Latin
Lines 1.24-1.39
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.24-39
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16. What period of history does the 1st book of Livy cover? Fall of Troy -End of Monarchy.
Bonus: Livy became the greatest living historian of Rome and tutored what later emperor of Rome? Claudius.
17. What rhetorical device is seen in the following clause: et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli . Chiasmus.
Bonus: What rhetorical device is seen here: quae me cumque vocant terra. Tmesis.
18. Suavium et basium verba sunt quae uno verbo anglice significare possunt. Quod verbum est? Kiss.
Bonus: If you ended your Latin love letter with the phrase complexus basiaque ,what would you be writing? Hugs and kisses.
19. What son of Autonoe and Aristaeus, and student of the centaur Chiron, was changed into a stag by Artemis? Actaeon
Bonus: What crime had he committed? Stumbling upon Artemis while she was bathing.
20. What is the adverbial form of the adjective humanus ? Humaniter /humane.
Bonus: What two forms of adverbs exist for the adjective miser ? Misere and miseriter .