Latin group #3. Please contact me with any suggestions to make the slide show better. I am always in need of examples that show Latin words in comtemporary text. This helps the students so much more than a basic definition.

1. The underlined
phrases are the
definitions.
Please record
the terms and
definitions in
your notebook.
Latin
Group #3

2. Etc.
Et cetera
1: A list of things
2. And so on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J
HH6iwgIek

3. Carpe Diem
Seize the day.
1. The enjoyment of the pleasures of the
moment without concern for the future .
Latin, literally, “pluck the day”
Popularly translated as "seize the day".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veYR3ZC9wMQ

4. i.e. Id est
That
is to
say; in
other
words.

5. For example; for
the sake of
example; such as.
http://www.quickanddirtytip
s.com/education/grammar/i
e-versus-eg?page=all
e.g.
Exempli gratia

6. I don’t find
chemistry boring
per se, but it’s
the professor’s
voice that puts
me to sleep.
Per se
By itself
Necessity is not the mother of
invention per se. It requires
inspiration to complete the
creation.
In this case, you could write,
“Necessity is not the mother
of invention by itself,” or,
“Necessity, alone, is not the
mother of invention.” Either
would capture the meaning
of the Latin phrase.

7. Vice versa
In reverse order from
that stated.
America is popular
in Australia, and
vice versa.

8. Quasi
As if or as though.
It simply designates something that
resembles something else but doesn’t
have all the same features.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w27meg0YfEU
Dr. Evil: “You’re not quite
evil enough. You’re semievil. You’re quasi-evil.
You’re the margarine of
evil. You’re the Diet Coke
of evil, just one calorie, not
evil enough.”
Austin Powers: The Spy
Who Shagged Me

9. Alter ego
A second self.
This story of split personality, has Dr.
Jekyll a kind and charitable man
who believes that everyone has
two sides, one good and one evil.
Using a potion, his personalities are
split, creating havoc.
1920 horror silent film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug86LG4Zu08

10. Status quo
Existing state of the
condition of things.
He is content with the
status quo and does
not like change.
Civic leaders who are
afraid to do anything
that might change
the town's status quo.

11. Verbatim
To repeat EXACTLY word for word.