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2 nd ANNUAL CAPITAL CERTAMEN FEBRUARY 2002
Sponsored by the Maryland Senior Classical League
LEVEL III &IV
ROUND IIII
1. What is the nomen of the author of poems to Lesbia? VALERIUS
A. What is his praenomen? GAIUS
B. In what city was Gaius Valerius Catullus born? VERONA
2. What are the small stones or pieces of glass called from which mosaics are made? TESSERAE
A. After what mythological characters are mosaics named? THE MUSES
B. Who was the muse of epic poetry? CALLIOPE
3. Translate this sentence into Latin: he hated me. ODERAT ME
A. Try this one: He will hate me. ODERIT ME
B. And this one: He carried it away today. (Using aufero) ABSTULIT HODIE
4. We are all familiar with the famous Latin phrase, seize the day. Please make both words in this phrase plural. CARPITE DIES
A. Now make the phrase Beware of the dog plural. CAVETE CANES
B. Do the same for That is. EA SUNT
5. What wildly popular series of books would the ancient Romans have called: Figulus Pilosus?
HARRY POTTER
A. Professor Severus Snape is Harrys least favorite teacher. What is the meaning of Professor
Snapes first name? GRAVE, STRICT, STERN, (or similar)
B. One of the passwords to the Gryffindor tower is Caput Draconis. Please translate this
phrase. HEAD OF A DRAGON
6. Who was the first Etruscan king of Rome? (LUCIUS) TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
A. Who was his wife? TANAQUIL
B. With what special power is Tanaquil generally associated? PROPHECY
7. What structures might one find lining the Via Appia outside of the city walls? TOMBS
A. What did the Romans call the line that demarcated the sacred boundaries of the city? POMERIUM
B. What road, lined with temples, ran through the Forum Romanum? VIA SACRA
8. The paint for frescoes was applied on top of what white substance? PLASTER
A. What Pompeiian house includes brilliantly colored frescoes depicting unidentifiable
religious practices? VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES
B. One Pompeiian fresco depicts a figure with an extremely large phallus. This figure is
so proud of his phallus that he is weighing it. Who is he? PRIAPUS
9. In Latin, instruct Marcus to speak! MARCE, DIC