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Greek and Latin in English Trivia Quiz

Greek and Latin have influenced the whole Western civilisation, especially in the fields of science and learning. See how well versed you are in that type of vocabulary.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
148,103

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
880

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these is a frivolous lover? Hint

a philandrist

a philanderer

a philogynist

a mysogynist

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Question 2 of 10

2. What part of the human anatomy does the word "pollex" refer to? Hint

elbow

big toe

thumb

nasal passage

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Question 3 of 10

3. What deficiency is meant by "anopsia"? Hint

inability to see

inability to smell

inability to hear

inability to sing

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Question 4 of 10

4. When will things happen, if they have been relegated to the Greek calends? Hint

never

halfway next month

halfway next week

halfway next year

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does it mean when something is called: ecdemic? Hint

it is of local origin

it is not on the level of university

it is of foreign origin

it causes allergies

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who can be called a "philomath"? Hint

somebody who loves mathematical puzzles

a collector of post-stamps

a lover of learning in general

a linguist who combines philologic methods with mathematical models

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is meant by an odeum? Hint

something that causes strong dislike

a theatrical building

an anthology of songs

poem expressing hatred

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these is the correct term for a sentence that makes use of all the letters of the alphabet? Hint

a pangloss

a pandect

a panegyric

a pangram

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is a hapax legomenon? Hint

a reading impediment

a word that occurs only once in a text

a happy reading experience

a story full of unhappy events

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Lido" for beach derives from Latin ludere to play and refers to a beach with a casino.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these is a frivolous lover?

Answer: a philanderer

A misogynist "hates" women. A philogynist loves them. A philandrist, or lover of men,- meaning males - is the opposite of a misandrist.
Originally a philanderer was somebody with whom marriage was impossible. Later it became a more general term: somebody who has many love-affairs.
Probably after a character in the theatre or in poetry: Philander.

2. What part of the human anatomy does the word "pollex" refer to?

Answer: thumb

Hallux is the big toe.
Castor and Pollux are an altogether different "pair".

3. What deficiency is meant by "anopsia"?

Answer: inability to see

An-opsia : literally, absence of sight.

4. When will things happen, if they have been relegated to the Greek calends?

Answer: never

The Ides of a month should not be confused with the "calendas" as in the Latin expression: ad calendas Graecas. The Ides of March were "halfway" March: 15th. Same applies to May, July, and October.
For the other months the Ides were on the thirteenth day of the month.

5. What does it mean when something is called: ecdemic?

Answer: it is of foreign origin

The opposite of ecdemic would be endemic. Of local origin.
Demos as in "democracy" refers to the "local people".

6. Who can be called a "philomath"?

Answer: a lover of learning in general

Manthanein has the meaning of "learning things".Philein means: to love; to like.

7. What is meant by an odeum?

Answer: a theatrical building

Odeums were also used for "singing". Compare with the word "ode" for a song or poem.
Compare the Parisian "Odeon" where most of the great French "chansonniers" performed.

8. Which of these is the correct term for a sentence that makes use of all the letters of the alphabet?

Answer: a pangram

The "Pandecta" were the books covering all cases of law.
A panegyric is originally a speech made for a large audience. The word is related to Latin grex for flock. A speech for the whole flock.
Pangloss is a character in Rabelais. In Voltaire's "Candide" it refers to an incurable optimist.

9. What is a hapax legomenon?

Answer: a word that occurs only once in a text

A hapax legomenon in an antique text is usually a crux for philologists as the meaning cannot be deduced from comparisons with other occurrences of the word in other contexts.

10. "Lido" for beach derives from Latin ludere to play and refers to a beach with a casino.

Answer: False

Lido is not a Latin or Greek word at all. There is no link with either 'ludo' or 'libido'. It just happened to be the name of a beach near Venice. Because the beach of Venice was so famous, 'lido' became a term for similar beaches with lots of entertainment.

Source: Author flem-ish

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