# Finals 1.1-15

Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals, 1.1 to 1.15. Latin.

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Bonus 1: Now translate "trying" in that sentence. Conantes / temptantes Bonus 2: Now translate "all of you" in that sentence. Omnes vos. 2. When Cicero said to Catiline magno me metu liberabis, dum modo inter me atque te murus intersit what use of the ablative are we seeing? Ablative of separation. Bonus 1: What was Cicero telling Catiline in this sentence? That Catiline would free him from fear only when a wall stood between them. Bonus 2: When Cicero says egredere aliquando ex urbe; patent portae; proficiscere, what is the grammar of egredere and proficiscere? Imperatives (of deponent verbs). 3. What high office of Roman government went out of use during the late Republic, to be introduced again only under the emperors? The censorship. Bonus 1: How often were censors normally elected? Every 5 years. Bonus 2: How long did they serve? 18 months. 4. In Latin, what case is used for price, material, and origin? Ablative . Bonus 1: What two cases may used for agency? Ablative and Dative. Bonus 2: What two cases may be used for description? Genitive and Ablative. 5. Who am I? I was so well-known in the upper world that I was often referred to simply as canis. Hesiod said I was a child of Echidna and Typhon, and thought I had 50 heads, but most people said I had only 3. Hercules managed to drag me from my post. Cerberus . Bonus 1: Cerberus had a peculiar shaggy mane that was known to sprout what creatures? Serpents . Bonus 2: Hercules captured me, and Psyche put me to sleep with drugged cakes. But how did Orpheus manage to get past me? He lulled him to sleep with music. 6. What do audeo, gaudeo, soleo and fido have in common? They are semi-deponents.

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