1. CLASSICAL ROOTS
LESSON 2: NUMBERS

2. ROOTS TRI = THREE TRES = THREE QUARTUS = FOURTH QUATUOR = FOUR
DECEM = TEN
CENTUM = HUNDRED

3. (LOGOS <G. WORD, SPEECH)
TRILOGY
A GROUP OF THREE LITERARY OR MUSICAL WORKS THAT HAVE A RELATED THEME
(LOGOS <G. WORD, SPEECH)

4. TRISECT
TO DIVIDE INTO THREE PARTS
(SECARE <L. TO CUT)

5. TRIUMVIRATE
A GROUP OF THREE, ESPECIALLY IN AUTHORITY
(VIR <L. MAN)

6. triumvirate? trisect? trilogy?
PRACTICE!
Three books of a series, three movies of series, three musical works of a series…
triumvirate? trisect? trilogy?
(trilogy)

7. trisect? triumvirate? trilogy?
PRACTICE!
If three students decided to run the presidency of ASB together, they could be called a…
trisect? triumvirate? trilogy?
(triumvirate)

8. QUADRANT A QUARTER OF A CIRCLE OR OF ITS CIRCUMFERENCE
AN EARLY MACHINE FOR MEASURING ALTITUDES
ANY OF THE FOUR PARTS OF AN AREA DIVIDED BY PERPENDICULAR LINES

9. QUARTET A MUSICAL COMPOSITION FOR FOUR VOICES OR FOUR INSTRUMENTS
A SET OF FOUR, ESPECIALLY FOUR MUSICIANS

10. QUATRAIN
A STANZA OR GROUP OF FOUR LINES OF POETRY

11. quatrain? quadrant? quartet?
PRACTICE!
ONE-FOURTH OF A CIRCLE IS CALLED A…
quatrain? quadrant? quartet?
(quadrant)

12. Quatrain? Quadrant? Quartet?
PRACTICE!
The four cello players made an amazing…
Quatrain? Quadrant? Quartet?
(quartet)

13. Quadrant? Quatrain? Quartet?
PRACTICE!
What word refers to a poem of four lines?
Quadrant? Quatrain? Quartet?
(quatrain)

14. DECIMATE
TO DESTROY A LARGE PART OF
TO KILL ONE IN EVERY TEN

15. (ATHLON <G. CONTEST)
DECATHLON
AN ATHLETIC CONTEST IN WHICH EACH CONTESTANT TAKES PART IN TEN EVENTS
(ATHLON <G. CONTEST)

16. BICENTENNIAL A TWO-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
HAPPENING ONCE EVERY 200 YEARS
(ANNUS <L. YEAR)

17. CENTENARY
PERTAINING TO A 100-YEAR PERIOD
A CENTENNIAL

18. CENTIGRADE
REFERRING TO A THERMOMETER SCALE OF 100 DEGREES IN WHICH WATER FREEZES AT 0 DEGREES AND BOILS AT 100 DEGREES
(GRADUS <L. STEP)

19. decimate? centenary? centigrade?
PRACTICE!
WHICH WORD REFERS TO A THERMOMETER SCALE OF 100 DEGREES?
decimate? centenary? centigrade?
(centigrade)

20. PRACTICE! (decathlon) AN ATHLETIC CONTEST OF 10 EVENTS IS A…
decimate? decathlon? centenary?
(decathlon)

21. centenary? bicentennial? decathlon?
PRACTICE!
A 100 YEAR PERIOD IS A…
centenary? bicentennial? decathlon?
(centenary)

22. PRACTICE! (decimated) European measles ____________
the Native American population.
trisected? decimated?
(decimated)

23. CHALLENGE! (bicentennial)
WHICH WORD IS ASSOCIATED WITH HAPPENING EVERY 200 YEARS?
(bicentennial)

24. CHALLENGE! ( triumvirate)
A GROUP OF THREE GOVERNING PEOPLE IS CALLED…
( triumvirate)

25. CHALLENGE!
IN WHAT FORM ARE MOST NURSERY RHYMES WRITTEN?
(quatrain)

26. CHALLENGE! (centigrade)
THE TERM RELATED TO TEMPERATURE IS…
(centigrade)

27. CHALLENGE!
THREE BOOKS THAT MAKE UP A SERIES ARE CALLED A …
(trilogy)

28. CHALLENGE!
GROUP THE VOCABULARY WORDS INTO THE CATEGORIES OF : NOUNS ADJECTIVES VERBS

29. NOUNS
trilogy decathlon triumvirate bicentennial quadrant centenary quartet quatrain

30. ADJECTIVES
bicentennial centenary centigrade

31. VERBS
decimate trisect

32. CHALLENGE! DO YOU KNOW THE TWO DEFINITIONS OF DECIMATE?
TO DESTROY A LARGE PART OF
TO KILL ONE IN EVERY TEN

33. CHALLENGE! DO YOU KNOW THE THREE DEFINITIONS FOR QUADRANT?
A quarter of a circle
An early machine for measuring altitude
One of four parts divided by perpendicular lines

34. CHALLENGE! (trisection)
WHAT IS THE NOUN FORM OF TRISECT?
(trisection)

35. CHALLENGE!
WHICH TWO WORDS ARE LISTED WITH BOTH AN ADJECTIVE AND A NOUN FORM AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME IN BOTH FORMS? (bicentennial and centenary)

36. CHALLENGE! (decimated)
To punish a legion that had showed cowardice, the Roman army sometimes ___________soldiers on a basis of a lottery.
(decimated)

37. CHALLENGE!
During the complicated heart surgery, a ____________of surgeons worked for ten hours.
(quartet)

38. CHALLENGE! (decathlon)
The winner of the Olympic __________can be considered an all-around superb athlete.
(decathlon)

39. CHALLENGE!
Rescuers divided the forest into ___________and searched thoroughly for survivors.
(quadrant)

40. CHALLENGE! (centigrade)
Scientists will often use a _________scale because it makes calculations easier.
(centigrade)

41. CHALLENGE!
Although it was a primitive tool, the __________allowed early explorers to take accurate measurements.
(quadrant)

42. CHALLENGE! (trisected)
The freeway __________the once united community into three separated neighborhoods.
(trisected)

43. CHALLENGE! (Triumvirate)
The Second __________of Rome was Mark Anthony, Augustus Caesar, and Lepidus.
(Triumvirate)

44. CHALLENGE! (decimated)
European diseases __________the Native American population because they had no immunity.
(decimated)

45. CHALLENGE! (bicentennial)
A two hundredth anniversary is called a ______________.
(bicentennial)

46. CHALLENGE!
I just finished the last of the three books in the _________.
(trilogy)