Latin in Medicine

Jackie Hernandez
October 8, 2007
Period 7
Guide to Vergilius

1. When and where was Vergil born? Near Mantua on the October 15
2. Where was he sent as a boy? Cremona
3. At what age did he take up the toga virilis? 16
4. How long did he stay in Milan? A few years
5. What did he study while in Milan? Greek literature and language
6. Why did he move to Rome with his father? His dad’s farm was taken away by the government because of the soldiers.
7. Who were among his friends in Rome? Horace and Augustus
8. At what age did he take his fatal trip to Greece? Fifty
9. With whom did he return from Greece? With Augustus
10. Where did Vergil die and where was he buried? He died in Brundisium and was buried in Naples.

Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, ten et nunc Parthenope: cecini pascua, rura, duces.
Mantua gave me life, Calabria took it away, now Naples holds me: I sang of pastures fields, and heroes. (Inscriptions on the tomb of Vergil)

Augustus
Augustus- title meaning venerable
Referred to himself as princeps→ first citizen
Res gestae Divi Augusti (the deeds of deified Augustus)- recorded his accomplishments in his official memoirs
Inscriptions placed at his tombs in Rome and elsewhere in the empire
Pax Romana
Temple of Janus Quirinus- same name to Romulus when deified
Was closed during times of piece (3 occasions)
Ara Pacis Augustae- Altar of Augustan Piece- originally located on Campus Martius (field of Mars)

Gais Maecenas, wealthy equestrian who was a friend of Agustus, supported a number of poets (Vergil)




Latin in Medicine
• Rx- recipe- take (as prescribed)
• C (with a line over it)- cum= with (a meal or water)
• p.c.- post cibum= after eating
• t.i.d- ter in die = thee times a day
• non rep. (non repatatur)= do not repeat
Exercise 5

1. shinbone-tibia
2. substance containing no medication- placebo (I will please)
3. At bedtime- H.S. (hora somni), the hour of sleep
4. Unborn child- fetus
5. Small piece of tissue that hangs down at the back of the throat- uvula (little grape)
6. Disk-shaped bones- vertebrae
7. Before meals-a.c. (ante cibum)
8. Brain- cerebrum
9. Intestines measuring 12 fingers long- duodenum
10. Outer layer- cortex
11. Two-head muscle-biceps
12. Twice a day- b.i.d.-bis in die