Latin
Lines 1.19-1.41
Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals 1.19-41
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Bonus 2: What is the tense indicator for the imperfect tense of all conjugations? -ba-.
Translate "you" in the following sentence: "I saw you all in the temple". Vos.
Bonus 1: Translate "temple" in that sentence. Templo.
Bonus 2: Translate "I saw" in that sentence. Vidi /videbam /spectavi /spectabam.
I was the daughter of Priam, fated always to speak true prophecies but never to be believed. Cassandra.
Bonus 1: What god had bestowed the gift of prophecy on Cassandra? Apollo.
Bonus 2: Who was the wife of Agamemnon who killed Cassandra? Clytemnestra.
Using the nominative, say "great poets" in Latin? Magni poetae.
Bonus 1: Make magni poetae dative singular. Magno poetae.
Bonus 2: Now make magno poetae genitive plural. Magnorum poetarum.
What is the month, day, and year, that the Romans said their city was founded? April 21, 753 B. C.
Bonus 1: What was the year that the Roman Empire finally came to an end, with the capture of Constantinople? 1453.
Bonus 2: The Western Empire had ended some time before. What is the traditional date for the fall of the Empire in the West? 476.
What did the Romans call Ireland? Hibernia.
Bonus 1: What did the Romans call Scotland? Caledonia.
Bonus 2: What did the Romans call Egypt? Aegyptus.
What ablative construction is illustrated in this sentence (read slowly!) Caesar Romam magna cum celeritate it. Ablative of manner.
Bonus 1: What kind of ablative construction is illustrated in this sentence: Caesar cives suos timore liberavit. Ablative of separation.
Bonus 2: What kind of ablative construction is illustrated in this sentence: Senatores Caesarem gladiis necant. Ablative of means (instrument).
The head of a Roman household had enormous power and a special name. What was that name? Pater familias.
Bonus 1: Name one special power the pater familias had over persons in his control. Life and death /control of property /power to sell into slavery (3 times) /power over marriage and divorce. (Don't read the answer yet!)
Bonus 2: Name another.