWORD | gladiator | (deriv.) |
ROMANUS, (also ROMA) | ROMAN, (ROME) | romantic | er.... |
| SERVUS | SLAVE | servant | the slaves will serv'us |
| NOUNS | 2nd Declension: -ER, -I (all masc) | ||
| LIBER | BOOK | library | (deriv.) |
| MAGISTER | TEACHER | magistrate | (deriv.) |
| PUER | BOY | puerile | (deriv.) |
| NOUNS | 2nd Declension neuter: -UM, -I | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| BELLUM | WAR | belligerent, rebellion | meaning of deriv. |
| FORUM | MARKETPLACE | forensic | a funny thing happened.... |
| OPPIDUM | TOWN | oppidan (scholar) | helps to know 'oppugno': attack the town |
| TEMPLUM | TEMPLE | temple | umm... |
THEATRUM (no longer prescribed) | THEATRE | theatrical | er...... |
| VERBUM | WORD | verb, verbal | (deriv.) |
| VINUM | WINE | vine, vineyard | (deriv.) |
| ADJECTIVES | 1st/2nd Declension: -US -A -UM, or -ER -A -UM | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| ALTUS | , HIGH, DEEP | altitude | (deriv.) |
| BONUS | GOOD | Fr: bon | it's good to get a bonus |
| FESSUS | TIRED | ? | connect with digging a 'fossa' (ditch): 'The fossa made him fessus' - (old pupils know the original of this: a play on the name of an old PE teacher: 'FOSSUS makes you FESSUS'!) |
| IRATUS | ANGRY | irate | the I.R.A. were very angry (also some find **irritate** a help) |
| LAETUS | HAPPY | ? | 'light'-hearted |
| MAGNUS | BIG, GREAT | magnify | a Magnum is a big ice-cream |
| MALUS | BAD, NASTY | malicious, malfunction | deriv.; (also schoolboy slang based on 'mal-coordinated'!) |
| MISER misera miserum | MISERABLE, POOR, WRETCHED | miserable | deriv.; also English 'miser' |
| MULTUS | MANY, LOTS OF | multiply | e.g. multi-coloured |
| PARVUS | LITTLE, SMALL | ? | fem. 'parva': a larva is a small insect: 'parva larva' |
PERTERRITUS (no longer prescribed) | TERRIFIED | terrified | 'per' + 'territus' - frightened through & through: **petrified** unfortunately also usually works |
| PULCHER pulchra pulchrum | BEAUTIFUL | pulchritude | usually helps to connect with 'puella'! "She's a puella pulchra" |
| SAEVUS | SAVAGE | savage | "sa(e)v'us from the savage monster!" |
| ADVERBS | all indeclinable | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| CUR? | WHY? | ? | **curious**: always asking 'why?' |
| MOX | SOON | ? | the mocks (trial exams) are coming soon! |
| NON | NOT | nonsense | unlike French, it does NOT mean 'no'! |
| NUMQUAM | NEVER | ? | it's nuncautnumquam |
| STATIM | IMMEDIATELY | ? | statimmediately |
| SUBITO | SUDDENLY | ? | in Subbuteo, goals get scored suddenly |
| TANDEM | AT LAST | ? | the old-fashioned 'at length' works if you think of tandem bicycles |
| CONJUNCTIONS | all indeclinable | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| ET | AND | et cetera | (e.g. Fr. deriv.) |
QUOD | BECAUSE | ? | 'bequods' |
| SED | BUT | ? | the verb 'sedeo' means 'sit', and you sit on your... |
| TAMEN | HOWEVER | ? | it's rather like 'tandem'; however it's shorter, so it doesn't go on 'at length' |
| UBI | WHEN | ? | Ubi-When Kenobi |
| -NE | indicates an OPEN QUESTION | ? | not really a conjunction, of course...but this seemed the best place to put it! It's often confused with -que, but once they're sorted out use the meaning to remember it: 'how do you remember -ne?????' |
