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In addition to the sections on bases (define and give words in which they appear), sentences from Ayers, and a few fill in the blank or multiple choice, this exam will test your knowledge of the Latin words & phrases, words from Greek mythology & history, loan words, and expressions as follows: I will give you a list of, say, ten words from mythology and history. From this list of ten words you must choose, say, five, define each as used today and explain its origin in myth/history.
Latin Words and Phrases (from lecture)
LL 25 II: antenna/antennae etc.; datum/data etc.; memorandum/memoranda etc.; focus/foci/focuses etc.; apparatus/apparatuses
Know words from mythology, history, and philosophy (from lectures)
Pronunciation assignments on pages 169 & 177
Bases from GL 3-14 with examples and definitions
eponym/eponymous, examples of
ideographic/logographic writing
phonograms/a syllabary
alphabet
`aleph/beth
C. Julius Caesar
kubernan/gubernare
Transliteration (Greek-English)/handout
Loan Words (from lecture)
Words from Talking Power ch. 9:
licit (164) surreal (164), portentous (164), extrapolate (165), obtuseness (165), cavalierly (166), pragmatic (166), fester (166), boorishly (166), oblique (167), gambit (169), encroachment (169), banal (171), indignation (173), epigram (173), deference (177), camaraderie (177), crux (178), rapport (178)