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Quamquam image by Alice Fitts

Ink drawing day and night scene. On the right side is a hilly landscape with evergreen-like trees under a partly cloudy sky with a smiling sun. On the left hand side is a night scene of open water. Several stars and a smiling crescent moon. In the foreground, spanning the dividing line between the scenes is a the back of lefthand with manicured fingernails.

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Image for the word quamquam.

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Vehō image by Kayli McGowan Kinney

Ink drawing of a man kneeling on his left knee his right foot is planted with knee bent at a right angle. His arms are raised and balancing a globe on his shoulders.

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Image for the word vehō vehere vēxī vectum.

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2025

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Uxor image by Kayli McGowan Kinney

Ink drawing of a wedding band. The band features two hands clasping each other. Inside the ring is drawn the gender symbol for female. At the bottom is the word “uxoris."

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Image for the word uxor uxōris, f.

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KAYLI MCGOWAN KINNEY

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2025

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Pendō image by Kayli McGowan Kinney

A set of balance scales hang in mid-air. Both pans are partially filled, but the right pan is heavier and the scales are tilted to that side. Written below the image is pendo/pendere.

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Image for the word pendõ pendere pependī pēnsum.

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Brevis image by Kayli McGowan Kinney

A rectangular pit has been excavated in which lies a skeleton. It is roped off with stanchions. Behind the excavated area a lamp hangs above a placard which reads “Vita est brevis. Ars est longa."

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Image for the word brevis –e.

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PLEBS image by Lauren Rhude

Drawing of the hierarchy of society under the Roman Empire. The base of the pyramid is enslaved people, then liberti, plebeians, equestrians, senators, and the emperor at the top. To the left of the pyramid is the notation "Plebs: the common people, majority of Roman citizens, working class." To the right of the pyramid the levels from emperor through liberti are bracketed with the notation "citizens." The liberti are asterisked with the notation "not considered equal to other citizens."

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Image to go with the word plēbs plēbis, f.

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Comments by Lauren here.

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FAMA image by Lauren Rhude

A page drawn in the style of a comics splash page. At the top is the legend "July 2024- This week's zine issue: Forbidden love." "FAMA" is written in bold letters across the top right third of the page. Several vignettes fill the page of people gossiping about Romeo and Juliet. At the bottom right is a screenshot from Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet (1996). To the left of the screenshot is an ink-drawn heart with an arrow through it. Written in the hear is "star-crossed lovers."

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Image to go with the word fāma –ae, f.

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Comments by Lauren here.

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FUROR image by Caroline Fenton

Color drawing of a soldier wearing a helmet and suit of lorica segmentata armor over a red tunic. He carries a shield painted with a snarling wolf head on a blue background. The soldier's mouth is open in a shout.

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Image to go with the Latin word furor –ōris, m.

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Comments by Caroline Fenton here.

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2024

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FERUS image by Caroline Fenton

Black ink line drawing of a boar. It appears to be in the midst of turning to face something toward the bottom right of the image.

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Image to go with the Latin word ferus –a –um.

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Comments by Caroline here.

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2024

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CONIUNX image by Caroline Fenton

Drawing of a Woman (left) and Man (right) yoked together on a pink background. They face toward each other, and hearts occupy the space between them. The image is surrounded by a border with with vertical lines of hearts on the left and right. Linked wedding bands decorate the corners of the border. In the top register of the border are the words, "Quando tu Gaius" and in the bottom register of the border, "Ego Gaia."

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Image to go with the Latin word coniunx coniugis, m./f.

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Comments from Caroline here.

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