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Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.22-37
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8. Say in Latin "on the fourth day". Quarto die.
Bonus 1: Now say in Latin "in the seventh month". Septimo mense.
Bonus 2: Now say in Latin "within seven months". Septem mensibus.
9. What temple in Rome was dedicated to all the gods? Pantheon.
Bonus 1: What woman supposedly gave all gifts to man (or so her name would suggest). Pandora.
Bonus 2: Actually, after she opened that box, we need a remedy for all the ills she inflicted. What English word, formed from Greek, means a "remedy for all evils" or a "cure-all"? Panacea.
10. We always ask a question like this: Crassus actually did not set out for his ill-fated Parthian campaign in 54 B. C. That year, of course, never existed. What year was it, counting A.U. C.? 700 A.U. C.
Bonus 1: What does a. u. c. stand for and what does it mean? Ab urbe condita /from the founding of the city.
Bonus 2: We say "from the founding of the city", but what kind of participle is condita ? Perfect passive.
11. Festina lente was a favorite motto of Augustus. What does it mean? Make haste slowly.
Bonus 1: Make festina lente plural. Festinate lente.
Bonus 2: Now make lente comparitive. Lentius.
12. Achilles' special troop of soldiers, industrious, strong, and brave, were called the Myrmidons and had been transformed into men from what creatures? Ants.
Bonus 1: Who transformed these ants into men? Zeus.
Bonus 2: Zeus transformed the ants of the island Aegina (named after the lovely maiden Aegina) because Hera had sent a plague to wipe out its population. What had made her so angry? Zeus had had an affair with Aegina.
13. Using odi, odisse ,say in Latin "I hated that man". Istum virum oderam.