1. Caesar’s English II Turbo-learning
Lesson 9

2. Stem Meaning Modern Examples
mar (sea) marine, maritime, mariner
junct (join) conjunction, junction, adjunct
luc (light) lucidity, translucent, pellucid
medi (middle) medium, Mediterranean, in medias res, median
tempor (time) temporal, temporize, contemporary

3. MAR means sea.
The marine environment is the sea; maritime regulations bring law to the conduct of ships at sea, and a mariner is a sailor!

4. Impending maritime disaster catastrophe?

5. JUNCT means join.
A conjunction is a word that joins two words or two groups of words; a junction is where two roads join, and an adjunct is something or someone that is joined as a part of something else!

7. LUC means light.
Lucidity is brightness; something is translucent if light goes partly through it (but if it were perfectly clear, it would be transparent); and pellucid waters are crystal clear!

8. Translucent Business Card

9. Why do you think they named it this?

10. MEDI means middle.
The medium is the middle; the Mediterranean Sea is surrounded by continents, and to begin a story in medias res (a Latin phrase) is to begin in the middle of the story. The most famous story that begins in medias res is Homer’s The Odyssey.

12. In media res

13. TEMPOR means time.
Living things are temporal beings because their lives are bounded by time; to temporize is to delay or stall; and your contemporaries are those who live at the same time you do!

14. Temporary Shelter

15. Caesar’s English I
Stem meaning examples
cred

16. Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples
cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit
miss

17. Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples
cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit
miss (send) missionary, missile, admission
cide

18. Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples
cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit
miss (send) missionary, missile, admission
cide (kill) genocide, herbicide, fungicide
dict

19. Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples
cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit
miss (send) missionary, missile, admission
cide (kill) genocide, herbicide, fungicide
dict (say) predict, dictionary, interdict
bell

20. Caesar’s English I Stem meaning examples
cred (believe) credulous, credit, discredit
miss (send) missionary, missile, admission
cide (kill) genocide, herbicide, fungicide
dict (say) predict, dictionary, interdict
bell (war) rebel, belligerence,
casus belli

21. Advanced Word: Casus belli
ca·sus bel·li (kā'səs bĕl'ī, kä'səs bĕl'ē) n., pl. casus belli.
An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.
What event has occurred in your lifetime that was casus belli for the USA?

22. Caesar’s Analogies MARITIME: SEA:: Blue : color Aviation : air
Medium : length
Mariner : captain

23. Caesar’s Analogies MARITIME: SEA:: Blue : color Aviation : air
Medium : length
Mariner : captain

24. Caesar’s Analogies ANCESTOR : CONTEMPORARY:: Temporize : stall
Glass : pellucid
Self : descendant
Junction : crossroads

25. Caesar’s Analogies ANCESTOR : CONTEMPORARY:: Temporize : stall
Glass : pellucid
Self : descendant
Junction : crossroads

26. Caesar’s Antonyms
TRANSLUCENT
Medium
Adjunct
Temporal
Opaque

27. Caesar’s Antonyms
TRANSLUCENT
Medium
Adjunct
Temporal
Opaque

28. Caesar’s Antonyms
LUCIDITY
Confusion
Brilliance
Eclipse
Perspicacity

29. Caesar’s Antonyms
LUCIDITY
Confusion
Brilliance
Eclipse
Perspicacity

30. Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence.
The barbarians stared at Caesar’s fierce
defenses and _________, afraid to attack.
ambuscaded
temporized
marinated
interdicted

31. Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence.
The barbarians stared at Caesar’s fierce defenses and _________, afraid to attack.
ambuscaded
temporized
marinated
interdicted

32. Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence.
In the __________ water of the stream, Augustus could see the fish perfectly.
temporal
pellucid
opaque
fluid

33. Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence.
In the __________ water of the stream, Augustus could see the fish perfectly.
temporal
pellucid
opaque
fluid

34. Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence.
Caesar and Cicero were __________ who lived at exactly the same time.
contemporaries
contradictions
conjunctions
temporizers

35. Caesar’s Context Find the best word to complete the sentence.
Caesar and Cicero were __________ who lived at exactly the same time.
contemporaries
contradictions
conjunctions
temporizers

36. Advanced Word : Pellucid
The adjective pellucid (peh-LOO-sid), comes from the Latin pellucidus, and is based on the stems per (through) and luc (light). Pellucid means crystal clear, so clear that light goes right through. When something is pellucid, there is no distortion or fog, the substance is absolutely transparent. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that “The water in the fountain, pellucid as crystal, was alive with myriads of gold and silver fishes.”

37. Stem Meaning Modern Examples
mar (sea) marine, maritime, mariner
junct (join) conjunction, junction, adjunct
luc (light) lucidity, translucent, pellucid
medi (middle) medium, Mediterranean, in medias res
tempor (time) temporal, temporize, contemporary