# Round Three 1.28-5

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, Lines 1.28-1.5. Latin.

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Bonus: We know what modus operandi means - a person's "method of operation". But what part of speech is operandi ? Gerund.
16. Distingiush in meaning between fasces and faces . Bundle of rods / torches.
Bonus.Now distinguish between laetus and laevus . Happy / left, awkward, ill-omened, etc.
17. We know that deponent verbs have no active forms. Or do we? Give me the grammatical name of an active form of a deponent verb. Present participle, future participle, future active infinitive.
Bonus: Give me the other two.
18. We talked earlier about those winds placed in a bag for Odysseus by Aeolus. Why did Odysseus' men open that bag? They thought treasure (gold) was in it.
Bonus:Where did this take place on the journey home? Within sight of Ithaca.
19. The motto of the U.S. is, of course, e plurbis unum . The motto of Saskatchewan is similar: Multis e gentibus vires. Translate that motto. From many peoples, strength.
Bonus:Paris has a nice motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur. It is tossed about but doesn't sink.
20. What Roman poet revived Sapphic metere with several of his famous love poems. Catullus.
Bonus: Catallus called her Lesbia, but to what more ancient woman did Cicero compare her in his Pro Caelio ? Medea.

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