Bartholomew the Englishman

On Pepper

Latin Etymology

Piper est semen vel fructus arboris aut fruticis, in meridionali parte Caucasi montis crescentis, contra fervidum aestum solis, ut dicit Isidorus libro 17 [Etymologies 17.8], cuius folia iunipero sunt similia. Cuius sylvas serpentes custodiunt, sed incolae regionis illius cum sylvae naturae fuerint, eas incendunt, et serpentes ignis violentia effugantur, et ex huius combustione grana piperis, quae naturaliter erant prius alba, efficiuntur nigra accidentaliter et rugosa.

Cuius triplex est species, ut dicit idem. Nam est piper longum, sclilicet quod est immaturum, et piper album, scilicet quod ab igne est incorruptum, et piper nigrum, quod scilicet torrido calore ignis nigrum est superficie et rugosum. Piper autem nigrum efficacius est longiori tempore quam aliud, potest in magna efficacia custodire.

Et quanto est ponderosius, tanto est recentius et etiam melius, ut dicit idem. Sophisticatur autem mercatorum fraude, nam vetustissimo piperi humefacto, super aspergunt spumam argenti vel plumbi, ut sic videatur ratione ponderis esse recens. Huc usque Isidorus.

Match the English word with the Latin word from which it is derived. Some words are derived from the same Latin word.

Latin   English
1. custodire

A. efficacy

2. ponderosius

B. sophistication

3. sophisticatur

C. fraudulent

4. fraude

D. ponderous

5. efficacius E. custody

Use the above words to fill in the following sentences:

6. The professor spoke with an air of relaxed and weighing in on the most of issues.

7. Once the police discovered that the election results were , the crooked politician was immediately taken into .

8. One would quite reasonably question the of a submarine with a screen door.

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