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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.1-15
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Bonus: Decline fons, fontis completely, singular and plural. Fons, fontis, fonti, fontem, fonte, fontes, fontium, fontibus, fontes, fontibus.
2. Rome is said to be a city of seven hills. Name four of them. Palatine, Aventine, Capitoline, Caelian, Viminal, Quirinal, Esquiline.
Bonus: Name the other three.
3. On what hill was Rome originally founded? Palatine.
Bonus: Where did Remus want to found the city? Aventine.
4. First year students must often learn the special declension of the two nouns mare and animal . Give the ablative singular forms of these two words. Mari /animali.
Bonus: What is the grammatical designation of these two words? Third declension, neuter, i-stems.
5. Who was the emperor when Christ was born and what were the dates of his rule? (Caesar) Augustus, 27 B. C. -A.D. 14.
Bonus: Of what dynasty was Augustus the founder? Julio-Claudian.
6. Augustus' stepson Tiberius was the emperor when Christ was crucified. He probably didn't even know about the event, however, as it occurred in what out of-the-way Roman province? Judea.
Bonus: Who was the Roman procurator of Judea at this time? Pontius Pilate.
7. Translate the following sentence into English: Patres ad filias aquam portaverant. The fathers had carried water to their daughters.
Bonus: Translate the following sentence into Latin: The mothers had given water to their daughters. Matres filiabus aquam dederant.
8. Who am I? I was the king of Sparta, and after winning the hand of the most beautiful woman in the world, I had to suffer the indignity of having her taken away by the Trojan prince Paris. My brother Agamemnon and I had to fight for ten years to get her back. Menelaus.
Bonus: Who was the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus? Atreus.