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Latin: Vocabulary: Days of the week/ Diēs hebdomadis Quiz

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By the early imperial period (around II b.C.), Romans named the days of the week with the Latin words for the stars: the Sun, the Moon, and the five known planets (Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars). What day is it? Do you know the days of the week in Latin?

Circā saeculum II a.C., Romanii nomen dederunt ad diēs hebdomadis cum verbīs astrōrum:

Sōlis, Lūnae et planētae nōtārum Mercuriī, Sāturnī, Iovis, Veneris et Mārtis.Qui diēs est? Scīs latīnōrum diēs hebdomadis?

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Quiz Title
Vocabulary: Days of the week/ Diēs hebdomadis
Group
Latin Latin Quizzes
Topic
Latin