Classics Crossword
Across
- 2. The shepherd who found Romulus and Remus after being cared for by the she-wolf in the founding tale of Ancient Rome
- 6. Dido was the first queen of this ancient city
- 7. In the translation of “Creo quia absurdum est,” fill in the blanks: “I believe ____ it is absurd
- 8. Known for its grandeur, Mozart’s last symphony was named after this Roman god
- 11. “Loquor,” “hortor,” and “conor” are examples of this type of verb, which are translated as active.
- 12. Greek intellectual giant who wrote Nichomachean Ethics and Metaphysics, among others
- 13. The river that Caesar crossed when declaring the famous phrase, “the die is cast”
- 15. Famously depicted in the 2000 film, Gladiator, the ambitious Roman Emperor who was the son of Marcus Aurelius.
Down
- 1. Perfect, active infinitive of fero, ferre, tuli, latus
- 3. The Emblematic Roman abbreviation representing the “Senate and People of Rome”
- 4. From capio, capere, cepi, captus. Second person, singular. Future indicative passive. Translate.
- 5. In the translation of, “Qui totum vult totum perdit,” fill in the blanks: “S(he) who ____ everything loses everything”
- 9. The exclamation coined by Archimedes, often used to accompany invention or discovery
- 10. King of Pylos in Homer's Odyssey (and a stir-fry chef)
- 14. The translation for the Latin word, “corona,” as in coronavirus