# Round One 1.41-79

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One, Lines 1.41-1.79. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-one-7/1.41

9. What country was Rome’s enemy in the 3 Punic wars? Carthage
a. What famous queen of Carthage loved Aeneas? Dido
b. What famous Carthaginian almost defeated Rome in the second Punic War? Hannibal
10. Prince Georges County’s motto is “semper eadem.” What does this motto mean? Always the same
a. Translate the demonstrative in this sentence: I asked him not to do that. Illud
b. Translate the demonstrative in this sentence: Puer haec dixit. These things
11. Give the 3rd pl. fut. act ind. of the verb “to hear.” Audient
a. Make “audient” perfect active. Audiverunt
b. Make “audiverunt” passive. Auditi sunt
12. What does it mean if a task is “Herculean?” It is very difficult
a. What hero sought the golden fleece? Jason
b. What hero killed Medusa? Perseus
13. What famous Roman prisoner led a slave revolt as a result of being forced to be a gladiator and fight friends? Spartacus
a. What word was branded onto a runaway slave’s forehead when he was found? Fugitivus
b. What was the name of Cicero’s slave who created the first system of shorthand? Tiro
14. What present passive infinitive is also the English for “a young horse?” poni
a. Give the perfect active infinitive of “poni.” Posuisse
b. Give the perfect passive infinitive of “posuisse.” Positus esse
15. Give the ablative singular of “brave soldier.” Forti milite
a. Put “forti milite” into the genitive plural. Fortium militum
b. Put “fortium militum into the nominative sg. fortis miles
16. If your doctor wrote a prescription that told you to take your medicine “hora somni,” when should you take it? At bedtime
a. If your prescription read “b.i.d.,” how often should you take it? Twice a day
b. When would you take it if it read “a.c.?” before eating
17. Give the month, day and year of the death of Julius Caesar. March 15, 44 BC
a. Give the month, day and year of the founding of Rome. April 21, 753 BC
b. In what year did Mt. Vesuvius erupt? 79 AD
18. What was the name of the slave who led Roman boys to school? Paedagogus
a. Say in Latin: He is running to school. Currit ad ludum.

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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One. Text: The Latin Library (thelatinlibrary.com), used with permission. Changes: HTML markup removed and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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