# Round Three 1.49-85

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, Lines 1.49-1.85. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-three-6/1.49

NUMA POMPILIUS WAS THE SECOND KING OF ROME
Bonus 1. What is the Latin adjective meaning "first"? PRIMUS
Bonus 2. What is the Latin adjective meaning "tenth"? DECIMUS
11. Give the first person plural, present tense of sum . SUMUS
Bonus 1. Say in Latin, “I am a horse.” EQUUS SUM
Bonus 2. Say in Latin, “You are prisoners.” CAPTIVI ESTIS
12. Using the verb iuvo-are , say in Latin "Help me, friends!" IUVATE ME, AMICI/AMICAE
Bonus 1. Make that command singular. IUVA ME, AMICE/AMICA
Bonus 1. Now say "Save me, boy!" SERVA ME, PUER!
13. Most of us know that the valedictorian of your school class has the highest average of all the students in the class, but what exactly does "valedictorian" mean? GOOD-BYE-SAYER
Bonus 1. A benefactor is a generous person, but what does "benefactor" literally mean? GOOD-DOER
Bonus 2. When one abstains from alcohol or drugs, you just don't do it, but what does "abstain" literally mean? KEEP/ HOLD AWAY
14. Give the Latin noun AND its meaning at the root of the English word "subterranean." TERRA – EARTH/LAND
Bonus 1. Give the preposition and its meaning at the root of the word “subterranean.”
SUB - UNDER
Bonus 2. “Sub” is also the root preposition in the English word “suspect,” but what Latin verb and
meaning is also at the root of that English word? SPECTO, SPECTARE – TO WATCH
15. "I am able to see!" said the blind man. Translate into Latin "to see." VIDERE
Bonus 1. Was the blind man surdus, mutus , or caecus ? CAECUS
Bonus 2. The blind man saw for the first time in his life. Using the perfect tense, translate "saw." VIDIT
16. Where did rain water usually accumulate in the Roman house? IMPLUVIUM
Bonus 1. In which room was the impluvium located? ATRIUM
Bonus 2. Which part of the Roman house was even more open to the rain than the atrium? PERISTYL(I)UM
17. What Trojan prince was welcomed to Carthage? DIDO
Bonus 1. On what continent is Carthage? AFRICA
Bonus 2. Who is Aeneas’ divine mother? VENUS
18. The Minotaur is sometimes thought to be represented by what sign of the Zodiac? TAURUS
Bonus 1. Who killed the Minotaur? THESEUS
Bonus 2. Who built the maze where the Minotaur lived? DAEDALUS/ MINOS

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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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