# Round Three 1.1-20

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, Lines 1.1-1.20. Latin.

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2. Which of the following does not belong: pes, genu, pollex, avis, cubitum ? Avis.
Bonus: Please define those body parts (repeat, leaving out avis ). Foot, knee, thumb, elbow.
3. What Trojan priest warned his countrymen to beware of Greeks, even when bearing gifts? Laocoon.
Bonus: How was Laocoon punished for this warning? A pair of serpents devoured him (and his two sons).
4. Caesar's wife, he said, "must be above suspicion. Well, Caesar actually had a number of wives. Which one was this, whom he divorced because of the Bona Dea scandal. Calpurnia.
Bonus: What was the Bona Dea scandal? Clodius sneaking into the sacred rites dressed as a woman. (Accept anything reasonably close).
5. Coram, prae, and palam are prepositions that govern what case? Ablative.
Bonus: Each of these words can also be used as what other part of speech? Adverb.
6. What hero was also known as Alcides? Hercules.
Bonus: Who was Hercules' tutor in music, killed by his pupil? Linus.
7. What is unusual about the noun vulgus . It is neuter (mostly).
Bonus: What is unusual about the noun domus ? It is sometimes 2nd declension, sometimes 4th declension, always feminine. (Prompt for more).
8. What emperor ordered the compilation of the entire corpus of Roman law? Justinian.
Bonus: What was the name of this code of law? The Digest.
9. Translate the subordinate verb in this sentence: "He said that he was walking to town". Ambulavisse.
Bonus: Keeping everything else the same in the sentence, change the very only to "will walk". Ambulaturum (esse).
10. In the sentence "I came as an aid for my son" translate "as an aid to my son". Auxilio filio.
Bonus: In the sentence, "Carthago Romanis delenda est", what is the case and constructin of Romanis ? Dative of agent.

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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three. Text: The Latin Library (thelatinlibrary.com), used with permission. Changes: HTML markup removed and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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