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CLASSICAL ROOTS

CLASSICAL ROOTS. LESSON 2: NUMBERS. ROOTS. TRI = THREE TRES = THREE QUARTUS = FOURTH QUATUOR = FOUR DECEM = TEN CENTUM = HUNDRED. TRILOGY. A GROUP OF THREE LITERARY OR MUSICAL WORKS THAT HAVE A RELATED THEME (LOGOS <G. WORD, SPEECH). TRISECT. TO DIVIDE INTO THREE PARTS

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CLASSICAL ROOTS

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  1. CLASSICAL ROOTS LESSON 2: NUMBERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  26. CHALLENGE! 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! 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! 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 four surgeons worked for ten hours. (quartet)

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

  39. CHALLENGE! Rescuers divided the forest into four equal parts, or a ___________ and searched thoroughly for survivors. (quadrants)

  40. CHALLENGE! Scientists will often use a _________scale for measuring water’s boiling and freezing points because it makes calculations easier. (centigrade)

  41. CHALLENGE! In order to measure altitude, a machine called a _______________, was once used. (quadrant)

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

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

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

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

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

  47. CHALLENGE! • Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959. When will it celebrate its bicentennial? (2159)

  48. CHALLENGE! Louisa May Alcott, a famous author, died in 1888. When is the centenary of her deat? (1988)

  49. CHALLENGE! If an army of 100 is decimated, how many will survive? (90)

  50. CHALLENGE! The boiling point on a centigrade scale is ____ degrees. (100)

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