# Round Three 1.15-28

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, 1.15 to 1.28. Latin.

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9. Translate the verb in the indirect speech clause of this sentence: I know that they hear me. Audire . Bonus: Now in this one: I know the men will hear me. Auditoros (esse). 10. What do these adjectives have in common: solus, totus, neuter. They have -ius in the genitive singular and -i in the dative singular. Bonus: What other part of speech in Latin often shows this peculiar declension pattern? Pronouns . 11. Who was Hercules' first wife? Megara . Bonus: Who sent Hercules on his labors as penance for killing her? Eurystheus . 12. Hannibal defeated the Romans many times during the Second Punic War, but he himself was finally defeated in Africa at this famous battle. Zama . Bonus: Carthage survived the 2nd Punic War, but couldn't in the end survive the hatred of this famous Roman of the mid-2nd century B.C., who used to end each speech in the Senate with the advice "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esee". Cato (the Elder). 13. Rhetorical devices are very useful. What device is seen in this famous quote of Caesar: Veni, vidi, vici. Alliteration . Bonus: What rhetorical device is seen here: festina lente. Oxymoron . 14. What poet of the Silver Age was renowned for his Epigrams? Martial . Bonus: What near contemporary of Martial wrote Satires? Juvenal . 15. The law still has many old rules, stated in elegant Latin. What is the basic principle that says de minimis lex non curat. The law does not care for small things (are something close). Bonus: The phrase corpus delicti does not mean the body of a murdered person, as is commonly thought. What is its true meaning? The body of the crime (i.e., the element necessary to prove the offense).

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