1. LATIN LANGUAGE AND ROMAN
WELCOME ALL TO THE
LATIN LANGUAGE AND ROMAN
CULTURE LESSON

2. LATIN LANGUAGE AND ROMAN CULTURE
Latin…for what?

3. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS?

4. THE GAME OF GUESSING….How much can you guess from what you know of these Latin expressions?

5. Latin sentences you’re used to seing….
SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS
SENATUS POPULUSQUE HISPALENSIS

6. CAN YOU GUESS MEANINGS?

7. IS LATIN SO STRANGE FOR US?
Can you guess the meaning of these words using the modern languages you speak? Can you say any other word in your language coming from them?
temptatio
semper
locus
Local
Locality, localize
omnes
volunt
Omnipotens
omnivorous
Fable, fabula
Hablar
fabulare
colligere
“Collige, virgo, rosas…”

8. LATIN IN GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
VINCE IN BONO MALUM
AUDERE EST FACERE
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS

9. WHICH LANGUAGES COME FROM LATIN (7)?

10. YOU READ LATIN ALMOST EVERYDAY WITHOUT KNOWING IT!
Is not…
But Latin…
A DEAD
LANGUAGE?

11. IS LATIN A DEAD LANGUAGE?
Although Latin is not a language which is spoken nowadays, it is not DEAD, because….;

12. IIT NEVER DIED, BUT IT CHANGED INTO OTHER DIFFERENT LANGUAGES….
MEUM IMPERIUM
IL MIO IMPERIO
MI IMPERIO
MON EMPIRE

13. USING LATIN YOU CAN LEARN….
VOCABULARY
CULTURE
SCHOOL DISCIPLINES
OTHER LANGUAGES

14. MATHEMATICS TANGENT, from LATIN, “tangere”: TO TOUCH TANGIBLE TACT
INTACT

15. LATIN IN OTHER DISCIPLINES….
PLURICELLULAR
From PLURIS: many and CELULA
MOLLUSC, from MOLLIS, “soft”
BIPEDAL
from BIS (two) AND
PEDIS: foot
MUSEUM,
BIVALVE
From MUSAE, the muses that inspire artists
BIS: 2
VALVA: DOOR PANE

16. LATIN HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF WORDS…….
SEPTEM (SEPT)
OCTO (HUIT)
NOVEM (NEUF)
DECEM (DIX)
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
VII
VIII IX X
+ BER=
FORMAL AND LITERARY LANGUAGE
TERGIVERSATE
CONSTRICTION
OBTURATED
PROCRASTINATE
BLOCKED, JAMMED
BOTTLENECK
POSTPONE
BE AMBIGUOUS, UNCLEAR

17. Laetitia:”happiness” From procrastinus: of tomorroe”
…ETYMOLOGY
ETYMOS: TRUE LOGOS: MEANING
LETICIA
SPA
Salus Per Aquam
Laetitia:”happiness”
canid
PROCRASTINATION
Animals of the
family of the dogs
“PUT OFF, DELAY”
From procrastinus: of tomorroe”
ET CETERA
ET: “and”
CETERUS: “Other”

18. CULTURE SAGGITARIUS “saggita”=arrow THE ROMAN LEGACY
SAGGITA: ARROW/ SAETA
THE ROMAN LEGACY
The planets have been named after different Gods of Rome: Saturn, Mercury, Iuppiter, Pluto…