# Finals 1.1-5

Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals, Lines 1.1-1.5. Latin.

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Bonus 1: What is the grammar of ambulantes in that sentence, i.e., part of speech, number, and case. Present participle, plural, accusative.
Bonus 2:"I hope you haven't worn yourself out by walking". Translate "walking" in that sentence and give me the part of speech, number, and case. Ambulando / gerund / singular, ablative.
2. When Cicero said to Catiline hunc mihi timorem eripe , what use of the dative are we seeing? Dative of separation.
Bonus 1:What was Cicero urging Catiline to do? Depart from the city.
Bonus 2: When Cicero says credo, erit verendum mihi, ne non potius hoc omnes boni serius a me quam quisquam crudelius factum esse dicat what is his use of the dative? Dative of agent.
3. What office in Rome went out of use after the Second Punic War, only to be revived in the 80's B.C. with disastrous consequences. Dictatorship.
Bonus 1:What leader of the civil wars of the 80's revived the dictatorship? Sulla.
Bonus 2: After Sulla, who was the next dictator in Rome? Caesar.
4. In Latin, what case is used for measurement, weight, and quality? Genitive.
Bonus 1: Say in Latin "Caesar was a man of great virtue". Caesar vir magnae virtutis erat.
Bonus 2:What other case might be used for description? Ablative.
5. Who was the beautiful girl, youngest of three sisters, whose beauty incurred the jealousy of Venus. She was doomed by the Oracle of Apollo to be wed to a viper-like monster, but she ended up being the beloved of Cupid. Psyche.
Bonus 1:Psyche's final task was to fetch this from the Underworld. Some of Proserpine's beauty.
Bonus 2:Cupid and Pscyhe then had a child, whose name was Pleasure. What was the child's name in Latin? Voluptas.

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