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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
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CLASSICAL ROOTS
LESSON 2: NUMBERS
ROOTSTRI = THREETRES = THREEQUARTUS = FOURTHQUATUOR = FOURDECEM = TENCENTUM = 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
(SECARE <L. TO CUT)
TRIUMVIRATE• A GROUP OF THREE, ESPECIALLY
IN AUTHORITY
(VIR <L. MAN)
PRACTICE! Three books of a series, three
movies of series, three musical works of a series…
triumvirate? trisect? trilogy?
(trilogy)
PRACTICE! If three students decided to run
the presidency of ASB together, they could be called a…
trisect? triumvirate? trilogy?
(triumvirate)
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
QUARTET• A MUSICAL COMPOSITION FOR
FOUR VOICES OR FOUR INSTRUMENTS• A SET OF FOUR, ESPECIALLY
FOUR MUSICIANS
QUATRAIN• A STANZA OR GROUP OF FOUR
LINES OF POETRY
PRACTICE! • ONE-FOURTH OF A CIRCLE IS
CALLED A…
quatrain? quadrant? quartet?
(quadrant)
PRACTICE! THE FOUR CELLO PLAYERS MADE
AN AMAZING…
Quatrain? Quadrant? Quartet?
(quartet)
PRACTICE! • WHAT WORD REFERS TO A
POEM OF FOUR LINES?
QUADRANT? QUATRAIN? QUARTET?
(QUATRAIN)
DECIMATE• TO DESTROY A LARGE PART OF• TO KILL ONE IN EVERY TEN
DECATHLON• AN ATHLETIC CONTEST IN WHICH
EACH CONTESTANT TAKES PART IN TEN EVENTS
(ATHLON <G. CONTEST)
BICENTENNIAL• A TWO-HUNDREDTH
ANNIVERSARY• HAPPENING ONCE EVERY 200
YEARS
(ANNUS <L. YEAR)
CENTENARY• PERTAINING TO A 100-YEAR
PERIOD• A CENTENNIAL
CENTIGRADE• REFERRING TO A THERMOMETER
SCALE OF 100 DEGREES IN WHICH WATER FREEZES AT 0 DEGREES AND BOILS AT 100 DEGREES
(GRADUS <L. STEP)
PRACTICE! WHICH WORD REFERS TO A
THERMOMETER SCALE OF 100 DEGREES?
decimate? centenary? centigrade?
(centigrade)
PRACTICE! AN ATHLETIC CONTEST OF 10
EVENTS IS A…
decimate? decathlon? centenary?
(decathlon)
PRACTICE! A 100 YEAR PERIOD IS A…
centenary? bicentennial? decathlon?
(centenary)
PRACTICE! EUROPEAN MEASLES ____________THE NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION.
trisected? decimated?
(decimated)
CHALLENGE! WHICH WORD IS ASSOCIATED
WITH HAPPENING EVERY 200 YEARS?
(bicentennial)
CHALLENGE! A GROUP OF THREE GOVERNING
PEOPLE IS CALLED…
( triumvirate)
CHALLENGE! IN WHAT FORM ARE MOST
NURSERY RHYMES WRITTEN?
(quatrain)
CHALLENGE! THE TERM RELATED TO
TEMPERATURE IS…
(centigrade)
CHALLENGE! THREE BOOKS THAT MAKE UP A
SERIES ARE CALLED A …
(trilogy)
CHALLENGE! GROUP THE VOCABULARY
WORDS INTO THE CATEGORIES OF :
NOUNS ADJECTIVES VERBS
NOUNStrilogy decathlontriumvirate bicentennialquadrant centenaryquartetquatrain
ADJECTIVESbicentennialcentenarycentigrade
VERBSdecimatetrisect
CHALLENGE! • DO YOU KNOW THE TWO
DEFINITIONS OF DECIMATE?
1. TO DESTROY A LARGE PART OF2. TO KILL ONE IN EVERY TEN
CHALLENGE! DO YOU KNOW THE THREE
DEFINITIONS FOR QUADRANT?1. A quarter of a circle2. An early machine for measuring
altitude3. One of four parts divided by
perpendicular lines
CHALLENGE! WHAT IS THE NOUN FORM OF
TRISECT?
(trisection)
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)
CHALLENGE! To punish a legion that had showed
cowardice, the Roman army sometimes ___________soldiers on a basis of a lottery.
(decimated)
CHALLENGE! During the complicated heart
surgery, a ____________of surgeons worked for ten hours.
(quartet)
CHALLENGE! The winner of the Olympic
__________can be considered an all-around superb athlete.
(decathlon)
CHALLENGE! Rescuers divided the forest into
___________and searched thoroughly for survivors.
(quadrant)
CHALLENGE! Scientists will often use a
_________scale because it makes calculations easier.
(centigrade)
CHALLENGE! Although it was a primitive tool, the
__________allowed early explorers to take accurate measurements.
(quadrant)
CHALLENGE! The freeway __________the once
united community into three separated neighborhoods.
(trisected)
CHALLENGE! The Second __________of Rome
was Mark Anthony, Augustus Caesar, and Lepidus.
(Triumvirate)
CHALLENGE! European diseases __________the
Native American population because they had no immunity.
(decimated)
CHALLENGE! A two hundredth anniversary is
called a ______________.
(bicentennial)
CHALLENGE! I just finished the last of the
three books in the _________.
(trilogy)