Latin

Lines 1.32-1.39

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two 1.32-39

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17. Catullus open one of his poems with Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire /et quod uides perisse perditum ducas. What advice is Catullus giving himself? To stop playing the fool and to consider what he sees to be lost as lost.
Bonus: What is the basic meter of these lines? (Limping) Iambic.
18. Paris, the son of Priam and Hecuba, had a lousy childhood. When his father Priam was warned by a soothsayer that his unborn son would be the destruction of Troy, what did Priam do? Ordered the infant to be exposed (on Mt. Ida).
Bonus: The king's shepherd did as he was commanded, but when he returned to Mt. Ida five days later he found 19. Paris still alive, being suckled by a wild animal. What kind of animal was that? A wild bear.
Distinguish between appello, -are and appello, -ere . To call, name /to drive to, steer or beach (a ship).
Bonus: Give me the third principal parts of both those verbs. Appelavi, appuli.
20. Although the economic history of Rome is very murky to, 269 B. C. is generally regarded as the date the Romans first did what? Coined their own money.
Bonus: Prior to the introduction of coinage, what did the Romans typically use for exchange? Bronze bars (aes signatum).