NLE Latin poetry derivatives, 2015-2023

A proscription was a condemnation of citizens, usually to death. Based on its Latin root, how would someone be proscribed?

• His name would be written on a list.
• It was announced by a priest.
• It was declared by the king.
• A flag was raised over his house.

What derivative of the Latin root found in plicāvērunt (line 12) means to unfold or reveal meaning?

• explicate
• duplicate
• complicate
• implicate

Salt is a solute that dissolves in a solvent such as water to form a solution. What is the meaning of the Latin verb from which solute, dissolves, solvent, and solution derive?

• loosen
• create
• lead
• answer

The prefix “se-” as seen in seclude, segregate, and separate means

• apart
• over
• again
• into

Adequate, equivocate, and equinox all derive from the Latin word meaning

• equal
• valuable
• horse
• self

Influence, fluent, and superfluous all derive from the Latin verb meaning to

• flow
• march
• pay
• trade

The English words eject, trajectory, and objective come from the Latin word that means to

• throw
• touch
• travel
• take

At the root of the words innate, renaissance, and nascent is the Latin verb nāscor meaning

• to be born
• to tell
• to obtain
• to be able

The sound of a dulcimer ought to be

• sweet
• scary
• confusing
• harsh

The English words assuming, consumption, and resume come from the Latin word that means

• take up
• send out
• call
• eat