Unit 4: The Colors

Fill in the blanks

Word bank: ruber caeruleus flāvus viridis niger albus aurantius purpureus

Caelum est viride, lūx viridis micat,

Sōl est purpureus, in altō pendet,

Ego in speculō albus ut pannus,

viridis, caeruleus, flāvus, ruber,

niger et albus, aurantius, pulcher!

Purpureus quoque—omnēs canō,

Picture matching

Lines connect each word to its matching picture.

Picture matching exercise with answer lines drawn from each word to its picture
Flāvus
→ yellow
Purpureus
→ purple
Viridis
→ green
Aurantius
→ orange
Ruber
→ red
Albus
→ white
Caeruleus
→ blue

Word search

Highlighted cells show each hidden word:

I D C P U R P U R E U S R
B F L A V U S B G B O O Z
B C A E R U L E U S I V X
Q Q Z H S D S S V N X M R
Z D V M P S L D I E D Z A
N M T R H S R Z R D A F F
X A L B U S F M I D L T E
D S O L T G P Z D G D P R
X C C G Z O O O I B F Z A
N Z R U B E R N S G G T R
T R X H D N I G E R H O G
Q X I E G B G Z O P V E T
A U R A N T I U S O S G T
  • RUBER
  • CAERULEUS
  • FLAVUS
  • VIRIDIS
  • NIGER
  • ALBUS
  • AURANTIUS
  • PURPUREUS

Crossword

Answers in Latin:

Crossword puzzle from the workbook
Clue English Answer (Latin)
3 Across white Albus
7 Across orange Aurantius
8 Across black Niger
1 Down yellow Flāvus
2 Down red Ruber
4 Down purple Purpureus
5 Down blue Caeruleus
6 Down green Viridis