Common Latin Phrases in English
Authored by David Robinson
English
1st - 11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
0 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase means genuine or real?
Bona fide
Ad hoc
de facto
circa
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
0 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase means the existing state of affairs or the way things are now?
Per Capita
Terra Firma
Status Quo
Led Zeppelin
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
0 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase means the examination of a body after death or an autopsy?
post office
post-factum
post-meridiam
post-mortum
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
0 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase means in exactly the same words?
vice versa
verbatim
versus
in vitrio
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
0 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase means 'Seize the day' and is a Latin version of YOLO (You only live once) meaing you should be ambitious and do what you can as time is short?
ad infinitum
Cogito ergo sum
Carpe Diem
Et cetera
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
0 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase means to improvise or say something unplanned or unscripted often found in improvisational comedy?
Ad lib
Alma mater
Ad nauseam
alter ego
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
0 sec • 1 pt
Which phrase means the common language or the language many people have in common which is usually English in an international school?
lingua franca
magnum opus
quid pro quo
tabula rasa
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
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