Classics 22: Etymology

• LEVATOR: any of the muscles that raise a body part. In humans these include the levator anguli oris, which raises the corner of the mouth; the levator ani, collective name for a thin sheet of muscle that stretches across the pelvic cavity and helps hold the pelvic viscera in position ... ; the levatores costarum, which help raise the ribs during respiration; the levator labii superioris and levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, which raise the upper lip; the levator palpebrae superioris, which raises the upper eyelid; the levator prostatae, a part of the levator ani in the male that supports the prostate gland and is involved in control of urination; the levator scapulae, a straplike muscle of the shoulder that helps raise and rotate the shoulder blade; and the levator veli palatini, which raises the soft palate of the mouth.
• "levator muscle." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 30 Apr. 2007  <http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9047958>

1. Translate the following:
   

   lapsus linguae	levator claviculae
   levator pollicis	extensor digitorum
   terra firma	anno Domini
   tabula rasa	vox populi
   levatores costarum	summum bonum
   ante bellum	addenda et corrigenda
   musculi dorsales	ligamenta carpi

2. Give the English plurals of the following:
   

   larva	gladiolus	memorandum	appendix
   nebula	alumnus	medium	index
   area	syllabus	candelabrum	crux
   antenna	radius	symposium	apex
   alumna	focus	cranium	basis
   formula	sinus	odium	species

3. Analyze and define the following:
   

   circumspect	intractable	exposition	derision
   sanguiniferous	specimen	centimeter	auricle
   multivalent	lactation	marinated	quartile
   fortissimo	calcification	obedient	rescript
   presentiment	intervention	abstinence	pendulous
   dissolvent	directory	integument	consonant
   detumescence	convection	increase	inquest

• Encyclopedia Britannica has good illustrations with labels for muscles, skeleton, etc. that show many Latin elements.