# Round One 1.1-42 Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One, Lines 1.1-1.42. Latin. Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-one-8/1.1 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 Dido’s dead husband’s 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 Dido’s 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 he’d 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 --- 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. License: Used with permission (https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/about.html). Source: https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/certamen/capital2002.3.1.html.