Bartholomew the Englishman

On Leprosy

Latin Etymology: Matching and Sentence Completion

Lepra est membrorum corruptio et humorum initium habens, a vasis et complementum in fontibus sive extra vasa, nam corrupto humore nutrimentali, de facile corrumpuntur membra, quae ex humoribus nutriuntur, omnis autem elephantia sive lepra, secundum Constantinum, habet principium principaliter a corruptione melancholiae. Unde dicit Constantinus, lepra est passio frigida et sicca, nascens ex cholera nigra, intensa et putrefacta, apparens in superficie corporis. Nascitur enim de quattuor humoribus putrefactis, sed tamen intensis et corruptis, et in choleram nigram commutatis, ut dicit idem ibidem. Putrefactio autem humorum quibus admiscetur melancholia, propter eius qualitatem frigidam et siccam putrefactioni repugnantem, non potest compleri in venis sive in vasis, quoadusque incorporetur, et moram faciet in membris, in quibus completur putrefactio, ex qua sequitur ipsa lepra.

Match the Latin words from the passage above with English words related to them.

1. corruptio a. repugnant
2. melancholiae b. dessicants
3. sicca c. melancholy
4. repugnantem d. putrefy
5. putrefactio e. corrupt
    f. None of the Above

Use the English words to complete the sentences below.

1. The mayor took bribes from anyone and everyone who was offering them!

2. The sensitive poet would feel and tear up at the very sight of anything beautiful.

3. Without the put in by stores, clothes would become noticeably musty in six months!

4. While some people find caviar delicious, I personally find it .

5. After I left the box of pizza in my room for three weeks, it began to and grow mold.

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