HORAE ✦ LITTLE LATIN MINUTE · WEEK 10
Lucia's father has set up a new sundial in the garden. Romans had no clocks on the wall, so they watched the sun's shadow! Learn eight Latin time words and help Lucia read her sundial from morning to night.
STEP 1 · LEARN
Each card shows a moment in Lucia's day. Tap a card to discover its Latin word.
💡 Little Latin Tip
Time words are hiding all over English! Hora gives us hour. Dies is in diary, a book for every day. A nocturnal owl is awake at night (nox), and vespers are evening prayers (vesper). Even a.m. and p.m. are Latin: ante meridiem (before midday) and post meridiem (after midday). And if you procrastinate, you put something off until cras!
🏛️ Bonus Roman Fact
Romans split the daylight into 12 hours, from sunrise to sunset. That means summer hours were long and winter hours were short! The first hour, hora prima, began at sunrise, and the sixth hour, hora sexta, was midday. That's where the Spanish word siesta, a midday nap, comes from.
Discover all eight words to unlock the sundial.
STEP 2 · SUNDIAL
Read the Latin time word, then tap where the sun (or moon!) should be. Watch the shadow move on the sundial.
Hour 1 of 5
Show the sky at MANE
(MAH-neh)
Tap a spot in the sky to move the sun.
STEP 3 · CHALLENGE
Ten questions. Read the sky, match the words, and find the Latin hiding in English. Can you get them all?
Question 1 of 10
Optime! 0 / 10
From mane to nox, you read the sundial with Lucia. Keep exploring, reading, and discovering new words!
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