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Lines 1.25-1.39
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.25-39
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17. Gotta love those participles! Translate the participle form in the following sentence: "I am about to eat dinner. Esurus /-a
Bonus: Keeping everything else the same, make that sentence plural and translate into Latin. Esuri /-ae sumus cenam.
18. The name of the months are nouns in English. What part of speech are they in Latin? Adjectives.
Bonus: The words "yesterday," "today," and "tomorrow" are adverbs in English. What part of speech are they in Latin? Adverbs.
19. Who were the pious couple from Phrygia who unwittingly entertained Hermes and Zeus in their humble cottage? Baucis and Philemon.
Bonus: Into what type of trees were Baucis and Philemon transformed? Oak and linden.
20. The 4th declension has only a few neuter nouns, and only two of them are at all common. Name them. Genu, cornu.
Bonus: But the 4th declension has a fair number of feminine nouns. Name just one. Manus, domus, porticus, acus, anus, etc.