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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.15-29
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Bonus: Lucius has to finish how many laps in the Circus Maximus to complete the race? Seven.
9. What bad emperor was slanderously accused of having sexual relations with his three sisters? Caligula.
Bonus: What great-grandmother of Caligula referred to him as "Ulysses in petticoats"? Livia.
10. "I saw you all walking down the hall." Translate the participle in that sentence. Ambulantes.
Bonus: Now translate the verb in the indirect speech clause of this sentence: "I knew that you would be walking down the hall". Ambulaturos (esse).
11. Jealous gods were always dangerous. What other god paid the price of Boreas' jealousy by accidentally killing a friend during a game of discus throwing? Apollo.
Bonus: Apollo's friend was then transformed into a flower. What was his name? Hyacinthus.
12. How do you translate this Latin idiom: ubinam gentium . Where in the world.
Bonus: How would you say "nowhere in the world"? Numquam gentium.
13. What ablative is seen in Vergil's phrase natus dea . Ablative of origin.
Bonus: With that ablative usage, say in Latin. Lucius was born to Caesar's daughter. Lucius filia Caesaris natus est.
14. The Appian Way was built in the late 4th cent. B. C. during a series of wars against what great confederation of tribes in central Italy? The Samnites.
Bonus: The Via Appia originally was designed to secure communications with Campania, the area around the Bay of Naples, and ran to what city located in the Campanian plain, often referred to at the time as the "second city of Italy"? Capua.
15. Sagittae aureae et plumbeae were contained in the pharetra of what deus amoris ? Cupid.
Bonus: Quo nomine Cupido Graece notus est? Eros.