Required Projects for Latin I

Meae Familiae Arbor Project

This project is due on Lesson 78

For this project you will design your own family tree, using the correct Latin vocabulary for your relatives. To emphasize that each of them is your relative, you must then apply the proper form of the adjective meus, -a, -um (e.g., mea mater Kathy). You are free to be as creative as you want in the design of your tree, but it must meet the following five specifications:

1. Project must be no larger than standard letter size (8½ x 11").
2. Project must have your name, your school, and the date written on the back.
3. Tree must have the heading Meae Familiae Arbor.
4. Tree must show at least three generations (i.e., must include grandparents).
5. You must give each relative's first name in English (e.g., meus pater John).

When referring to some relatives, a Roman used different terms to indicate whether they were related through their fathers (paternal) or through their mothers (maternal). The terms for his immediate family members did not require such a specification.

Family Vocabulary

Immediate Relative	English	Paternal Relative	English	Maternal Relative	English
mater, matris, f.	mother	patruus, -i, m.	uncle	avunculus, -i, m.	uncle
pater, patris, m.	father	amita, amitae, f.	aunt	matertera, -ae, f.	aunt
soror, sororis, f.	sister	patruelis, -is, m.	male cousin	sobrinus, -i, m.	male cousin
frater, fratris, m.	brother	patruelis, -is, f.	female cousin	sobrina, -ae, f.	female cousin
avia, -ae, f.	grandmother	noverca, -ae, f.	step-mother	vitricus, -i, m.	stepfather
avus, -i, m.	grandfather	novercae filius, m.	step-brother	vitrici filius, m.	step-brother
proavia, -ae, f.	great-grandmother	novercae filia, f.	step-sister	vitrici filia, f.	step-sister
proavus, -i, m.	great-grandfather

Grading Rubric

Revised August 2007