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Lines 1.1-1.20
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.1-20
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3. Which one of the following does not belong and why? amor, cupidus, Venus, voluptas . cupidus /second declension.
Bonus: Amor, of course, is a noun and means love. But what other part of speech, with what meaning, can it be? Verb /I am loved.
4. Even love has its limits. What Roman emperor caused a great scandal by marrying his niece (forbidden under Roman law). Claudius.
Bonus: What was the name of this niece, the mother of Nero? Agrippina.
5. The English word "orient," meaning the East, is derived from what form of the deponent verb orior . Present participle.
Bonus: What conjugation is orior ? 4th .
6. Hercules was required in his 9th labor to recover what object from the queen of the Amazons? Her girdle.
Bonus: Who was this queen? Hippolyta.
7. What use of the ablative is seen in this sentence: Marcus altior Lucio est . Ablative of comparison.
Bonus: Say that sentence without using an ablative. Marcus altior quam Lucius est.
8. Responde Latine. In what room of the Roman house might you find a lectus ? Cubiculum /triclinium
Bonus: In what other room of the Roman house would you find one? Cubiculum /triclinium.
9. Please put these battles in order: Teutonburg Forest, Actium, Pharsalus, Cannae. Cannae, Pharsalus, Actium, Teutonburg Forest.
Bonus: What happened at the battle of the Teutonburg Forest? 3 Romans legions were destroyed by the Germans.
10. Differentiate between aestas and aetas . Summer /age
Bonus: Differentiate between servo, servare and servio, servire . To save, preserve/ to serve, be a slave.
11. What moon of the planet Jupiter was named after a lover of Jupiter who was turned into a cow? Io.
Bonus: What other moon of Jupiter bears the name of the lover whom Juppiter, transformed into a bull, carried away to Crete? Europa.