# Round Four 1.77-96

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Four, Lines 1.77-1.96. Latin.

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A. What dative construction is "Caesar" in the following sentence? “Duas legiones praesidio Caesari reliquit.” REFERENCE
B. What term is used for this pair of constructions? DOUBLE DATIVE
17. What blind Roman official is known for having built aqueducts in Rome as well as a major road leading southeast? APPIUS CLAUDIUS
A. What was Appius Claudius' office at the time? CENSOR
B. To what town did the Via Appia, designed by Appius Claudius, originally lead? CAPUA
18. What were Eurus, Notus, and Zephyrus? WINDS
A. Who was the king of the winds? AEOLUS
B. To what sailor did Aeolus give a bag of winds, to help this sailor get home from the Trojan War?
ODYSSEUS
19. Give the nominative, genitive, and gender of the fifth declension noun from which "diet" and "diary" are derived. DIES, DIEI, M.
A. What judicial term means to not set a date? SINE DIE
B. Give a phrase using dies that can be used to refer to a daily allowance or payment. PER DIEM
20. How many elisions are in the following line from the Aeneid? “litora multum ille et terris iactatus et alto”
TWO
A. How many spondees are in that line? FOUR
B. The line that follows is: “multa quoque et bello passus dum conderet urbem.” What is the Latin name of the urbem mentioned? ROMA

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