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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.1-42
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2 nd ANNUAL CAPITAL CERTAMEN FEBRUARY 2002
Sponsored by the Maryland Senior Classical League
LEVEL III &IV
ROUND I
1. What English word derives from the Latin word that means things that must be done? agenda
Agenda is just one of many future passive participles that have come to English unchanged. For your bonus, give these English words that are Latin future passive participles.
a. something that must be brought back (to the people) referendum
b. something that must be remembered memorandum
2. What was Didos dead husbands name? Sychaeus
a. When Dido finally dies in the Aeneid ,whom does Juno send to take a lock of her hair as an offering in the underworld? Iris
b. Who was Didos evil brother? Pygmalion
3. Translate leader in the following sentence: He knew that the leader would come to Rome. Ducem
a. From the same sentence, translate would come. Venturum esse
b. Make venturum esse a perfect infinitive. Venisse
4. Give the Latin comparative adjective and meaning from which the English word ameliorate comes. Melior better
a. What is the comparative of malus? peior
b. Make peior superlative. Pessimus
5. What woman with powers of sorcery helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece? Medea
a. What Trojan woman had the power of prophecy? Cassandra
b. What Greek king killed his father while trying to avoid a prophecy that said hed do just that? Oedipus
6. Use an ablative absolute to translate the subordinate clause in this sentence:
After dinner was prepared, everyone sat down to eat. Cena parata
For your bonus, translate the subordinate clauses in the following sentences as ablative absolutes.
a. When Augustus was leader, Rome thrived. Augusto duce
b. If peace is made, all nations will rejoice. Pace facta
7. What figurative device is evident in the first 3 words of the Aeneid ? Metonymy
a. b. What two poetic devices are used in the phrase: magno cum murmure montis? Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Personification
8. What lyric meter has each line consist of eleven syllables? Hendecasyllabic
a. What poet wrote this line of hendecasyllabic? Vivamus mea Lesbia atque amemus. Catullus
b. What Greek poet was Catullus honoring by naming his lover Lesbia? Sappho