# Finals 1.42-57

Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals, 1.42 to 1.57. Latin.

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15. Say in Latin "I live in Tusculum". Habito Tusculi. Bonus 1: With what types of words is the locative used? Towns and small islands. Bonus 2: Some regular nouns also take the locative. Tell me one. Domus, rus, humus. 16. What monster lived in the ocean, between Italy and Sicily, sucking ships down into the whirlpool? Charybdis . Bonus 1: What monster lived close by on the rocks, luring ships to their doom? Scylla . Bonus 2: How many men did Odysseus have to sacrifice to Scylla as he avoided Charybdis? Six . 17. What is the general distinction between the pronouns se and ipse, but of which translate as "himself". Se = reflexive pronoun, ipse = emphatic pronoun. Bonus 1: What is the general difference between suus, sua, suum and eius, both of which translate as "his, hers, its"? Suus = reflexive possessive (referring to the grammatical subject of the sentence), eius = non-reflexive possessive (not referring to the subject of the grammatical sentence). Bonus 2: What is the difference in meaning between the pronoun quidam and quidem. Quidam = someone / quidem = indeed. 18. If Latin literature has a "father of history" it was probably Fabius Pictor. What great war did he tell the history of? 2nd Punic War / War with Hannibal. Bonus 1: What Greek historian told the history of Rome's rise to imperial greatness? Polybius . Bonus 2: What Roman historian told the story of Catiline's conspiracy and the War with Jugurtha. Sallust . 19. What is the definition of a gerund? Verbal noun. Bonus 1: What declension pattern does the gerund follow? Neuter, singular only. Bonus 2: The gerund has no nominative form in Latin. What takes its place? The infinitive . 20. When recognized perform the following command. Sta et sonum similem lupo fac. A howl.

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