Dulce Et Decorum Est Vocabulary

These are the first words of a Latin saying (taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words, it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country.

• Dulce Et Decorum Est
• Flares
• Distant Rest
• Hoots

These were rockets which were sent up to burn with a brilliant glare to light up men and other targets in the area between the front lines.

• Dulce Et Decorum Est
• Flares
• Distant Rest
• Hoots

This refers to a camp away from the front line where exhausted soldiers might rest for a few days, or longer.

• Dulce Et Decorum Est
• Flares
• Distant Rest
• Hoots

This refers to the noise made by the shells rushing through the air.

• Dulce Et Decorum Est
• Flares
• Distant Rest
• Hoots

This word means outpaced, the soldiers have struggled beyond the reach of these shells which are now falling behind them as they struggle away from the scene of battle. 

• Outstripped
• Five-Nines
• Gas
• Helmets 

This word is referring to 5.9 calibre explosive shells. 

• Outstripped
• Five-Nines
• Gas
• Helmets 

This word is referring to poison gas. From the symptoms, it would appear to be chlorine or phosgene gas. The filling of the lungs with fluid had the same effects as when a person drowned.

• Outstripped
• Five-Nines
• Gas
• Helmets 

This word is the early name for gas masks. 

• Outstripped
• Five-Nines
• Gas
• Helmets 

This is referring to a white chalky substance which can burn live tissue.

• Lime
• Panes
• Guttering
• Cud

This is referring to the glass in the eyepieces of the gas masks.

• Lime
• Panes
• Guttering
• Cud