# Round Three 1.29-38

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, 1.29 to 1.38. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-three-12/1.29

16. Distinguish in meaning between virgo and virga. Maiden / twig, rod Bonus. Now distinguish between audio and audeo. Hear / dare. 17. Give me the grammatical name of an active form of a deponent verb. Present participle, future participle, future active infinitive. Bonus: Give me another. 18. Sometimes you just have to face it�one woman in the ancient world was just stone cold ugly. You wouldn't want to face her, the reflection in your shield would be safer. Who was she? Medusa . Bonus: Medusa gave birth to the winged horse Pegasus. What god was his father? Poseidon / Neptune. 19. The motto of the U.S. is, of course, e plurbis unum. But there is another motto on the Great Seal of the United States, and also on our dollar bills: annuit coeptis. What does it mean? He has approved our undertakings. Bonus: Dartmouth College has an interesting motto for an educational institution: Vox clamantis in deserto. What does it mean? The voice of one shouting in the desert. 20. Who composed the original Philippics, known as the greatest of Greek orators? Demosthenes . Bonus: Against whom where these speeches directed? Philip II / Philip the father of Alexander .

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