Latin III - Q4 CL

What is the Latin phrase that means "before food" and is abbreviated a.c.?

• ante cibum

• ab cibo

• ad cibum

• ante cibo

If the abbreviation b.i.d. is found on a prescription label, how often should you take it?

• twice a day

• three times a day

• once a day

• twice a week

What Latin phrase is the motto of Wyoming and means "may arms yield to the toga"?

• cedant arma togae

• arma faciunt togae

• togae armis inveniuntur

• arma togas inveniunt

What Latin phrase means "there is no accounting for tastes"?

• de gustibus non est disputandum

• esse quam videri

• in hoc signo vinces

• ne plus ultra

What does the Latin phrase DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI mean?

• It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country

• It is proper for your country to honor you at death

• Your country is a sweet and honorable place

• One should not die for one's country

What does the Latin phrase ESSE QUAM VIDERI mean?

• to be rather than to seem

• teem rather than to be

• to be how it is to see

• to be seen is good

What does the phrase FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNO mean?

• easy to go to "Hell" but difficult to get back

• Avernus is an easy place to see

• easy to go to "Heaven" but difficult to get back

• it is easy to descend down the hill

What is the best meaning of FAMAM EXTENDIMUS FACTIS?

• what we do in life echoes in eternity

• facts extend the reputation

• a famous fact is all you need

• one should always do his best

Which of the following Latin phrases express the idea that you should balance how quickly you do something with how carefully you do it?

• festina lente

• facilis descensus Averno

• sic transit gloria mundi

• ne quid nimis

Who was the most famous ancient Greek in the field of medicine and the first to believe that illnesses had natural causes?

• Hippocrates

• Archimedes

• Pericles

• Euripides