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)