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8th Grade Greek & La
Week 28
Question | Answer |
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QUINTUS | fifth (L) |
SEXTUS | sixth (L) |
SEPTIMUS | seventh (L) |
OCTAVUS | eighth (L) |
NONUS | ninth (L) |
DECIMUS | tenth (L) |
ELEKTRON | amber (L) |
quintuplet | one-fifth of five offspring born at the same birth |
quintet | group of five musicians or singers; music written for such a group |
sext | sixth canonical hour of the day; noon |
siesta | (spanish) an afternoon nap or rest |
sextant | a navigation tool with an arc which is 1/6 of a circle |
septuplet | one of the seven babies born at one birth |
Septuagesima Sunday | the seventieth day before Easter; third Sunday before Lent |
September | seventh month of the old Roman calendar |
Octavius | family name of AugustusCaesar |
octave | series of eight notes in music |
October | eighth month of old Roman calender |
nonagon | a polygon having 9 angles and 9 sides |
nones | (Christian church) the ninth hour after sunrise; the devotional service performed then. |
noon | 12:00; midday |
decimal system | base ten number system |
Dewey Decimal System | system for classifying library books |
dime | 10 cent coin; one-tenth of a dollar |
electricity | a fundamental natural entity of negative and positive kinds; observable in attraction or repulsion of bodies and in natural phenomena such as lightning or aurora borealis |
electric | relating to or operated by electricity |
electron | elementary particle consisting of a negative charge of electricity |