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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three 1.15-32
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Bonus: What was the name for the warm room? Tepidarium.
9. Horses, dolphins, and the trident are associated with which god? Neptune/Poseidon.
Bonus: What gift that was refused did Neptune offer to Athens? A saltwater spring.
10. Say in Latin, "I used to be a poet." Poeta eram.
Bonus: Give four other nouns of the same declension and gender as poeta . Pirata, agricola, propheta, incola, nauta, scriba, etc.
11. Explain the distinction in meaning between hostis and inimicus . Hostis is a public enemy; inimicus is a personal enemy.
Bonus: Say in Latin: "Our men do not fear the enemy." Nostri hostes non timent.
12. Tiberius Gracchus, a leader of the populares because of his work in agrarian reform, was not able to obtain a second tribuneship for 132 B. C. Why not? He was murdered by senators.
Bonus: How did Gaius Gracchus die in 121 B. C? He had a slave stab him so that he would not be arrested (accepts committed suicide).
13. On what finger did a Roman woman wear her wedding ring? Ring finger of the left hand.
Bonus: What color was a bridal veil? Saffron /yellow /orange /flame-colored.
14. What famous wedding was interrupted when Eris threw the Apple of Discord? The wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
Bonus: What was written on this apple? For the Fairest.
15. What case would "for the fairest" require in Latin? Dative.
Bonus: Using pulcher ,translate that phrase into Latin. Be sure to make it feminine. Pulcherrimae.
16. The word fuerint can be third person plural perfect subjunctive. What other mood can it be? Future perfect indicative.
Bonus: Change this form to the future. Erunt.
17. What political coaltion, though unofficial, began by the cooperation of Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar? The First Triumvirate.