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Lines 1.6-1.15
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.6-15
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Bonus: Whose war tactic of encirclement did Scipio Africanus adopt to defeat Hannibal at Zama? Hannibal's.
10. What degree of adjective would be used to express that something is too heavy? Comparative.
Bonus: Say in Latin: The rock is too heavy. Saxum gravius est.
11. Give the four imperative singular forms that lack their final -e. Dic, duc, fac, fer.
Bonus: Give the plural imperatives of duc and fer . Ducite, ferte.
12. What was the name of the slave who was thrown to the lions but was not killed because the fiercest lion recognized him as a friend? Androcles /Androclus.
Bonus: What had Androcles done that had earned the friendship of this lion? Removed a thorn from his paw.
13. Which of the following fruits did the Romans not grow: apples, cherries, grapes, oranges, pears, peaches? Oranges.
Bonus: Give the Roman names of two of the fruits above. Malum, cerasum, uva, pirum, persicum.
14. What hero captured Pegasus at Corinth and later killed the Chimera? Bellerophon.
Bonus: How did Bellerophon die? He was flung off Pegasus while trying to fly to Mt. Olympus.
15. Sometimes certamen questions can seem to go on endlessly. What Latin expression expresses "endlessly"? Ad infinitum.
Bonus: What is the expression that means from the beginning, literally translated "from the egg"? Ab ovo.
16. What Latin word would introduce the subordinate clause in the following sentence: We held back so that the other teams would ring in first. Ut.
Bonus: What do we call the type of subordinate clause in this sentence: "We asked that they accompany us"? An ut clause of indirect command.
17. Romans thought that eating butter was barbaric. What did they use instead? Olive oil.