Latin
Lines 1.9-1.23
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.9-23
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Bonus: What is the grammatical term for this word in Latin? Gerundive.
10. By 146 B. C. the Roman Senate was becoming disturbed by the difficulty of controlling their allied and subject states. In that year, turning to terror as a technique of empire, they utterly destroyed two great cities of the ancient world. What were they? Carthage and Corinth .
Bonus: Both of these cities were later rebuilt and refounded as Roman colonies. Which did Caesar refound? Corinth.
11. What goddess has as her symbol the cornucopia ? Ceres /Demeter.
Bonus: Venus also had a symbol, a bird. What was the name of bird, Latin and English? Columba /dove.
12. In the following sentence, identify the tense and voice of the participle: Femina discessura virum vidit . Future /active.
Bonus: Please translate that sentence. The woman, about to leave, saw the man.
13. Where am I? I'm looking south towards the Palatine; to my right, high above, is the Temple of Iuppiter Optimus Maximus; to my left is the arch of Titus. Forum.
Bonus: If I walked straight ahead, and climbed the Palatine, and looked directly south, what hill would I see across the valley containing the Circus Maximus? Aventine.
14. With what type of verb is the supine always used to express purpose? A verb of motion.
Bonus: Translate this sentence: Pacem petitum ad imperatorem ivit.
15. To what god were the oak trees of Dodona sacred? Zeus.
Bonus: In what region was the oracle of Dodona located? Epirus.
16. A great historian of Rome chronicled the family history of the Julio Claudians year by year. Who was he? Tacitus.
Bonus: Tacitus also wrote on oratory, on the civils wars following the death of Nero, and a biography of his father-in-law. What was the name of his father-in-law? Agricola.